Politics WA may end mandatory sentencing points based on juvenile convictions HB 1324 hopes to remedy the harm of the racist 'superpredator' myth, which has lengthened the sentences for mostly Indigenous and Black youth. by Luna Reyna / April 18, 2023 / Updated on 2:10 on April 20
News Gov. Inslee won't lift WA's vaccine mandate for state employees yet The governor told a Crosscut Festival audience that the restrictions have saved about 19,000 lives in Washington state. by Luna Reyna / May 9, 2022
News ‘I’m not a token': Seattle council president Debora Juarez opens up Juarez shares her history of advocacy, hopes for collective healing and conviction that Indigenous people must have a seat at the table. by Luna Reyna / March 17, 2022 / Updated at 5:56 on March 17, 2022
Equity WA is working on an Amber Alert for missing Indigenous people State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Rep. Debra Lekanoff are proposing a bill that would disseminate critical information more quickly and effectively. by Luna Reyna / February 3, 2022
Opinion From T-Mobile Park to wildfire smoke — 2018 in verse A look back at what happened locally and nationally the past 12 months — with a twist. by Daniel Jack Chasan / January 1, 2019
Environment Washington lawmakers hope to fight forest fires with fire As fire season approaches, state and federal officials announce ambitious plans to fund healthy forest restoration projects. by Daniel Jack Chasan / July 30, 2018
Politics Will the state learn from another loss on tribal fishing rights? The U.S. Supreme Court leaves Washington on the hook to pay for new road culverts — quickly. by Daniel Jack Chasan / June 12, 2018
Environment Grizzly bears could make a return to WA — for real this time Ryan Zinke's support for grizzly recovery plan in the North Cascades was a Nixon-to-China moment. Now what? by Daniel Jack Chasan / April 26, 2018
Environment Can an experiment reinvigorate Washington’s coastal forests? The Nature Conservancy is trying to figure it out how to bring back forests that once dominated our coast. by Daniel Jack Chasan / March 14, 2018
Politics Is I-940 a path to reducing police shootings? The police action was tragic, fatal, possibly unnecessary. But was it malicious? Probably not. by Daniel Jack Chasan / December 10, 2017
