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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.

Legislative caucuses are off limits to the press and public, including anthropologists.

State Sen. Andy Hill, a prototypical Washington legislator: white, male, well-educated and well to do. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Laws about taxing or not taxing online sales are an example of a cultural invention that dictates the way we view and behave in the "real" world.

Facial expressions and posture send signals about relationships and power dynamics.

An anthropologist in the capital, studying state lawmakers in their natural habitat.