Idaho leaders urged to address systemic failures following prison abuse reports
InvestigateWest reporters uncovered years of sexual abuse by women’s prison guards prompting calls for independent investigation
Indigenous Affairs
Opportunities and Obstacles in Indian Country
InvestigateWest is examining the state of the economy across Indian Country, in collaboration with ICT (Indian Country Today), the Institute for Nonprofit News and eight other news organizations
‘Cultural resources are not a renewable thing for us.’
The West’s largest green energy storage project would destroy a Yakama sacred site. Now, the nation is fighting back.
Concerns about WSP search rates persist
The Washington State Patrol this month announced a study had found “no systemic agency bias” in its stops and searches. But that’s not the whole story
State will study bias in searches by Washington state troopers
Washington state lawmakers have just passed a budget that pays for a collaboration between the WashingtonState Patrol and Washington State University to find out whether state troopers exercise racial bias when they decide to search motorists.
Will state study bias revelations against state troopers?
Following revelations that Washington State Patrol troopers search people of color at rates much higher than whites, the Washington House of Representatives has proposed restarting bias studies
