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
Public Health
Climbing prescription prices have Washington state looking to get into the drug business
Responding to federal inaction on pharmaceutical costs, lawmakers appear poised to give state broad authority to buy or make generic drugs — and to get them to everyone
2 million Washingtonians rely on a Medicaid system that’s driving away doctors and dropping new mothers
State legislators are looking to bolster key aspects of the state Medicaid system that has seen enrollment jump 11% during the pandemic and now insures 2 million Washingtonians.
How have wildfires affected you? Tell us your story
InvestigateWest is seeking out survivors of wildfires who are willing to take a 15-minute survey on how they are faring now.
As COVID-19 upends wildland firefighting, Pacific Northwest forests poised for conflagration
With nearly triple the usual number of wildfires this year, Washington and Oregon are set to have the worst summer fire forecasts in the nation.
