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
Politics Guilty until proven innocent Wrongfully sentenced to 41 years in prison, Paul Statler had nearly lost hope. UW's Innocence Project Northwest was the key to his freedom. by Stephen Smith / January 19, 2014
2013's #7 Most-Read: UW's new Husky Stadium, revealed Crews lay down the Husky lettering in an endzone of the new stadium. by Stephen Smith / December 25, 2013
Sports memorabilia: Does it pay to mix nostalgia and investing? For sports fans, the past can be tangible. But profitability can be harder to grasp. by Stephen Smith / October 8, 2013
UW's new Husky Stadium, revealed What seemed an impossible dream in 2008 is now reality. What's been hiding behind those U-District construction fences. by Stephen Smith / August 22, 2013
Six Yogi Berra-isms the M's should take to heart There's not a lot that links the M's and the Yankees these days, but we'll take what we can get. by Stephen Smith / August 8, 2013