Politics
Take away the incentives for too many c-sections
The state performs 11,000 unneeded caesarean births each year, in part because of insurance incentives. A measure passed by the last Legislature could help change the pattern.
Carolyn McConnell
Carolyn McConnell is a lawyer and writer based in Seattle.
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Politics
Responding to her readers on paid family leave
When I recently wrote about Washington state’s landmark paid family leave legislation [/social-services/13118/Washington+stumbles+toward+landmark+paid+family+leave/] (only the second in the nation), Crosscut readers’ responses were striking. Two-thirds of comments expressed the same feeling: The leg
Culture
A beleaguered Forest Service cancels reorganization
The once mighty Forest Service has fallen on hard times in recent decades, ever since the downturn in the timber industry, from which much of its budget and clout derived, and it has been hit by accusations of shoddy science under the Bush administration. The latest chastening arrived this week: Acc