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Three fixes to keep a proposal alive.

Government

Three fixes for a public records advocate

Lee van der Voo January 19, 2017

We're crowdfunding to fill the environmental reporting gap in Olympia

InvestigateWest January 13, 2017

Trees in the Olympic Rainforest, near the Clearwater River, On the Olympic Peninsula, In Washington State

Environment

Can environment break through Olympia's school-funding logjam?

Adiel Kaplan January 12, 2017

Washington State Capitol

Help us scrutinize enviro politics in Olympia

InvestigateWest January 9, 2017

Minuteman statue near the Old North Bridge, Concord, Mass.

“Will you let them burn down the town??!!”

Robert McClure December 21, 2016

Foster Care

Foster Care: A System in Crisis

Heather Kosaka December 16, 2016

New Year's Eve fireworks.

Government

An upbeat recap on a not-so-bad year

Lee van der Voo December 11, 2016

Despite having a master’s degree and a supervisory job with Washington state’s Children’s Administration, social worker

Foster Care

Social worker churn undercuts Washington’s foster care system

Susanna Ray December 7, 2016

(Photo courtesy by Lee van der Voo.) Mitch Hartford, looking as sleepy as I feel, aboard the Finlander.

Double-duty on a job and a book wasn't always easy; my colleagues only made it look that way

Lee van der Voo November 16, 2016

American Homes 4 Rent bought dozens of homes in the Steele Park neighborhood in Beaverton using bonds backed by

Government

Does the MERS lawsuit signal a transparency gap?

Lee van der Voo November 9, 2016

Karly and Robbie Leib of Sammamish have five children, two of whom they adopted out of foster care. She has become a vocal

Foster Care

What InvestigateWest has uncovered so far on foster care

Allegra Abramo October 27, 2016

For two years Karly Leib worked for a private agency that recruited foster parents. She reluctantly quit after getting worn

Government

Washington’s troubled foster care program struggles to keep foster parents

High turnover among unhappy foster parents is putting more stress on an already strained system and hindering the state’s ability to care for its most vulnerable children.

Susanna Ray, Allegra Abramo October 27, 2016

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