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A person sits on a bench outdoors and pricks their finger using a glucose meter.Health

Climbing prescription prices have Washington state looking to get into the drug business

Responding to federal inaction on pharmaceutical costs, lawmakers appear poised to give state broad authority…
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi PulkkinenMarch 5, 2021
A person stands in the middle of the wreckage of a burnt building.Decarbonizing CascadiaEnvironmentWildfires

Will race, income inequalities trip up Cascadia’s fight against climate change?

  The heavy wind woke Niria Garcia about 5 a.m. It whipped against her home,…
Iris M. Crawford
Iris M. CrawfordMarch 3, 2021
Data

Mapping Climate Vulnerability

   As part of the yearlong reporting project “Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia,”…
Peter Fairley
Peter FairleyFebruary 24, 2021
ClimateDecarbonizing CascadiaEnvironment

Visualizing Climate-Vulnerable Communities

Mapping programs in Cascadia show how inequities extend to climate, pollution risks   At least…
Peter Fairley
Peter FairleyFebruary 24, 2021
A photo of a mother sitting on a couch indoors, holding her child and kissing her forehead.ClimateEnvironmentUrban sustainability

Fix the climate while solving the housing crisis? Olympia’s trying

Since mid-January, Washington legislators have put forward dozens of bills aimed at the climate crisis…
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi PulkkinenFebruary 19, 2021
A woman stands next to a ballot box.Investigative ReportsWatchdog

Can elections procedure be altered to make sure all voters are treated equally?

Washington state voters with Latino surnames are much more likely to have their signatures challenged…
Joy Borkholder
Joy BorkholderFebruary 15, 2021
A heat map of the estimated Latino share of voters in Washington state.AnalysisDataInvestigative ReportsWatchdog

How InvestigateWest analyzed voter signature rejection rates

In an analysis of recent voter data and behavior, InvestigateWest found that voters with Latino…
Joy Borkholder
Joy BorkholderFebruary 15, 2021
People seated at folding tables review pieces of paper and consult one another.DataInvestigative ReportsWatchdog

Latino voters have higher than average ballot signature rejection rates in Washington state

In the eight Washington counties with the largest share of potential Latino voters, Hispanic-sounding names…
Joy Borkholder
Joy BorkholderFebruary 15, 2021
A doctor holds a stethoscope to a baby's chest.Health

2 million Washingtonians rely on a Medicaid system that’s driving away doctors and dropping new mothers

State legislators are looking to bolster key aspects of the state Medicaid system that has…
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi PulkkinenFebruary 12, 2021
Newsroom

Good News Friday: We Received $180,000 Gift From Texas-Based Journalism Philanthropists Arnold Ventures

Arnold Ventures’ core mission is to invest in evidence-based solutions that maximize opportunity and minimize…
InvestigateWest
InvestigateWestFebruary 5, 2021
A forest, and in the middle of the photo, a scattering of tiny neon pink flags marking recently dug-up piles of dirt.Environment

Tree justice? Lawmakers look to revive forests in Washington cities with eye on racial environmental disparities

Despite pandemic budget crunch, push is on in Olympia to resurrect urban forestry effort killed…
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi PulkkinenJanuary 26, 2021
A person in a light blue sweater leans against a tree in a forest and smiles at the camera.Decarbonizing CascadiaEnvironment

After climate-protection drift and despair, a blueprint for success emerges in Cascadia

Washington state’s redoubled climate goals and fresh action plan revive hope to cut emissions. But…
Peter Fairley
Peter FairleyJanuary 25, 2021
Many kayakers in colorful kayaks crowd together in the water. In the distance is an oil rig.Decarbonizing CascadiaEnvironment

A Thin Green Line with Global Impact

Activists in Cascadia blocked nearly every effort to use the region's ports to expand the…
Robert McClure
Robert McClureJanuary 18, 2021
A young man stands in front of a water landscape, his side profile pointed to the right and a gas mask on his face. He wears a dark gray sweater and his hair blows slightly in the wind.Decarbonizing CascadiaEnvironment

A Lost Decade: How Climate Action Fizzled in Cascadia

Despite a decade of policy promises, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia failed to reduce carbon…
Peter Fairley
Peter FairleyJanuary 11, 2021
Law enforcement officers with guns stand guard in front of a mansion entryway. In the foreground, arms from off-camera hold up an American flag.EventFrom the Field

In the wake of insurrection, Washington lawmakers look for options to derail ad hoc militias

Washington state lawmakers are considering new restrictions on armed groups operating in public.
Katie Hayes
Katie HayesJanuary 8, 2021
A digital illustration of a young person in a green shirt, surrounded by floating newspaper headlines about climate change being "everywhere" and "unstoppable." The person looks distressed.Decarbonizing CascadiaEnvironment

Coming Soon: “Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia” #GtZ

A yearlong reporting initiative launched in January 2021, this series explores the path to low-carbon…
InvestigateWest
InvestigateWestJanuary 7, 2021
ClimateEnvironmentWatchdog

Outdated sewage treatment is suffocating fish in Puget Sound

Inadequately treated human waste from 79 sewage treatment plants is an important and growing cause…
Allegra Abramo
Allegra AbramoDecember 7, 2020
Foster CareWatchdog

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 Nielsen
Rachel NielsenDecember 2, 2020
Foster CareWatchdog

Washington foster kids detail abuse at Sequel group homes

Washington foster youths recount mistreatment at out-of-state Sequel Youth & Family Services facilities. Advocates appeal…
Rachel Nielsen
Rachel NielsenDecember 2, 2020
Watchdog

Laws banning private armies go unenforced in Washington

Paramilitary organizations are illegal in Washington and many other states. Despite the rise in paramilitary…
Katie Hayes
Katie HayesNovember 2, 2020
Investigative ReportsWatchdog

Regulators crack down on misleading thrift operations

Within the last decade, state regulators across the country have accused many for-profit secondhand stores…
Francesca Lyman
Francesca LymanOctober 30, 2020
Investigative ReportsWatchdog

There’s big business in thrift

By Francesca Lyman/InvestigateWest Charities like Goodwill and Salvation Army have traditionally dominated the $10 billion…
Francesca Lyman
Francesca LymanOctober 30, 2020
Investigative ReportsWatchdog

Profiting from thrift: Who’s getting rich off your secondhand stuff?

The growth of for-profit thrift stores like Value Village Atlanta is expanding nationwide. The surge…
Francesca Lyman
Francesca LymanOctober 30, 2020
ClimateEnvironmentInvestigative ReportsWatchdog

Trump administration buries dozens of clean energy studies

The Trump administration has bottled up at least 46 studies by government energy researchers detailing…
Peter Fairley
Peter FairleyOctober 26, 2020
ClimateEnvironmentSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

With nearly 1 million homes at risk, Washington is losing the wildfire fight

In Washington state, nearly 1 million homes sit near forests threatened by seasonal wildfires. And…
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi PulkkinenOctober 19, 2020
ClimateEnvironmentSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Farmworkers forced to put harvest over health during wildfires

As wildfires increasingly become the norm, farmworkers work in hazardous smoke conditions up and down…
Mara Kardas-Nelson, Jess Alvarenga & Rosa Amanda Tuirán
Mara Kardas-Nelson, Jess Alvarenga & Rosa Amanda Tuirán October 6, 2020
Smoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

PNW wildfires sicken people in the Midwest and beyond

Researchers estimate that nearly every American is exposed to wildfire smoke each year, even if…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonOctober 1, 2020
One firefighter confronts burning landscape with hoseClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Overstretched wildland firefighters risk lung, heart maladies

Wildland firefighters battle increasingly long and hostile fire seasons and often rely on makeshift cloth…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonSeptember 28, 2020
ClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Haunted by fire, a community heals together

Despite back-to-back wildfires, Washington’s Methow Valley got no federal disaster mental-health support. So locals did…
Molly Taft
Molly TaftSeptember 23, 2020
ClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Hidden epidemics: Disasters are driving a mental health crisis

Disasters, including wildfires, hurricanes and flooding, are intensifying as climate change accelerates. Already, the U.S.…
Dean Russell
Dean RussellSeptember 23, 2020
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