The new maps create a Latino-voter-majority district in the Yakima Valley that aligns with federal voting rights laws. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lasnik sided with Latino voters who sued the ...

Washington cherry growers have dealt with adverse weather conditions in consecutive seasons. In 2021, sustained triple-digit temperatures in late June damaged ripening fruit. In 2022, a cold and wet ...

It was a desperate last-gasp parliamentary trick. No one knew if it would work. In fact, no one knows yet if Democratic Sen. Annette Cleveland's attempted maneuver has actually worked. But it stalled ...

A false belief in the genetic superiority of virus survivors may help explain the Trump administration's mismanagement of coronavirus.

WA relying on hotels, state offices to house foster kids more than ever. With nowhere else to go, the state’s most at-risk kids — and their caseworkers — are faced with limited options.

For these dancer-choreographers, social engagement takes center stage.

Seattle needs to bake a bigger housing pie, not slice it up with rules and fees that fail to create affordability.

Looking for something long-lasting and meaningful for a relative or friend? Try an investment in the graduate's future. I am dating myself by saying this, but when I graduated from high school my ...

Societies and their economies are shaped by the explanations we accept about how the world works. Let me give you a simple example: If you explain the solar system by putting Earth at the center of it ...

Janea Holmquist Newbry is making the most of her first chance to chair a committee. Business groups applaud while labor interests complain. It's been a good legislative session so far for Janéa ...

The regional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists awards four Crosscut writers in its online-news category. Four Crosscut writers won awards in the 2009 Northwest Excellence in ...

With a rash of recent free trade agreements under their belts, the international trade community has much to celebrate, but even more still left to do. Here are four international trade battles ...