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Should prisoners be raising babies behind bars?
With strong technology, aerospace, and biotech industries, Washington state has earned a reputation for fostering innovation in the private sector. Not as well known, however, may be our innovative programs...
Safety and Health Conference saluting heroes, heroines
The 63rd Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference is saluting 23 Washington working people for their heroic, life-saving actions while on the job. These honored guests will receive the Governor’s Lifesaving...
Lower crime, but more prisons?
The Seattle Times recently wrote about a strange problem facing Washington state: with crime hitting historic lows, why are there so many more inmates that taxpayers may need to fund...
Washington works
When the Great Recession hit its nadir back in the winter of 2010, economists with their eyes on the big picture predicted that Washington state would lead the nation in...
Texting While Driving: A Problem for All Ages
Although teenagers are the most common target for anti-texting and driving PSAs, an analysis of infractions in Washington state shows the problem is hardly confined to the youngest age bracket....
Revenge porn and the need for tougher laws
Recently, a computer hacker stole hundreds of nude images of female celebrities and posted them on the internet. This violation of sexual privacy, although very publicized because of the celebrity...
It’s no 1997, but a great 2014 hop harvest is on tap
You’ll find almost as many hop yards in Yakima’s central Washington agrarian latitude as you’d see anywhere else in the world. And that’s saying something. Why, even the No. 1...
Is it legal to spank children in Washington state?
The case of NFL running back Adrian Pederson has brought national attention to corporal punishment of children vs. child abuse. Pederson was indicted by a grand jury in Texas for...
Wage thieves steal more money than is lost from all robberies in U.S.
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) shows that the biggest robbers in America just may be unethical employers. Most of us expect to be paid at an...
New Online Database to check for Toxic Chemicals
Our state has taken important steps to keep toxic chemicals away from Washington’s children and families, for example: In 2008, the Legislature passed the Children’s Safe Products Act, requiring manufacturers...