News How big tech monopolies made the internet worse In an interview with the On the Media podcast, writer Cory Doctorow explains how a noncompetitive market has deteriorated the user experience. by Brandon Block / June 4, 2025
Investigations WA law restricts noncompete agreements. They keep popping up anyway A Pasco man is being sued by his former company for breaking a noncompete contract, in a case that tests WA’s ability to enforce its own labor laws. by Brandon Block / November 1, 2024
Investigations Washington public agencies win $121M to extend rural broadband State administrators overruled or helped mediate telecom objections that have previously disqualified local governments from similar grant awards. by Brandon Block / May 30, 2023
Investigations FCC broadband service maps disputed at thousands of WA locations States were given a narrow window to fix long-standing flaws before federal agencies divvy $42B in infrastructure funds. by Brandon Block / January 24, 2023
News New state rules could expand public broadband in rural WA A proposal from Washington's Public Works Board would limit the power of private companies' objections to stall public broadband projects. by Brandon Block / November 17, 2022
Tech Canada pours millions into megaquake warning system Ocean Networks Canada is building on its offshore research history to create a new earthquake warning system. by Daniel Jack Chasan / July 5, 2016
Politics Burke Museum: Oh, what displays the public could see The natural history museum hopes donors and the state can create a truly 21st century museum that encourages touching and doing, not just looking. by Daniel Jack Chasan / November 24, 2014
Tech Fusion research: Should UW get more attention? Professor Tom Jarboe with existing equipment at the University of Washington by Daniel Jack Chasan / September 7, 2014
Tech NW Forest Plan: Warfare rages out of the spotlight While it's being treated as a local issues, a fight in Oregon over old-growth logging could create larger threats for spotted owls and even other endangered species. by Daniel Jack Chasan / April 14, 2014
Culture An Oregon cave: Home for our first Northwest communities? Paisley Caves are between Albert Lake, above, and Summer Lake in Oregon. by Daniel Jack Chasan / March 30, 2014