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Initiative 2066 aimed to keep gas as a utility option for consumers. But potential court challenges could complicate putting it into action.

A citizen panel recommends the pay bump, which would push annual salaries over $70,000, to keep pace with growing duties and rising costs of living.

While social media and dating apps have become hotbeds of child sex trafficking, Washington legislation has done little to stop it.

Too many cases, too few lawyers and too little money hurt local governments’ ability to provide effective counsel to those with financial constraints.

Some advocates say that legislation requiring law enforcement endangers survivors at risk of retaliation.

A 2020 law was supposed to create two trauma-informed treatment centers for exploited children. They still haven’t opened.

Members of law enforcement, community organizers and more weigh in on the trial of three Tacoma officers charged in the 2020 death of Ellis.

A 2020 law mandated the support of two new ‘Safe Harbor’ centers where kids could get treatment — but the state hasn’t made this happen.

Two board members have also stepped down after it was revealed the school district didn’t discipline an accused predator.

The district admitted it was negligent in employing paraeducator Bryan Neyers for nearly five years after being told of his behavior.