Overflowing Idaho prisons are sending women with good behavior to ‘the hole’
Incarceration rates are rising, and inmates say they’re being punished for the state’s failures to manage prison capacity
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Redlining's enduring impact shows up in WA pollution disparity
New research out of UW suggests historic, racist lending practices still affect inequitable exposure to hazardous pollution today.
One big detail could derail Northwest’s clean-energy goals
Inability to get renewable energy from producers to users has planners worried about meeting mandates
Lawmakers hope to end Washington’s practice of shipping special-needs students out of state
State senator calls for joint session to address the issue, prompted by InvestigateWest reporting
A foster system paradox: Parents billed for care of their children
Studies show charging child support extends family separations and can spur years of debt for parents in poverty. WA is pushing to change the practice.
Tribal Leaders in Washington Allege State Intentionally Ignores Treaty Rights
After a judge dismissed charges of shellfish trafficking on treaty grounds, tribes and treaty rights organizations say the case exemplifies how Washington officials are working to undermine treaty fishing rights and agreements, which the state denies.
Redistricting: Tribes fight for an equal voice
As states set out to redraw political districts, some have worked to better integrate the needs of Native communities.
One thing the pandemic hasn’t changed: State laws protecting parents who deny their children medical care for religious reasons
How faith-healing exemptions have survived not only in deep red Idaho, but reliably blue Washington state
Largest solar energy facility in Oregon gets final approval after legal battles
Lake Oswego-based Obsidian Renewables received a permit to build a solar energy facility in the high desert of Christmas Valley. It will be the largest in the Pacific Northwest
Poisoned ground: Dealing with Washington’s legacy of pesticides
A new program is helping developers and landowners clean up former orchard lands once doused with dangerous lead arsenate
How a Tacoma gas facility started a fight over climate change, sovereignty and human rights
A Washington methane gas project is compounding a crisis of tribal consultation, pension funds and national immigration practices.
Do Salmon Have Rights?
A legal battle between Seattle and the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe could test the Rights of Nature movement.
