

Ashli Blow
Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal
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U.S. and Canada update 60-year-old Columbia River Treaty
Politicians are celebrating the tentative agreement, while activists and tribal leaders say it doesn’t do enough to protect endangered salmon runs.

WA housing discrimination complaints dip, bucking national trend
Allegations are down by over 50% in the state, with most coming from people with disabilities. But claims are at an all-time high nationally.

Four candidates are vying to fill the open WA Supreme Court seat
Washington voters will choose a replacement for Justice Susan Owens from among an ideologically broad slate of legal professionals.

Who are the three candidates running for WA attorney general?
Two Democrats and one Republican, all with notable legal experience and all people of color, are competing to run the state’s largest law office.