Inmate death rates are rising even as prison populations shrink. State lawmakers are taking a closer look at the data and potential solutions.

Public records and interviews with officials and advocates reveal why cancer is a growing cause of death for an aging prison population.

While homicides and suicides in prison get the most press, Washington prisoners are more likely to die of untreated or undertreated illness.

The young lives of James and Jerome Taafulisia were beset by poverty and neglect when they committed their violent crimes. So was mine.

Members of the city council are proposing cutting about 100 police jobs and creating a new public safety department.

Officials in at least 27 states are warning residents not to plant unsolicited seed packets from China and other countries.

Between high decibel levels and police inaction, tensions are building between the Church at Planned Parenthood and the facility.

With an eye toward Portland, police and protestors again clashed on Capitol Hill Saturday night.

The Department of Justice asked the judge to block the City Council-approved ban, set to go into effect this weekend.

With time outside of jail cells greatly restricted, pandemic safety has led to solitary-like conditions.

There are more Republicans than this time last year, and they are more optimistic than Democrats, according to the latest Crosscut/Elway Poll.

Let's transform the Seattle Police Department by addressing both racial injustice and the enduring need for fair and effective policing.

A new statewide Crosscut/Elway poll shows support for police reform, but fear of defunding the police.