Sen. Mona Das (D-Kent) announced last week that she will not be running for re-election to the State Senate in 2022. Das was first elected…
A new law in Washington state bans employers from silencing employees about illegal acts in the workplace. The Silenced No More Act – which passed in…
In 2020, more than 41 million Americans were classified as needing treatment for substance use, including 28 million with alcohol use disorder, 18 million with…
In 2021, full-time wages for women were about 83% of that of full-time men. In Washington state, the wage gap was wider, at about 78%,…
Mark the year 2059 on your calendar—that’s when data shows that women will finally achieve equal pay to their male counterparts. It’s hard to believe…
Concerns are lingering over the final voting maps approved in Washington state. While the districts are set for the 2022 election, legislative redistricting in south-central Washington is being…
Mask requirements are coming to an end in Washington state on Saturday, more than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic. But the transition could be…
Washington state lawmakers passed a measure last year that made historic investments in child care. This year, providers want their representatives in Olympia to ensure…
On March 1, 2022, against the backdrop of Putin’s premeditated and unprovoked war on the sovereign state of Ukraine and democracy at large, President Joe…
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, doctors had limited knowledge of how to respond to this new disease. Physicians in hard-hit…
Cybercrimes continue to grow in number. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaints Center (IC3), founded in 2000, received an astounding number of complaints in 2020: 791,790.…