Politics Cap-and-trade, climate change return to the 2024 WA Legislature On the agenda starting Jan. 8: Spending Washington’s carbon tax, tweaking the cap-and-invest program and taking a stab at utility rebates. by John Stang / January 3, 2024
Environment Will flood protections set back salmon restoration in the Chehalis River Basin? A flood control dam proposal on the Chehalis complicates a multimillion-dollar effort by tribes and lawmakers to bring back declining salmon runs. by John Stang / February 12, 2020
Inside Crosscut COVID-19 changed the stories we tell — and inspired a new podcast This Changes Everything host Sara Bernard focuses each show on a different aspect of life, and how we now have to navigate through it without a road map. by Sara Bernard / May 13, 2020
News More trouble for Hanford site after review of tunnel collapse While most Americans are focused on COVID-19, people in Eastern Washington also worry about poor maintenance at the infamous nuclear site. by John Stang / April 30, 2020
News Centralia pot lab may be the first in WA to lose its certification State officials are investigating suspicious test results, with a focus on the lab’s numbers measuring the potency of marijuana. by John Stang / April 15, 2021 / Updated at 5 p.m. on April 16
Tech After COVID, brain fog lingers. UW researchers are finding out why How does a respiratory disease leave victims with brain issues like memory loss, confusion and ‘fogginess’? by John Stang / April 14, 2021
Environment New electricity project in WA takes a twist on hydropower An effort to generate energy along the Columbia through a concept called 'pumped storage' has drawn pushback from tribes and environmental groups. by John Stang / November 10, 2021
Equity Podcast | When defunding the police meets Seattle’s political reality More than 6 months after first pledging to rethink public safety, city leaders face opposition. What’s next? by Sara Bernard & David Kroman / February 8, 2021
Equity Podcast | Defund, then what? Seattle activists’ ideas for police dollars They say public safety concerns can be addressed through scaling up other forms of support, like schooling and training. by Sara Bernard & David Kroman / February 5, 2021
Equity Podcast | An Oregon city’s decades-old alternative to police Cities searching for ways to handle crisis calls without police are reaching out to CAHOOTS in Eugene, Oregon. by Sara Bernard & David Kroman / February 4, 2021