Retired docs earn millions examining injured Washington workers
'This is a wonderful way to make six figures saying no,' said one attorney about Independent Medical Examiners' role in evaluating workers' comp claims.
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Lawsuit by UCLA Voting Rights Project follows InvestigateWest’s reporting
An update: How bias may subject Latino ballots to greater scrutiny
Cleaner buildings? We need to spend billions
Retrofitting programs across Cascadia make a difference, but results are probably too small and too slow.
How Vancouver aimed high yet fell short
Driven to become the world’s ‘greenest city,’ it discovered how bumpy the road could get.
An electric future? Natural gas proponents won’t go without a fight
Even a green city like Bellingham has learned it’s not easy to cap demand for fossil fuel.
Biochar ambassadors hope to save the Methow
Couple launches a nonprofit project to improve forest health, limit fires and capture carbon.
Can the West learn to share renewable power?
Insights: Proponents of a heftier, coordinated grid assess its importance — and barriers to their visions.
Can a court victory provide refuge for foster youth?
Those on both sides of a federal lawsuit see daunting obstacles to providing safer, healthier places for kids to spend their nights.
Fish pay the price for failed water management
Time ran out on efforts to cooperate in the Klamath Basin — and it’s now running out for two species of suckers.
A stronger electricity grid is crucial to cutting carbon. Does that make it green?
Three viewpoints: A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism from an Indigenous activist and the river’s advocates.
Washington agrees to end foster youth placements in hotels, offices and cars
The state has until Nov. 1 to implement an alternative plan to house foster youth.
