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
Tech Seattle's tech boom is just getting started An Amazon building under construction earlier this year: Seattle's tech boom could be poised for takeoff. by Michael Luis / November 14, 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
Tech Is Seattle's real advantage how adorable it is? A view of Downtown Seattle from Kerry Park on Queen Anne (March 2015) by Michael Luis / March 10, 2015
Tech 2014's #3 Most Read: Why Google Fiber will never come to Seattle Fiber optics. by Bill Schrier / December 28, 2014
Tech 2014's #8 Most Read: CenturyLink's bold vow of real gigabit in uptight Seattle In Seattle, there is a particularly big obstacle to this kind of improvement: the city's tendency toward regulate aggressively. by Bill Schrier / December 21, 2014