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The legislation emerged from meetings of parents, agencies, advocates and others seeking to turn ‘foster care on its head.’

The Legislature may boost funds requested by Gov. Jay Inslee to better address severe behavioral cases.

The state removed foster kids from an Iowa facility following reports of abuse, but red flags abound at other group homes.

Washington kids are being warehoused in hotels and shipped out of state.

Whose voice should count most in legal decisions about the future of kids removed from their homes because of suspected abuse or neglect?

Five years after a gunman killed 20 children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, some state lawmakers see a chance to finally pass key gun-control and safety...

Todd Nash, rancher and Wallowa County commissioner, examines wolf tracks on a road in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, which leads up to a pasture where his cattle graze. Photo by Tony Schick, OPB...

Gov. Jay Inslee signs legislation to create a new Department of Children, Youth and Families. Rep. Ruth Kagi, wearing a blue jacket, looks over his shoulder.

Hundreds rallied at the state Capitol Feb. 10 for children who are either homeless or in foster care.