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With one group home losing a state contract after turning away infected youth, operators at other homes fear state retaliation.

If passed by the Legislature, the new law would help save small fish and, by way of the food chain, orcas.

Washington's Legislature could implement the state's first carbon fee in 2030. Some say that's still too fast.

Rob Johnson is rushing to pass a new ordinance, but activists say it leaves the trees vulnerable.

Lousy pay, a toxic workplace and excessive workloads are driving away the people who serve vulnerable kids and their families.

Washington state lost nearly one in five foster homes between 2008 and 2015 amid complaints of discord and disarray.

Brandon Fogg, who has experience both as a foster child and foster parent, says foster care needs a celebrity champion.

More than a decade after the courts ordered the state to clean up its foster care program, kids are still left rootless, vulnerable.

Cleaning up toxic waste. Protecting Puget Sound. Dealing with polluted rainwater runoff.  All hang in the balance as the Democratic-dominated House and Republican-controlled Senate face a Thursday...

A tanker on Puget Sound (2009): A significant amount of oil shipping has moved to barges.