Politics Washington Legislature aims to regulate AI — but treads cautiously ‘You don’t want to stop innovation. You don’t want to stop commerce. But you don’t want to stop people’s civil rights.’ by John Stang / January 12, 2024 / Updated 12:30 p.m.
News From 2020 to now: 4 Seattle Black activists reflect on their work Black activists in the Seattle-King County area speak about their individual activism journeys, where they intersect and diverge. by Jadenne Radoc Cabahug / February 16, 2024 / Updated at 9:35 a.m. on Feb. 16
Environment Gas prices too high? WA residents may get $200 back for utilities The Legislature considers offering rebates to middle- and low-income households to offset fuel costs blamed on the new cap-and-invest program. by John Stang / February 22, 2024
Environment Could selling sewage save the Salish Sea? Waste flushed into Puget Sound harms fish and marine life. A nutrient pricing system — like WA’s cap-and-trade program — may curb pollution. by John Stang / September 21, 2023
Politics WA Legislature revs up plan to electrify 10,000 school buses A bill to switch from diesel vehicles — plus $50M from cap-and-trade revenue — passed out of the Legislature, but did not offer a timeline. by John Stang / March 8, 2024
Politics Washington and Oregon governors want to replace I-5 bridge connecting Vancouver and Portland In a memorandum of understanding signed Monday, the two leaders committed $44 million to explore rebuilding the span between the two states. by John Stang / November 19, 2019
Environment 12 years and counting: Effort to lock Hanford’s radioactive waste in glass faces more delays Feds aim to push back the opening of ‘glassification’ plants, while state officials say the Department of Energy has been underfunding the cleanup of America’s most poisoned site. by John Stang / November 14, 2019 / Updated Nov. 19 at 9:50 a.m.
Environment Washington's latest plan to save its endangered orcas: hatch more salmon With orcas barely hanging on, State Sen. Ann Rivers hopes to determine the viability of a private Chinook salmon hatchery in Bellingham. by John Stang / November 1, 2019
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
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