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Agencies that prepare for wildfires and recruit firefighters are busy responding to the pandemic. That could be a problem come summer.

Key legislation to cut carbon emissions died, while goal-setting bill offers no path to reach target.

As the legislative session comes to a close, the green lobby is pushing lawmakers to do more to take on climate change.

Bipartisan proposals before the state legislature would help scientists learn about storing carbon in soils and invest in GPS-guided tractors and climate-friendly cattle feed.

They call this year’s Washington legislative session an opportunity to complete unfinished business.

Lousy pay, a toxic workplace and excessive workloads are driving away the people who serve vulnerable kids and their families.

Washington state lost nearly one in five foster homes between 2008 and 2015 amid complaints of discord and disarray.

Brandon Fogg, who has experience both as a foster child and foster parent, says foster care needs a celebrity champion.

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.

More than a decade after the courts ordered the state to clean up its foster care program, kids are still left rootless, vulnerable.