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Research shows anti-vaxxers have stoked public resistance to vaccination and increased rates of vaccine-preventable diseases across the country.

The process turns the human body into nutrient-rich soil naturally in about 30 days, and it could soon be legalized in Washington State.

Washington state implements new gun purchase restrictions, more border fencing could be constructed, and NASA gets a a good look at a far-off celestial body.

So far, America's wage experiment appears to be a success—and it's far from over yet.

Nearly all high school graduates in Onalaska, Washington, head off to college—but many come back home after earning a degree.

With this ruling, Washington joined 20 other states and the District of Columbia that consider juvenile life without parole unconstitutional

After hearing the last appeal from a man on death row, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the death penalty, as applied in the state, is unconstitutional.

One national park reopens, another sees closures, and a judge dismisses young climate activists' case.

There are also major wildfires in five other states.

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

Boeing workers in Washington State have been unionized for decades; their counterparts in South Carolina recently voted out the union in a landslide. Pacific Standard compares conditions in both workplaces, a year after South Carolina's historic vote.

One case about replacing culverts in Washington state could end up influencing larger decisions about native rights in places like Bears Ears and Standing Rock.

A new study suggests it also decreases other types of drug use, including binge drinking.

Tuition from international students at community colleges often helps the institutional bottom line. But is the education really helping international students?

Across the country, there are hundreds of instances where children are removed from the custody of a parent who has suffered from domestic abuse at the hands of a partner.

The energy terminal would have shuttled 131 million barrels of oil per year down the Columbia River.

Washington's attorney general filed a lawsuit against the motel chain for violating the Consumer Protection Act.

Orcas are losing their babies at an unprecedented rate. The solution may lie 400 miles away.

The suspect, whose identity has not yet been released by authorities, is in police custody.

There were no injuries reported, but workers near the tunnel were evacuated.

I went to Washington, D.C., to mourn all the disabled people killed last year by their caregivers—and to join the fight to keep them from being forgotten.

Some of the fires are creating enough heat to compete with major cities at night.

Want to know what difference a few degrees can make as the climate warms? Look no further than the West’s critical and vanishing snowpack.

We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.