Plugging in more stuff can slash Cascadia’s climate-warming emissions at modest cost. But that means…
Peter FairleyApril 14, 2021
Despite gun-rights opposition, lawmakers in Olympia are working to deter ad hoc ‘patrols’ and armed…
InvestigateWestApril 12, 2021
Poverty, disability, homelessness wouldn't qualify as sole reason to take kids away With tears in…
Allegra AbramoApril 9, 2021
InvestigateWest is the recipient of a new $80,000 grant from Chicago-based family foundation The Reva…
InvestigateWestApril 8, 2021
With strong mandates stripped out, landmark environmental justice legislation approaches passage After decades of inaction…
Levi PulkkinenApril 2, 2021
Legislation would ensure doctors at Catholic hospitals could offer medically necessary abortions when emergencies arise…
Levi PulkkinenMarch 26, 2021
For third time, lawmakers hope to restrict greenhouse gases escaping tailpipes The annual push in…
Levi PulkkinenMarch 19, 2021
Competing efforts to enact landmark climate-change legislation have fractured the state’s environmental coalition and Olympia’s…
Levi PulkkinenMarch 12, 2021
While most protests against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are happening on the land, the…
Braela KwanMarch 10, 2021
A network of eco-activists, local governments, economists and lawyers are fighting new pipeline infrastructure under…
Braela KwanMarch 10, 2021
Responding to federal inaction on pharmaceutical costs, lawmakers appear poised to give state broad authority…
Levi PulkkinenMarch 5, 2021
The heavy wind woke Niria Garcia about 5 a.m. It whipped against her home,…
Iris M. CrawfordMarch 3, 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
