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 Everett is Trump's kind of town Donald Trump at a 2013 gathering of conservatives by Peter Jackson / August 28, 2016
Environment Activists mount last stand against Asian trade agreement A container ship at the Port of Seattle, one of the nation's largest movers of products into and out of Asia. by Peter Jackson / August 21, 2016
Opinion Pro: We need a modern lands commissioner A Western Washington forest scene by Peter Jackson / July 28, 2016
Environment Court orders feds to clean up World War II era nuclear site A warning sign near the Hanford Nuclear Reservation by Peter Jackson / April 17, 2016
