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New: Across the Northwest and the country, citizens are facing longer wait times, steep fees and other obstacles to obtaining government records the law says they deserve.
We asked for government records from 15 Northwest cities, and Spokane was the slowest to...
New: Idaho is denying treatment benefits for Austin and more than 200 other kids like him every year.
Idaho funded less than one-third of requests for youths to receive the highest level psychiatric...
New: Records show the county settled for $3.5M after deeming the collision highly preventable, demonstrating the vague legal standards for officer driving.
Records show the county settled for $3.5M after deeming the collision highly preventable, demonstrating the...
NEW: The injuries to Native people were not just an unforeseen byproduct of federal dam building. They were, in fact, taken into account at the time. And federal leaders considered that damage a good thing.
The Biden administration said officials historically gave “little, if any, consideration” to impacts on tribal...
Update: Two Providence executives who oversaw Oregon’s only skilled nursing facility for medically fragile children — where decisions to restrict the space and increase care for aging adults recently proved controversial — have resigned.
Nurses say they’re still struggling to prevent the spread of infection among young residents By...
A new InvestigateWest report examines what has — and, importantly, what hasn’t — been done to address Oregon’s statewide emergency of missing Native American people.
Main recommendations remain unfinished, governor has not read the report, and critics say Indigenous voices...
The heavily Republican state booted 15 incumbents across the party’s ideological spectrum. While the election led to net gains for hard-line members of the right, it also underscores how divided Idaho’s party remains.
The heavily Republican state booted 15 incumbents across the party’s ideological spectrum. While the election...
A new InvestigateWest report examines what insiders call “drug diversion” — the theft of opioids and other controlled substances by health care workers from medical facilities.
Poor data and coordination between regulatory agencies contribute to hospital drug thefts, experts say By...
New: Oregon woman endures fear and despair in illegal imprisonment in Coffee Creek prison.
Terri Lee Brown was released from Coffee Creek Correctional Facility after the Oregon Supreme Court...
An Indigenous teen’s disappearance — highlighted in a recent InvestigateWest report — is among the first cases taken by a new Washington state investigative unit.
Teen’s disappearance — highlighted in recent InvestigateWest report — among the first cases taken by...
NEW INVESTIGATION: A leaked recording offers an unfiltered look into a fracture among key far-right figures in Idaho politics. In total, it’s evidence that the attempt to run the bare-knuckled right-wing playbook of Congress’s House Freedom Caucus has backfired in the solidly red Idaho Legislature.
Freedom Caucus Network power broker Maria Nate blasted controversial state Rep. Heather Scott for support...
New: Oregon auditors are exploring issues revealed in InvestigateWest reporting about the state's early learning department.
Auditors are exploring issues revealed in InvestigateWest reporting as possible risks to the department “getting...
New: Oregon families of medically fragile children grapple with uncertain future of longtime Providence center.
Oregon families of medically fragile children grapple with uncertain future of longtime Providence center By...
Our team is growing! Introducing Rachel Spacek, who will cover equity and migrant labor for InvestigateWest.
Rachel Spacek, an award-winning bilingual journalist at Idaho’s largest newspaper, is joining InvestigateWest to cover...
New: Revoking a degree for s*xual assault would mean diving into a thorny issue that has divided academics for decades: Can you separate the research from the researcher?
Advocates and victims argue the university should do more to hold O’Donnell accountable By...
Spokespeople for Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and the corrections agency declined to answer questions about the allegations of abuse and poor conditions at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.
Doctors, confused about how to practice medicine under Idaho’s abortion ban, pleaded with state legislators for a solution.
Doctors, confused about how to practice medicine under Idaho’s abortion ban, pleaded with state legislators...
Fishing companies say long waits between seasons can be common, but labor experts say offshore foreign workers are “uniquely unprotected” under U.S. policies.
Fishing companies say long waits between seasons can be common, but labor experts say offshore...
Check out InvestigateWest's Kaylee Tornay on Oregon Public Broadcasting talking about her latest investigation into Oregon's early learning agency.
Mismanagement, inequity and turnovers plague Oregon’s Department of Early Learning and Care, a new story from InvestigateWest shows. We'll hear from a reporter to learn more.
New: InvestigateWest's findings paint a picture of an agency wrestling with deep divisions over how best to manage more than $1.3 billion in early learning investments and a culture that multiple employees described as “toxic.”
Records allege “racist environment” and deep divisions over child care governance By Kaylee Tornay /...
New: Inflation has turned Washington state’s property tax cap into a county budget-killer.
Frustrated county officials say state leaders have shunted the state’s financial burden onto local governments...
During the next year, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will work on a new program to limit climate emissions and help vulnerable communities.
During the next year, the Department of Environmental Quality will work on a new program...
A new report was triggered by concerns from prosecutors in Jefferson County, who noticed a lawyer was not opening police reports and other evidence files.
The report was triggered by concerns from prosecutors in Jefferson County, who noticed the lawyer...
MORE IMPACT: The legislation follows InvestigateWest reporting revealing that the number of people convicted for s*x trafficking in Washington has remained low while the state has failed to create mandated receiving centers for child trafficking victims.
Almost $700,000 was allocated to support child victims By Kelsey Turner / InvestigateWest Washington state...
IMPACT: In response to our reporting, Idaho commissions an investigation of youth treatment homes. Lawmakers also pass two bills regulating "troubled teen" industry. Together the actions represent a notable turnaround in regulation-adverse Idaho.
Lawmakers cite InvestigateWest series that revealed abuse, neglect at youth facilities By Wilson Criscione /...
InvestigateWest is staffing up to meet the moment. Introducing the newest members of our team: reporters Whitney Bryen and Melanie Henshaw and editor Shawn Vestal.
InvestigateWest is thrilled to welcome two full-time reporters and a veteran editor to the team...
Washington lawmakers this year funneled more money and support toward the state’s struggling child care system, looking to give providers a boost and expand access to day care and pre-K programs for families.
By Laurel Demkovich, Washington State Standard, March 14, 2024 Washington lawmakers this year funneled more...
Efforts to narrow Idaho’s “Terrorist Control Act” have failed. Previous InvestigateWest reporting revealed a Bundy ranch militant was instrumental in crafting the legislation.
Previous InvestigateWest reporting revealed Bundy ranch militant was instrumental in crafting the bill By Daniel...
Apart from King County, most courts in Washington aren’t obeying the law when it comes to levying fees against s*x buyers: the latest report from InvestigateWest's Kelsey Turner.
Report finds $2.5 million in uncollected fees over last decade By Kelsey Turner / InvestigateWest...
ICYMI: The Idaho Statesman's editorial board weighed in on the latest scoop from InvestigateWest's Daniel Walters: "It’s bad enough that Idaho is a magnet for far-right extremists; now we find out they’re writing the laws, too." (cc: Report for America)
Idaho man who pointed rifle at federal agents during Bundy Ranch standoff says he was the key architect behind a bill that would redefine domestic terrorism in Idaho | Opinion
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