The state has been aware for years that fears of retaliation and frustration around investigations have driven away some otherwise willing foster parents.
Voters may not be thinking about infrastructure when they fill out their ballots, but the election will determine how many federal dollars come to Washington.
Voters gutted transportation budgets statewide in this year's election, but supporters of the effort to ease transit between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., see a path forward.
