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
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
Equity Best of 2015: Reforming "debtors' prisons" in Washington state by Eric Scigliano / December 25, 2015
Equity Reforming Washington courts to mend, not end, family ties by Eric Scigliano / September 28, 2015
Equity The forgotten (and surprisingly simple) solution to long commutes by Eric Scigliano / September 16, 2015
Equity Parents saving other parents, and their neglected kids Dana Dildine in her office at the King County Regional Justice Center by Eric Scigliano / August 30, 2015
Equity State Supreme Court ruling seals juvenile records Henceforth, ruled Washington's Supreme Court, juvenile records will remain sealed. by Eric Scigliano / June 11, 2015
Politics The struggle to control Seattle's burning underage prostitution problem Westlake Park, site of the "45 minute" meme. by Eric Scigliano / April 2, 2014