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 A bigger Puget Sound port sails ahead Port of Tacoma by Stephen H. Dunphy / December 4, 2014
Politics The puzzling state of Washington's economy Are the state's fortunes rising with Boeing's? by Stephen H. Dunphy / August 14, 2014
Culture Tunnel shows us we're not there yet on minority contracting Crews drill to look for an obstruction in front of the tunnel-boring machine on Seattle's waterfront. by Stephen H. Dunphy / February 16, 2014
Politics Doing the math: Obama, Romney have jobs problems President Barack Obama embraces Bill Clinton after the former president's speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. by Stephen H. Dunphy / September 19, 2012
Politics What's the secret sauce for Seattle's global reach? Bill Gates. (Wikimedia Commons) by Stephen H. Dunphy / April 9, 2012
