New restrictions announced on businesses due to COVID-19 - November 16

Washington State Labor & Industries thinks the COVID-19 lockdowns will last until June 30, 2021 - September 10

One restaurant owner explains how PPP helped keep the doors open, but another shutdown will put them out of business - August 24

Survey finds that 22% of small businesses that received Paycheck Protection Program loans expect additional layoffs; additional bankruptcies also coming due to state shutdown - August 4

Employers may face a big bill for unemployment benefits when they finally reopen - May 20

Getting states connected – closing the digital divide - May 18

State changes course on collecting personal information in restaurants - May 14

State Board of Education and state Superintendent cut education service hours to students, providing new reason to give parents $3000 to educate each child - November 16

Officials set a COVID-19 standard for re-opening schools that may be impossible to meet - September 22

Giving parents $3,000 to educate their children during COVID would reduce inequities in public education - August 19

Parents are demanding schools reopen; the state should provide parents $3,000 education vouchers for each child - August 13

Parents should get a $3,000 education voucher if schools stay closed this fall - July 23

Seattle Public Schools and other districts announce they won’t reopen schools this fall - July 22

Parents and students need new learning options since public schools may not open this fall - June 17

To avoid ongoing harm to children, schools should open this fall - June 3

In the midst of COVID-19 crisis, the WEA union can help fix the state budget; here’s how - June 2

WEA union is seeking protection from COVID-19 budget cuts - May 22

Increasing school choice: 40 percent of parents more likely to want homeschooling or online school after COVID - May 20

Superintendent Reykdal denies 780 families funding to attend online public schools - May 14

Amid coronavirus lock-downs, many families are finding that homeschooling is better for their children - May 12

As families struggle with COVID-19 lock-down and closed schools, Everett School Board members give out pay raises - May 7

Union front group doesn't like online discussion of ideas to improve the schools - May 4. 2020

Superintendent Reykdal says after COVID schools may drop letter grades and use an automatic minimum instead - May 1

Seattle School Board votes to give only A's or Incompletes to all high school students during COVID-19 - April 22

School districts respond to coronavirus with property tax relief - April 14

Since the governor has closed schools for the year, parents should receive some of the remaining education funding to help them access learning services for children - April 7

COVID-19 education aid should go to families, not to school administrators - March 31

Community Transit is spending more money despite declining ridership - July 13

WSDOT announces program to shut down highway lanes for your emotional and physical well-being - July 8

Taking a big hit to ridership, King County Metro sees COVID-19 recovery as opportunity to “reset” - June 24

It's harder to install a stop sign in Seattle than to close 20 miles of streets - May 12

New data shows big shift in travel preferences post-COVID - May 4

Transit agencies should not be in the food delivery business - April 30

Transit agencies should reduce service, promote safer options during COVID-19 outbreak

ENVIRONMENT

An irresponsible silence about King County’s spike in COVID transmission - August 13

Washington state flying blind on COVID testing and vulnerable populations - August 10

Data ignorance is making COVID restrictions worse than they need to be - July 24

After months of stagnation, Washington's COVID testing increases - July 2

Fair closures effect youth development, food security, rural economies - June 26

Washington’s COVID-19 testing collapses and governor abandons his “dials” after just one month - June 5

One month later, Washington's COVID-19 dashboard is already irrelevant - May 22

The governor's unscientific and misleading COVID-19 dials - May 14

The government wants restaurants to be part of the nanny state - May 12

Time to reopen recreational fishing - April 27

Puget Sound air quality has not improved despite lockdown - April 24

Remove regulatory friction to accelerate economic recovery - April 6

Technology proving more effective at reducing electricity demand than COVID-19 - March 31

As states, cities, and grocery chains ban reusable bags, governor to consider bill promoting them-  March 25

Recent events point to needed improvements in farmworker policies - August 6

Fair closures effect youth development, food security, rural economies - June 26

No easy answers for agriculture, workers, and COVID-19 - June 17

Ag, consumers need each other - June 1

Washington's agriculture abundance provides an opportunity to build bridges - April 27

Department of Health, L&I propose Ag crushing H-2A housing rules - April 24

Gardening, farming the same but different - April 22

Farmworker union tone deaf in the face of reality - April 17

Ag sectors have a new set of struggles amid COVID-19 - April 6

Cattle, climate change, and COVID-19 - April 2

Amid COVID-19 crisis, Washington's farmers and ranchers continue food production - March 23