Opinion The road to women's suffrage began in Washington state 100 years after the 19th Amendment granted women the vote, meet the Pacific Northwest activists who ignited the effort. by Carolyn McConnell / March 20, 2020
Politics On climate, western governors pick up where Trump left off In New York, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee tells world leaders that Trump can’t stop state action on climate change. by Elizabeth Shogren for High Country News / September 26, 2017
Politics Trump's attack on environmental regs could cause havoc The coal-fired Valmont Power Plant in Boulder, Colorado, will shut down at the end of 2017 to fulfill the state’s Clean Air-Clean Job Act, which requires utilities to reduce emissions. Similar EPA... by Elizabeth Shogren for High Country News / February 9, 2017
Environment What the death of WA’s carbon tax says about the future Some lessons gained from the failure of Initiative 1631. by Kate Schimel High Country News / February 6, 2019
Politics Take away the incentives for too many c-sections Caesarean births account for one third of all deliveries by Carolyn McConnell / August 5, 2009
Politics Should Seattle's interim superintendent stick around for good? Sharon Peaslee by Kate Schimel / December 4, 2014
Environment Rare bipartisan moment in D.C. boosts WA tribes, farmers, fish A section of the Yakima River by Elizabeth Shogren for High Country News / April 26, 2016
Politics Here come the plug-in hybrid-electric cars A plug-in hybrid Prius, juxtaposed. (CalCars.org) by Carolyn McConnell / January 8, 2008
Culture Washington stumbles toward landmark paid family leave (Idaho Commission for Libraries) by Carolyn McConnell / April 3, 2008
Culture A beleaguered Forest Service cancels reorganization (U.S. Forest Service) by Carolyn McConnell / March 1, 2008