Washington
Thursday, June 12, 2025
WA group highlights Black trans performers for Pride Month
June is Pride Month, and Washington's Lavender Rights Project is celebrating with a Black Trans Comedy Showcase. This is the largest fundraiser of …
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Report ranks Washington down in overall child well-being
Washington state has dropped to 16th in the nation for overall child well-being, according to the 2025 Kids Count Data Book, a national report …
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
WA’s new rent stabilization law brings immediate relief
Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed Washington's first rent stabilization law and renters and advocates who fought for the bill are breathing sighs of …
New WA law aims to reel in workers' comp abuse
Workers' rights advocates are celebrating a new law mandating "good faith and fair dealing" in Washington's workers' compensation system. They said …
WA scientists create new tools to treat brain diseases
Researchers from Washington and across North America have teamed up to develop a powerful new set of biological tools which could be a game changer fo…
Spokane coalition aims to diversify the city's economy
By Laura Aka for WorkingNation.Broadcast version by Isobel Charle for Washington News Service reporting for the WorkingNation-Public News Service Coll…
WA expert weighs in on higher rates of women binge drinking
As Women's Health Month winds down, experts in alcohol abuse are speaking out about an increase in binge drinking among women over the past five …
Fear of detention prevents some WA migrants from getting food
Immigrants' rights advocates are voicing concerns that migrant communities in Washington may be avoiding visiting food banks or getting food assistanc…
WA to see more prescribed burns thanks to new liability fund
Washington lawmakers have created a new Prescribed Burn Liability Fund to help make controlled burns less risky on public, private and tribal lands …
Head Start supports WA parents, celebrates 60 years
This Sunday is the 60th anniversary of Head Start, the federally funded preschool program supporting more than 12,000 children, up to age four…
New WA law reels in felony convictions for incarcerated youths who fight
Advocates for juvenile justice reform in Washington are celebrating the passage of House Bill 1815. The law redefines "prison riot" and lets judges …
WA immigration rights advocates call for release of union organizer
Immigrant rights advocates are calling on state leaders to do more to protect Washington farmworkers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…