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
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 PNB School Show: Ballet from the ground up PNB Level I students in 2012 school performance by Roger Downey / June 14, 2013
Tech One Bus Away: Sound Transit's new killer app? Metro bus service is about to shrink. by Roger Downey / May 6, 2013
Politics 'Kennewick Man,' 13 years later The sensational scientific claim devolved into more of a legal dispute over Native claims on pre-immigrant human remains. by Roger Downey / July 27, 2009