For years, police and traffic safety experts have said texting while driving can be as deadly as drunk driving. Police across western Washington are driving that message home, with a…
Police enforcing state law against Texting While Driving
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New study links sprawl to lower socioeconomic mobility
In recent years sprawl – the low-density development that boomed in America during the 1990s and 2000s – has been linked to a number of societal problems, from obesity to…
Mental health care or mental jail care?
Mental illness can be a scary thing. And it can strike any family. But mental illnesses, like schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder, are biological conditions like heart disease or cancer. And…
ICYMI: Gas prices are climbing
Just in time for the spring/summer driving season comes news that gas prices are up all across the land. In fact, folks at AAA are reporting that Washington’s recent average…
State improves in elections administration, but falls in rankings
The good news is that the administration of elections in Washington state improved from 2008 to 2012, according to an interactive online report from the Pew Charitable Trusts. The not-so-good…