Unionized workers at the state Department of Children, Youth and Families have launched a no-confidence vote against their boss, DCYF Secretary Ross Hunter, urging Gov. Jay Inslee to fire and replace ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The day after a May KING 5 investigation detailed Washington social workers' claims that they were ordered to punish and withhold basic necessities from misbehaving foster youth, an ...

SEATTLE — Unionized workers at the Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF) are calling on Gov. Jay Inslee to fire and replace their boss, Secretary Ross Hunter. Members of the Washington ...

OLYMPIA — Former state Rep. Ross Hunter remembers tough calls he had to make as a House budget writer to balance Washington’s books in the wake of the Great Recession. Now, Hunter is secretary of the ...

He talked about the state budget, he talked about the tunnel, he talked about booze, but when the SECB asked Rep. Ross Hunter (D-48) at the end of his interview if there was anything else people ...

A beleaguered state official who’s faced a swirl of criticism over his leadership at Washington’s Department of Children, Youth and Families won’t seek reappointment, he announced this week. Ross ...

The following editorial originally appeared in The Seattle Times: When Ross Hunter took the helm of the state’s newly created Department of Children, Youth and Families in 2018, he had the advantage ...