Impacts www.invw.org Legislature eyes ways to control speculators buying Washington water rights Several upcoming bills in the Washington Legislature aim to take on the state's convoluted water rights system, which balances two conflicting positions - that water is a public resource, and that water rights are private property.
Politics www.theatlantic.com Washington Governor Jay Inslee is running for President The Washington governor has a single-minded focus: pulling the country back from the climate-change brink.
Despite Pope Francis' call for divestment a decade ago, Catholic institutions have made uneven progress
Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals
