In Washington, clergy are not mandated reporters. After a similar bill died last year, new language would offer exemptions for sacramental confessions.
More than two dozen local bands will swarm The Junction this weekend as part of the annual, three-day festival. Here's some help picking the must-see shows.
Washington’s unemployment rate falls again, seemingly pointing to a better economy, but this slow-going recovery makes the overall picture a confusing one.
Benefits paid to unemployed workers in Washington set a record in 2010. And one broad measure of unemployment puts the true jobless rate here at over 18 percent.