Equity WA officials want to end fees charged to parents for kids' jail time Hundreds of families owe the state a total of $1.1 million in outstanding detention fees, a practice made legal in WA 45 years ago. by Claudia Rowe / February 10, 2022
Opinion Why I’m holding my applause for Washington’s new foster care law It’s laudable that the state law focuses on preventing family separations, but is it enough? by Claudia Rowe / May 11, 2021
Opinion Let’s not squander the chance to reimagine education in Washington state Our state is long overdue for an injection of creative thinking to solve our education woes. by Claudia Rowe / March 18, 2021
Opinion In Maple Valley hit-and-run case, revenge isn’t the answer Some want the young teen who killed a man with a car to be tried as an adult. Here's why I think they're wrong. by Claudia Rowe / October 12, 2021 / Updated on Nov. 2, 2021 at 4:06 pm
News A foster system paradox: Parents billed for care of their children Studies show charging child support extends family separations and can spur years of debt for parents in poverty. WA is pushing to change the practice. by Claudia Rowe / March 22, 2022
Politics Best of 2016: Washington's lead poisoning problem, explained by Drew Atkins / December 27, 2016
Politics O Trump! Have you sent Seattle's tech to Canada? A man looks at the skyline of Vancouver, Canada from Stanley Park at sunset. by Drew Atkins / March 5, 2017
Politics Washington is ‘shockingly’ unprepared for a nuclear attack The Cascadia Rising drill, in which state planners and response agencies attempted to refine response plans for a massive earthquake. by Drew Atkins / April 27, 2017
Politics Prison: A life sentence to joblessness? Washington state's Monroe Correctional Complex by Claudia Rowe / July 21, 2010
Culture A feel-good documentary that's made for cynics Director Tom Shadyac at the 2010 Port Townsend Film Festival, which screened 'I Am.' by Charles Bermant / March 16, 2011