Revisiting Series

Officials plan to reintroduce mobile home and renter rights bills involving rent stabilization, tax breaks and civil penalties against landlords.

As 2023 ends, returns to offices at the city’s center hover around 55%. Here’s what’s going well and what still needs fixing.

Babies in prison, Starbucks unions, and Seattle cycling. Crosscut photographers captured a year of growth and change across Washington state.

The Department of Revenue said it could use legislative privilege to keep records private, but nixed the policy after criticism from Gov. Inslee’s office.

Bellevue, Seattle and Olympia districts say drops in student numbers could lead to budget pressure and further consolidations.

Seventeen months after the Supreme Court decision, clinics and patients continue to face a maze of legal restrictions that differ from state to state.

The death of the whale at a Miami amusement park just before her planned release highlighted the species’ fraught relationship with humans.

Two years after the WA Supreme Court struck down the state's felony possession law in the Blake decision, the Legislature is reconsidering drug laws.

As other states moved to ban abortion in 2022, elected officials, abortion providers and advocates worked to strengthen protections in Washington state.

After two appearances in the north-central Washington town, the German and Austrian-inspired Krampus Seattle took its show to Bremerton and beyond.

After years of lethal heat waves, Seattleites are embracing A/C as a necessity rather than a luxury.

Six months in, 22 of 31 missing persons have been found. But critical relationships between police and tribal governments show room for improvement.  

Some employees are happy to see the hospital make progress, but still want to see more.