Nonprofit and private landlords claim eviction bans allow tenants to stop paying rent for long stretches. The Tacoma City Council is considering rolling back renter protections.
Nighttime coyote sightings are not uncommon in Western Washington. But a recent bump in reports of daytime encounters has some Seattle residents near Volunteer Park and the Washington Park Arboretum concerned.
In an effort to cut federal spending and end programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion, the Trump administration has cut funding for some college access programs.
Across Washington, cities are grappling with how to create more housing. A policy called Home in Tacoma changed zoning allowances in the city to allow for more houses on one lot.
A federal program that helps young people from migrant families attend college abruptly halted this year after the Trump administration eliminated funding for migrant education.
University of Washington oceanographers decoded data from two sets of native coral samples collected more than a century apart, and found acidification there was accelerating.