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Good news for Washington’s adoptees coming next month
Beginning July 1, 2014, all adoptees 18 and older will have access to their original noncertified birth certificates unless a birth parent files a contact preference form indicating that he...
Reminder sent to employers: same-sex marriage discrimination is illegal
Last month, President Obama declared June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. From the president’s official proclamation: This month, as we mark 45 years since the patrons...
Continuing our food theme: Red snapper and rockfish are back
Starting in 1977, rockfish and similar species were scooped up off the West Coast at unsustainable rates. That stopped in the year 2000, when the federal government declared an economic...
Could it be a banner year for Washington’s sweetest crop?
If recent media reports are any indication, Washington’s cherry growers might be in for one heck of a year. Today, the U.S. cherry industry produces more than 650 million pounds...
An economic story in three charts
Washington state has a growing population and growing economy – but it’s been hard to fund schools, roads and other basic services.These three charts help explain why. First, unlike our...
Today: committees discuss spiral of unpaid legal fees
Debtors’ prisons were supposed to be outlawed in the United States over 200 years ago. And, in a 1983 Supreme Court Case, Bearden v Georgia, the court ruled that judges...
Local marijuana ban challenged in court
Since the passage of Initiative 502, which legalized recreational marijuana use in Washington state, several cities and counties have passed their own ordinances banning the growth and sale of the...
Youth Legislature: Still kickin’ it at 66 — Part II
This is the second entry in a three-part miniseries on the 66th Washington state YMCA Youth Legislature, which met recently here in the state capital. About 350 delegates traveled to...
More treatment options for injured workers
The Department of Labor & Industries’ medical provider network for injured workers has more than doubled in size since it went live in January 2013. The network, which includes physicians,...
Concussion? There’s an app for that!
According to the Center for Disease Control, an estimated 117,285 children and adolescents visit U.S. emergency rooms each year to treat sport and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries including concussions. The...