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The state’s new cap on rent increases is one of the country’s most progressive — and some landlords have already steeply hiked rates in anticipation.

Advocates ask for additional investigation and accountability after AJ Meraña, a Filipino worker on a bulk cargo ship, drowned last September.

Legislators voted last year to stop intercepting payments meant for low-income families. Now with a budget deficit, they plan collections through 2029.

Organizers from Tacoma to Spokane have worked to backfill support gaps and monitor detainee treatment in response to increased immigration enforcement.

Former energy consultant Kurt Beckett now heads the agency tasked with permitting his ex-clients’ wind and solar plants.

Labor & Industries submitted an unprecedented referral against construction company Rotschy for allegedly allowing a minor to use dangerous equipment.

L&I can now block a company with past labor and safety violations from receiving a special permit that allows minors to perform some dangerous tasks.

From its beginnings at a bucolic Canadian lake to shipwreck dangers at its mouth, the Columbia River has defined the region's history and culture.

Knute Berger shares the story of the Northwest's largest river, from its headwaters in Canada to the threat that climate change poses to its watershed.

A new Northwest Reports series digs into the tensions, backlash and bureaucracy around building wind and solar energy facilities in Washington.