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
Public Health
New WA watchdog report calls for systemic change to prevent children with disabilities being sent away
Oversight agency cites InvestigateWest’s reporting that revealed how schools increasingly are sending students with disabilities to out-of-state facilities
Patients from Idaho, Texas seek abortion care in Oregon
Planned Parenthood, which provides about two-thirds of the abortions in Oregon, has hired staff and is working on a new facility in eastern Oregon
New data shows worsening mental health, education trends among Idaho children
Kids Count data for 2022 ranks state among top-third for economic, family well-being
What’s next for Idaho’s abortion policies? Activists, new legislators want more restrictions
Bills eliminating rape and incest exceptions and bills targeting contraception, IUDs in the works for 2023 legislative session
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.
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