Nation May 21

Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation Tuesday making Washington the first state to approve composting as an alternative to burying or cremating human remains.

Politics Apr 25

Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima blocked new Trump administration rules that could cut off federal funding for health care providers who refer patients for an abortion.

Nation Jan 17

As the tech industry Microsoft brought to the region has boomed with the expansion of Amazon and other companies, the cost of housing has soared.

Nation Dec 13

Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing major spending and a partial whale-watching ban in an effort to save the region's dwindling orca population.

Politics Jun 26

States, including New York and California, sued the Trump administration Tuesday to force it to reunite the thousands of immigrant children and parents it separated at the border, as pressure mounted to reconnect families more quickly.

Nation Jun 19

As Blanca Orantes-Lopez sits in a federal prison south of Seattle, her son is in custody at a children's home across the country in upstate New York. She has no idea when she might see him again.

Nation Sep 07

The unanimous ruling from three judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also said refugees accepted by a resettlement agency should not be banned.

Politics May 16

Two federal appellate courts have heard arguments over Trump's revised travel ban.

Nation Mar 15

Hours before it was to take effect, President Donald Trump's revised travel ban was put on hold Wednesday by a federal judge in Hawaii after hearing arguments that the executive order discriminates on the basis of nationality.

Nation Mar 14

President Donald Trump's revised travel ban will be scrutinized in federal courtrooms across the country on Wednesday — the day before it is supposed to go into effect. More than a half-dozen states are trying to derail the executive order…