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The US only recycled about 5% of plastic waste last year

Environment

The US only recycled about 5% of plastic waste last year

Joseph Winters / Grist May 5, 2022

A “Community Donation Center” at a Value Village in Spokane. TVI, Inc., the Bellevue-based corporation that owns Value

Government

WA Supreme Court to hear fraud case concerning Value Village

The state says the for-profit thrift store chain wrapped itself in ‘a charitable veneer’ and violated consumer protection laws. The company says it’s done nothing wrong.

Francesca Lyman April 26, 2022

Opponents of proposed Foster Farms chicken plants ask state for ban

Government

Opponents of proposed Foster Farms chicken plants ask state for ban

Lynne Terry / Oregon Capital Chronicle April 25, 2022

Amber Letchworth became a criminal justice reform advocate after arrests a decade ago left her stuck in jail, causing her to

Criminal Justice

Where you live in Washington may determine whether you get stuck in jail before trial

Wilson Criscione April 22, 2022

Truckloads of plastic bottles, cardboard, glass and newspaper run along an intricate set of conveyor belts and bins to be

Environment

How to make manufacturers more responsible for plastics recycling

Most waste decisions are out of reach of consumers, who have the packaging chosen for them by manufacturers

Samantha Wohlfeil April 20, 2022

A Bend coffee shop and a Springfield restaurant had among the largest fines from OSHA for willfully defying pandemic

Government

Dozens of companies that defied Covid mandates are fighting nearly $1 million in fines

Lynne Terry / Oregon Capital Chronicle April 19, 2022

Rich countries are illegally exporting plastic trash to poor countries, data suggests

Government

Rich countries are illegally exporting plastic trash to poor countries, data suggests

Joseph Winters / Grist April 18, 2022

St. Luke’s downtown Boise hospital was on lockdown and diverted patients to other health facilities for about an hour, after

State of Democracy

Idaho extremists target judges, prosecutors, health workers in doxxing campaigns

Audrey Dutton / Idaho Capital Sun April 14, 2022

Oregon has approved the use of this species, Psilocybe cubensis, in its psilocybin program.

Government

Oregon’s psilocybin program stands on thousands of years of indigenous experience

Lynne Terry / Oregon Capital Chronicle April 14, 2022

Gabriel Muñoz poses for a portrait in Yakima on April 11, 2022. Muñoz, who grew up in Wapato, ran for a Senate seat in the

State of Democracy

What the fight for a Latino voting district means for Central WA politics

Yakima County, a hotbed for voting rights cases, is at the center of yet more lawsuits after a messy state redistricting process.

Mai Hoang / Cascade PBS April 12, 2022

Rancher Edward Bartell stands by a fence blocking access to the Thacker Pass mine site outside of Orovada, Nevada, on March

Indigenous Affairs

Green energy's hidden costs spark opposition

Proposed lithium mine in Nevada would damage ancestral lands, critics say

Chris Aadland / Underscore Native News & ICT April 6, 2022

The Kayenta solar farms on the Navajo Nation, shown here in 2019, span 365 acres and produce 55 megawatts of power that

Indigenous Affairs

Tribes look to renewable energy to power jobs of the future

From Florida to Alaska, tribes seek to harness energy from sun, wind and water

Ted McDermott April 5, 2022

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