A new report from the Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC) examines the effects of COVID-19, including school closures and remote learning, on K-12 students’ learning....Read More

Amid reports that a “K-shaped” recovery from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic is widening inequality, how do the different rates of recovery look...Read More

Senate Bill 5237, which would expand accessible, affordable childcare and early childhood development programs, had its first hearing in the House Committee on Children, Youth...Read More

After two weeks of floor sessions in both chambers and the house of origin cutoff approaching on Tuesday, lobbyists provided The Washington State Wire with...Read More

The past two weeks have been busy ones in the Washington State Legislature. The cutoff for bills to move from their house of origin is...Read More

The past two weeks have been busy in the Washington State Legislature, both houses have had a marathon of floor sessions in order to get...Read More

Senate Bill 5271 passed through the Senate Law and Justice committee and on to Senate Rules Thursday. This bill would provide liability protections to providers...Read More

School districts in several counties are sticking to full remote learning models despite meeting Department of Health (DOH) standards for partially resuming in-person instruction at...Read More

Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz, leader of Washington state’s wildfire fighting force, today is reiterating her message to residents: Please take seriously efforts to...Read More

In a SurveyUSA research poll conducted for Seattle’s KING-TV, 2/3rds of parents with school-aged children are likely to send their kids to school if in-class...Read More