Joy Borkholder

Amid a retention crisis, rural hospitals turned to pricey travel-nurse agencies with little oversight or transparency. Now they need a way forward.

In a legal gray area, EvergreenHealth commissioners approved including pandemic relief funds in the hospital's financial performance.

The state has renewed efforts to keep kids released from foster care and detention centers from becoming homeless.

Federal recovery dollars 'saved' some critical access hospitals — but many small facilities still struggle with staffing and rising costs.

Federal and state programs continue to push for more funds to support families and child care

Ideological differences make more of a difference than financial resources in keeping U.S. child care behind.

Almost half the workforce can't leave the house with kids at home and few feasible options.

In Washington state and across the country, the financial realities of child care are like mismatched puzzle pieces jammed together.

The search is on for solutions as child care costs top $14,500 a year for some Washington kids.