EFSEC serves a crucial role in WA's energy transition. And the power it has to overrule local land-use policies — often in rural areas where the majority of wind and solar plants are sited — has put it at the center of a national backlash to renewables. cascadepbs.org/investigations…

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good story by Nate Sanford on the qualified success of the Seattle area's nation-leading wage floors, which have neither ran businesses out of town nor delivered a workers utopia cascadepbs.org/politics/2025/…

We came to the table ready to make a deal during mediation on Wednesday. Cascade PBS Newsroom came unprepared, unserious and totally unwilling to move. This is not what bargaining in good faith looks like. (1/4)

This unprecedented enforcement comes after a Cascade PBS Newsroom investigation that revealed a teen worker lost his legs while using prohibited equipment

Kurt Beckett consulted for multiple wind and solar companies seeking development permits. Now he leads the agency tasked with permitting his ex-clients’ projects. cascadepbs.org/investigations…

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New: The Northwest states passed aggressive goals to decarbonize the power supply but left it to the Bonneville Power Administration to build the transmission lines needed for wind and solar. The agency hasn't delivered. propub.li/4d9tNAm

WA Democrats opted to extend child support garnishments as part of their plan to balance the state's budget deficit, just one year after voting to end the practice. cascadepbs.org/investigations…

New documents show two men died at the Issaquah city jail in a three month window after guards failed to respond to requests for medical help. cascadepbs.org/investigations…

Five years after a wildfire started by its power lines torched the town of Malden, Avista utilities has settled lawsuits with hundreds of victims for $27 million — but done little to prevent future fires. cascadepbs.org/investigations…