Passage of the bill fulfills a longtime hope for Seattle-based Katrina Spade. She is founder and CEO of Recompose, which aspires to be the first "natural organic reduction" funeral home in the U.S. If Gov. Jay Inslee signs the bill, the law would take effect May 1.
Project Homeless is a new Seattle Times initiative that explores and explains the region’s complex, troubling problem of homelessness. With strong watchdog reporting and vivid storytelling, Project Homeless seeks to spotlight what is working, and what is not working, in responding to homelessness. We will also feature solutions-oriented reporting from elsewhere in the country.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal prosecutors said this week they intend to file a lawsuit against a Tennessee state senator and other co-owners of a now-shuttered pain clinic company. Court filings said Comprehensive Pain Specialists, which was based in Tennessee and once operated in 12 states, defrauded the government of millions of dollars by submitting...
Joseph Shaun Goodman's eighth DUI arrest places him among a small cohort of chronic drunk drivers. State lawmakers are considering a bill that would make cases like Goodman's felonies rather than misdemeanors. Goodman appeared in court Monday. WATCH
Levy supporters say the Eastside school district needs the funds to address overcrowding at its 54 schools, which are nearly all at or over capacity.
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the past three years, virtually nothing has hatched at Antarctica's second biggest breeding grounds for emperor penguins and the start of this year is looking just as bleak, a new study found. Usually 15,000 to 24,000 breeding pairs of emperor penguins flock yearly to a breeding site at Halley Bay ,...
