A beloved Mercer Island teacher was accused twice of sexual misconduct with students. The school district kept it quiet.
Gary "Chris" Twombley was put on administrative leave in December 2023
Bill enabling Oregon to crack down on child labor heads to Gov. Kotek’s desk
Republican critiques of increased penalties for child labor violations fails to slow momentum
Oregon House passes bill to fix law that forces state to refund child labor fines
State labor officials say bill would allow investigators to crack down on child labor violations
Plans for long-sought Tribal Early Learning Hub collapse three years after Oregon lawmakers mandated its creation
Tribal representatives bank on an early learning success plan to increase services
Oregon’s labor regulators ask for lawmakers’ help to tackle backlogs
The bottleneck of civil rights and wage claims has decreased, but workers still face long waits for service
Biden’s Administration Is Still Denying Immigrants Citizenship for Working in Legal Cannabis
Federal officials consider immigrants “drug traffickers” even in states where cannabis has been legalized
Oregon employers rarely pay penalties for wage theft. The state wants that to change
From 2015 through 2020, employers paid just 11% of penalties in full By Kaylee Tornay / InvestigateWest
Oregon’s labor bureau failed to collect nearly $5 million in wage theft claims since 2015
Employers in industries with more undocumented and low-wage workers left the most wages and penalties unpaid.
Badly needed infant and toddler care investments aren’t reaching Oregon’s north coast
Local leaders say they’re forced to step up to boost child care access
WA foster parents say the state still hasn't fixed overly punitive investigations driving them out of foster care
A foster mother says she paid a high price for an overturned finding of abuse
At WA military base, families battle mold, rodents and more despite promised reforms
Military families say reforms adopted in 2019 have done little to improve housing conditions
Telehealth business closes after InvestigateWest report details alleged wage theft
A Seattle law could provide a model for protecting independent workers in Washington
It’s not the first time this Puget Sound psychologist faces accusations he shortchanged workers
Former colleagues blame a lack of oversight for continued exploitation of practitioners and patients