Investigations
WA has 530 bridges in 'poor' condition — and limited repair money
Even with $605 million in federal aid, the state can't catch up with its growing maintenance backlog.
Lizz Giordano
Lizz Giordano is Cascade PBS's investigative labor reporter focusing on workplace safety, labor organizing and worker rights. lizzgiordano@cascadepbs.org
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Equity
Disability rights vs. snowy sidewalks: Seattle's annual conversation
Sidewalk accessibility is a year-round problem for people with mobility issues — but snow and ice pose their own slew of difficulties.
Equity
Lummi Nation prioritizes tradition in new food assistance program
Members of the nation in northwest WA now have more control over how culturally important foods — like locally caught salmon — are distributed.
news
New rules put Puget Sound's urban trees in private hands
Because the majority of the region's trees are in residential neighborhoods, responsibility for maintaining canopy coverage is shifting to homeowners.
news
Expansion of electric vehicle grid hits roadblocks in rural WA
A new statewide plan would use federal dollars to build chargers every 50 miles, upgrading rural utilities and combating 'range anxiety.'