Why shrub-steppe is critical habitatFound in Eastern Washington and other Western states, shrub-steppe consists of arid rolling grassy plains filled with sagebrush and other woody shrubs on a thin crust made up...
The job is big. The regional homelessness authority will also serve residents as a single point of contact on homelessness, set the metrics by which the region’s homelessness response is measured, make...
Then a week later the Gallup Poll showed a more dramatic shift nationally: a 9-point Democratic advantage in party identification at the start of 2021 flipped to a 5-point Republican advantage by...
People being held in county jails have the right to register and vote while there. But voting rights advocates have encountered two major hurdles in increasing voting from jail: logistical issues of...
Looking to the futureAll of these changes are bound to affect the WA Cares program’s financial outlook. Already, the 0.58% payroll tax isn’t projected to keep the program solvent for the next...
Four years after Ortega found care for her older son, the same neighbor now takes care of Ortega’s younger son, who is 2, and watches his older brother, now 6, before school. When...
Other climate-related billsBlaming climate change, Inslee declared a drought emergency last July for all of the state except Seattle, Tacoma and Everett, which have solid municipal water supplies. The measure sent the...
Fewer pandemic setbacksA bigger share of Washingtonians reported close contact with COVID than the previous year, but seemed less impacted by the virus in their personal and professional lives. More than three-quarters...
