Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Reporter
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Environment
Biggest Carbon Loser: Staying grounded, cutting carbon, when you have the travel bug
Three contestants. Two months. One planet. A lot of carbon. KUOW’s Biggest Carbon Loser series aims to see how deeply three Seattle-area residents can cut their carbon footprints -- from travel, food, energy, and more -- while navigating their daily lives. What will it take our contestants, and our region, to kick the carbon habit and help fend off climate catastrophe? Many may try, but only one will take the coveted title: The Biggest Carbon Loser.
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Health
Teen spirit smells like vaping, and other things lawmakers heard in Olympia
The state’s temporary ban expires in a few weeks.
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Another family joins lawsuit against Seattle Children's over mold contamination
Five month-old, Beth, was infected by Aspergillus months after the hospital said its mold problems were fixed.
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Scooters are sending more people to the hospital; Seattle still doesn't have them
In the Puget Sound region, you can ride an electric scooter in Tacoma, Everett, Bothell and Redmond, but not in Seattle...yet.
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Beware online medical insurance you can't use here in Washington state
If you’ve shopped for cheap medical insurance online – watch out. From January 2016 through October 1, 2018, Washington customers bought over 34,000 policies that weren’t authorized in the state.
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Health
Some foster children have new homes, but bigger crisis in Washington state remains
Over two dozen high needs foster kids in Seattle who were in limbo have now gotten places to stay now. But their plight illustrates key flaws in the state foster care system.
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She's been engaged for six years. Marijuana laws prevent her from getting married
State and federal laws keep weed from being as normal as wine, seven years after recreational legalization.
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Arts & Life
Why is Seattle so geeky? We went on a quest to find out
Seattle is home to some of the biggest game and comics conventions in the world. Board game cafes are scattered across the city. So what is it about Seattle that makes geek culture thrive here?
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Staff say a top doc in Snohomish County bullied them and slept on the job. Officials kept it a secret
People started complaining about Dr. Mark Beatty soon after he was hired as a top health official of Snohomish County.
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Politics
Did your Seattle neighbors vote with Amazon? Check this map
Amazon donated nearly $1.5 million to influence the outcome in recent city council races. Where did Seattleites vote with Amazon?