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GovernmentHealthInvestigative Reports

Dozens of Oregon school districts likely undercounting homeless students

Homeless students can get assistance from their schools, but unless they’re identified, they get none…
Kaylee Tornay
Kaylee TornayDecember 1, 2022
ClimateEnvironmentGovernmentHealth

Investors make a massive bet on crypto mining in a tiny NE Washington town 

California owners want to build one of the biggest operations in the country, but concerns…
Zachariah Bryan
Zachariah BryanNovember 25, 2022
GovernmentState of Democracy

Pulling from extremist playbook, Oregon sheriffs refuse to enforce gun laws

By Jonathan Levinson (OPB) A growing list of Oregon sheriffs are telling their constituents they…
Jonathan Levinson
Jonathan LevinsonNovember 25, 2022
GovernmentHealth

Oregon food banks forced to tighten belts as hunger swells across the state

Rising prices and soaring demand show no sign of subsiding By Kaylee Tornay / InvestigateWest…
Kaylee Tornay
Kaylee TornayNovember 21, 2022
Government

New state rules could expand public broadband in rural WA

A proposal from Washington's Public Works Board would limit the power of private companies' objections…
Brandon Block
Brandon BlockNovember 17, 2022
GovernmentHealthState of Democracy

Oregon will be the first state to make affordable health care a constitutional right

By Ben Botkin, Oregon Capital Chronicle, November 15, 2022 Oregon will be the first state…
Ben Botkin
Ben BotkinNovember 17, 2022
GovernmentHealth

‘I kept reoffending’: why unhoused people are choosing to go to jail

People on the street who are resistant to shelters face a cruel choice: living rough…
Wilson Criscione
Wilson CriscioneNovember 3, 2022
Government

Housing vouchers sit unused at some rural Washington agencies

COVID stimulus gave public housing authorities new resources. While King County leads the nation in…
Brandon Block
Brandon BlockNovember 3, 2022
Government

Yakima, Spokane counties forfeit nearly $2M in federal rental aid

The U.S. Treasury pulled funds from jurisdictions that didn't meet the deadline to distribute at…
Brandon Block
Brandon BlockOctober 28, 2022
Government

At least one juror refused to call them guilty. But they’re still in prison.

In Oregon and Louisiana, hundreds remain behind bars two years after U.S. Supreme Court outlawed…
Kaylee Tornay
Kaylee TornayOctober 26, 2022
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