Idaho Legislature passes bill to expand prison sex abuse law
The bill, inspired by InvestigateWest reporting, is awaiting Gov. Brad Little’s signature
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Profiting from thrift: Who's getting rich off your secondhand stuff?
The growth of for-profit thrift stores like Value Village Atlanta is expanding nationwide.
Trump administration buries dozens of clean energy studies
The Trump administration has bottled up at least 46 studies by government energy researchers detailing how renewable energy could slash the United States’ contribution to climate change.
Can U.S. health authorities learn from BC’s experience with wildfire smoke?
British Columbia health specialists are ahead of their counterparts in the U.S. when it comes to anticipating sicknesses resulting from wildfire smoke.
Government, employers do little to protect outdoor workers from smoke
Government and employers do little to protect outdoor laborer such as farmworkers, mail carriers and construction crews from the effects of wildfire smoke.
Amid cries for racial justice, I-940 police reform lagging 2 years after passage
In 2018, Washington voters passed an initiative that made it easier to prosecute police officers who shoot civilians, required independent investigations of police use of force and mandated a new de-escalation training regimen.
Who Killed the Supergrid? Trump appointees short-circuited grid modernization to help the coal industry
In 2018, Trump appointees short-circuited U.S. grid modernization to help the coal industry by suppressing the Interconnections Seam Study.
