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Silvia Zarate waters plants in the front yard of her home

WA foster parents say the state still hasn’t fixed its investigative system

The state has been aware for years that fears of retaliation and frustration around investigations have driven away some otherwise willing foster parents.

Kaylee Tornay

InvestigateWest

/ August 10, 2023

News

Military families battling mold, rodents in Washington base housing

The Defense Department underwent reforms in 2019 after unsafe conditions were found on U.S. bases, but residents say there are still problems.

Kaylee Tornay

InvestigateWest

/ June 12, 2023

Interior of the liquid-cooled Ant Boxes at the Merkle Standard cryptocurrency mining facility

Politics

Washington and Oregon may regulate the wild West of crypto mining

Environmental policies would affect bitcoin operations in the Northwest, which have seen a swell of interest driven by cheap hydropower.

Kaylee Tornay

InvestigateWest

/ January 31, 2023

Bill Burgess in front of a scanning machine

Politics

PNW voter education efforts aim to combat election fraud claims

New campaigns in Washington and other states hope to shore up public trust ahead of the November midterms.

Kaylee Tornay

InvestigateWest

/ October 12, 2022

Opinion

What Howard Schultz's coffee order says about his presidential bid

An ex-barista questions the former Starbucks CEO's qualifications to run the free world.

Mason Bryan

/ January 31, 2019

UW College Republican president and TV newscaster

Politics

Undergrads for Kavanaugh raise a pint in Seattle

Claiming the confirmation fight has emboldened the right, the UW students believe the whole affair will be forgotten “real fast.”

Mason Bryan

/ October 7, 2018

Students march across the intersection of Pend Oreille Street and Montlake Boulevard NE during one-day strike with graduate students who are represented by UAW Local 421 at the University of Washington in Seattle, May 14, 2018

Politics

Sick of living in poverty, UW student employees walk out

Some 4,500 student employees at the University of Washington stage a one-day strike.

Mason Bryan

/ May 16, 2018

The University of Washington's Gerberding Hall, where many administrative offices are (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)

Politics

Is a strike looming at the University of Washington?

As the April 30 contract negotiation deadline approaches, academic student employees are weighing the possibility of a strike.

Mason Bryan

/ April 18, 2018

Politics

UW could become 6th campus nationwide with a postdoc union

Some university researchers have passed a major hurdle in their quest to unionize

Mason Bryan

/ March 16, 2018

Politics

Washington's Trump fighter — at Crosscut Fest

When President Donald Trump issued an executive order attempting to prevent travel to the United States from seven majority-Muslim nations, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued...

Mason Bryan

/ January 17, 2018