Responding to federal inaction on pharmaceutical costs, lawmakers appear poised to give state broad authority…
Levi PulkkinenMarch 5, 2021
As part of the yearlong reporting project “Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia,”…
Peter FairleyFebruary 24, 2021
Mapping programs in Cascadia show how inequities extend to climate, pollution risks At least…
Peter FairleyFebruary 24, 2021
Since mid-January, Washington legislators have put forward dozens of bills aimed at the climate crisis…
Levi PulkkinenFebruary 19, 2021
Washington state voters with Latino surnames are much more likely to have their signatures challenged…
Joy BorkholderFebruary 15, 2021
In an analysis of recent voter data and behavior, InvestigateWest found that voters with Latino…
Joy BorkholderFebruary 15, 2021
In the eight Washington counties with the largest share of potential Latino voters, Hispanic-sounding names…
Joy BorkholderFebruary 15, 2021
State legislators are looking to bolster key aspects of the state Medicaid system that has…
Levi PulkkinenFebruary 12, 2021
Arnold Ventures’ core mission is to invest in evidence-based solutions that maximize opportunity and minimize…
InvestigateWestFebruary 5, 2021
Despite pandemic budget crunch, push is on in Olympia to resurrect urban forestry effort killed…
Levi PulkkinenJanuary 26, 2021
Washington state’s redoubled climate goals and fresh action plan revive hope to cut emissions. But…
Peter FairleyJanuary 25, 2021
Activists in Cascadia blocked nearly every effort to use the region's ports to expand the…
Robert McClureJanuary 18, 2021
Despite a decade of policy promises, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia failed to reduce carbon…
Peter FairleyJanuary 11, 2021
Washington state lawmakers are considering new restrictions on armed groups operating in public.
Katie HayesJanuary 8, 2021
A yearlong reporting initiative launched in January 2021, this series explores the path to low-carbon…
InvestigateWestJanuary 7, 2021
Inadequately treated human waste from 79 sewage treatment plants is an important and growing cause…
Allegra AbramoDecember 7, 2020
Washington misses its deadline to bring foster kids home from troubled out-of-state group facilities
When a Michigan boy died in May after being restrained by employees at a Sequel…
Rachel NielsenDecember 2, 2020
Washington foster youths recount mistreatment at out-of-state Sequel Youth & Family Services facilities. Advocates appeal…
Rachel NielsenDecember 2, 2020
Paramilitary organizations are illegal in Washington and many other states. Despite the rise in paramilitary…
Katie HayesNovember 2, 2020
Within the last decade, state regulators across the country have accused many for-profit secondhand stores…
Francesca LymanOctober 30, 2020
By Francesca Lyman/InvestigateWest Charities like Goodwill and Salvation Army have traditionally dominated the $10 billion…
Francesca LymanOctober 30, 2020
The growth of for-profit thrift stores like Value Village Atlanta is expanding nationwide. The surge…
Francesca LymanOctober 30, 2020
The Trump administration has bottled up at least 46 studies by government energy researchers detailing…
Peter FairleyOctober 26, 2020
In Washington state, nearly 1 million homes sit near forests threatened by seasonal wildfires. And…
Levi PulkkinenOctober 19, 2020
As wildfires increasingly become the norm, farmworkers work in hazardous smoke conditions up and down…
Mara Kardas-Nelson, Jess Alvarenga & Rosa Amanda Tuirán October 6, 2020
Researchers estimate that nearly every American is exposed to wildfire smoke each year, even if…
Mara Kardas-NelsonOctober 1, 2020
Wildland firefighters battle increasingly long and hostile fire seasons and often rely on makeshift cloth…
Mara Kardas-NelsonSeptember 28, 2020
Despite back-to-back wildfires, Washington’s Methow Valley got no federal disaster mental-health support. So locals did…
Molly TaftSeptember 23, 2020
Disasters, including wildfires, hurricanes and flooding, are intensifying as climate change accelerates. Already, the U.S.…
Dean RussellSeptember 23, 2020
