Cascade PBS/Elway Poll
Poll: Washington voters are ‘pretty pessimistic’ about the future
For only the second time in Cascade PBS/Elway poll history, respondents anticipate things will get worse for the country, the state and themselves.
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Appeals judges dismiss challenge to WA law protecting trans youth
This article originally appeared in the Washington State Standard. Parents trying to overturn a Washington law protecting runaway transgender youth have hit another roadblock in federal court. A three-judge appeals court panel on Friday unanimously dismissed a constitutional challenge to the controversial 2023 statute, which allows operators of emergency shelters
Investigations
Federal cuts put Washington workplace safety research at risk
Three programs that train occupational health experts and study worker safety for the state’s most dangerous jobs face an uncertain future.
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WA plan to kill invasive barred owls uncertain after federal cuts
A longer version of this article originally appeared in the Washington State Standard. A controversial plan to kill up to half a million invasive barred owls to protect endangered spotted owls is in jeopardy after the Trump administration terminated three critical grants funding the program. The U.S. Fish and
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14 rural WA hospitals deemed at risk of closure from Medicaid cuts
As hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians face potentially losing health coverage, hospital officials race to prevent service cuts and closures.