Politics Social workers fleeing troubled foster care system Lousy pay, a toxic workplace and excessive workloads are driving away the people who serve vulnerable kids and their families. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / December 7, 2016
Politics Foster parents abandoning troubled system Washington state lost nearly one in five foster homes between 2008 and 2015 amid complaints of discord and disarray. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / October 27, 2016
Politics 4 fixes for Washington’s foster-care crisis Brandon Fogg, who has experience both as a foster child and foster parent, says foster care needs a celebrity champion. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 21, 2016
Equity State’s foster system sets kids up for failure When foster children spend the night in a hotel or in a foster home that agrees to keep them for only one night at a time, they typically don’t make it to school the next day. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 20, 2016
Politics Foster Care Crisis More than a decade after the courts ordered the state to clean up its foster care program, kids are still left rootless, vulnerable. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 19, 2016
Environment Attention PSE: coal plant in need of analysis A coal-powered energy plan in Colstrip, Montana by Eric de Place / April 26, 2012
Politics State should trade in clunker of a tax loophole Could another car tab fee levy emerge? by Eric de Place / November 15, 2011
Environment Climate policy in the West survives the election Southern California traffic. by Eric de Place / November 3, 2010
Politics Federal stimulus spending could take us down the wrong road Highway 520 in Bellevue at evening rush hour. by Eric de Place / May 5, 2009
Memo to Obama: good local talent out here Congressman Jay Inslee. by Clark Fredricksen / November 27, 2008