Politics Social workers fleeing troubled foster care system Lousy pay, a toxic workplace and excessive workloads are driving away the people who serve vulnerable kids and their families. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / December 7, 2016
Politics Foster parents abandoning troubled system Washington state lost nearly one in five foster homes between 2008 and 2015 amid complaints of discord and disarray. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / October 27, 2016
Politics 4 fixes for Washington’s foster-care crisis Brandon Fogg, who has experience both as a foster child and foster parent, says foster care needs a celebrity champion. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 21, 2016
Equity State’s foster system sets kids up for failure When foster children spend the night in a hotel or in a foster home that agrees to keep them for only one night at a time, they typically don’t make it to school the next day. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 20, 2016
Politics Foster Care Crisis More than a decade after the courts ordered the state to clean up its foster care program, kids are still left rootless, vulnerable. by Susanna Ray for InvestigateWest / September 19, 2016
Politics Seattle career bootcamp adds job skills to those liberal arts degrees This spring, a small cohort of Seattle college spring breakers turned in their plane ticket to Cabo for lessons in getting a job. by Hailey Way / May 18, 2014
Tech Event listings app Sosh out-Seattles itself The Silicon Valley events standby has come to the Emerald City. Taxidermy included. by Hailey Way / March 13, 2014
Politics Puget Sound joins Global Cities Initiative The Central Puget Sound region officially became one of six metropolitan areas to join the Brookings Institute's economic development consortium. by Hailey Way / April 10, 2014