After deadly spike, WA looks for advocates in pregnancy care WATCH
With Washington’s high maternal mortality rate and as more labor units close, doulas could improve health outcomes — and help close racial gaps in care.
Alison Saldanha
You're not imagining it; Seattle really is packed with tech workers
Washington has the highest concentration of tech workers in the United States, with nearly 1 in 10 residents in tech. Despite layoffs, those numbers are...
Think Seattle-area property taxes are rising fast? It’s no Bellingham
The Seattle area's property tax rate, $706 per $100,000 in home value, is lower than over a hundred other metros, including Spokane and Yakima.
Seattle felt the Big Dark big-time on weekends, weather graphics show
The past Big Dark season in the Seattle area saw the fewest dry weekends in the last five years.
Why your allergies may feel worse this year
A look at how Seattle compares to other U.S. cities in allergy seasons due to rising temperatures from climate change and greenhouse gas emissions.
Where Washingtonians keep their money, and how that's changed
With the recent high-profile failures of two banks, here's the latest data on banks and credit unions where Washington residents choose to deposit their money.
High-income residents become new majority in King County
In the last two decades, King County's middle-income residents moved the most as the region transformed into a high-income majority area, a new study shows.
These WA ZIP codes saw the most applicants for Biden’s student loan relief
Hundreds of thousands of Washington residents are waiting to hear the fate of their student loan relief applications, many of which were approved before legal...
Is WA a rich state? That depends — take a county-by-county look
That Washingtonians earn nearly $10,000 more than the average American doesn't mean much outside the Seattle area, where incomes often compare to those of the...
Black, Native infants in King County die at higher rate than white babies VIEW
Infant deaths in King County are concentrated in the south end, home to the poorest, most diverse neighborhoods.