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Noel Gasca November 26, 2025 / 1:24 pm The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office says the number of shots fired during the third quarter of the year has dropped for a second year in a row. Law enforcement agencies in King County recorded 292 shots fired incidents between July 1 and Sept. 30 of this year.…

Ann Dornfeld November 24, 2025 / 4:44 pm The University of Washington had a 9% decrease in students from China and India this fall, the home countries for about two-thirds of the university’s 7,900 international students. Overall, international enrollment dropped 7% across the university’s Seattle, Bothell, and Tacoma campuses. That mirrors a national trend after the…

Eilís O’Neill November 21, 2025 / 3:52 pm About 380,000 Washington state residents are expected to lose their health insurance because of federal changes to Medicaid and the elimination of federal subsidies for plans bought on the health insurance marketplace commonly known as Obamacare. That will leave them with extremely limited access to health care. Community…

Ruby de Luna November 18, 2025 / 2:13 pm Americans will be forking out more for Thanksgiving meals this year as the cost of food continues to rise. Meats, along with poultry and fish, are up more than 5%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nonprofit organizations are not immune from the high costs. Peter…

Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard November 17, 2025 / 10:47 am Just months after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a Washington law to keep medical debt off consumers’ credit reports, the Trump administration is looking to block such policies. The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now says federal law preempts laws like Washington’s. The federal agency’s position is a reversal…

Moe Clark / Investigate West November 12, 2025 / 1:52 pm When Camerina Zorrozua learned in April that Washington had slashed its state funding of her Spokane-based legal aid organization, she frantically called state Rep. Tarra Simmons. “I was so alarmed, and I asked her straight up, ‘What happened?’” said Zorrozua, the legal director and co-founder…

By: Nada Hassanein November 11, 2025 8:10 am In their competition for rural health care dollars from a new federal fund, states are seeking money to bolster emergency services, address chronic diseases, and recruit and train more doctors and nurses. All 50 states submitted their applications to the federal government last week to get shares of…

Melanie Henshaw / InvestigateWest November 10, 2025 / 3:52 pm For the past 30 years, it’s been clear: Native American children in Washington state are far more likely to be arrested and jailed than white kids. The state’s courts and Washington Department of Youth and Families have acknowledged the justice system continues to hold back Native American…

Corey Davis Nov 6, 2025 Memphis-based FedEx is keeping a close eye on how its operations could be impacted by flight cuts at airports across the country due to the ongoing government shutdown. Memphis International Airport is on a reported list of 40 major U.S. airports that face a 10% reduction in flights. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced…

Monica Nickelsburg November 05, 2025 / 11:05 am Brendan Hancock is about to graduate for the second time. His English degree from a traditional four-year college didn’t turn into the stable career he was looking for, so he decided to start over at the Northwest Washington Electrical Industry Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NWEJATC) in Mount…