Indigenous Affairs Yakama Nation’s new public safety campus gives justice room to grow The tribal court system, which had occupied a cluster of trailers since the ’50s, plans to add services like a mental health or a veterans court. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore News and ICT / January 9, 2024
Equity Snoqualmie Tribe starts land protection sales tax at Salish Lodge The 2% tax will preserve ancestral sites such as Snoqualmie Falls, and could be a model for other Indigenous nations. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore/ICT / July 17, 2023
Opinion Jayapal, Mosqueda: The time is now for a federal domestic workers bill of rights These workers have long been excluded from national labor laws and civil rights protections. That needs to change. by Pramila Jayapal & Teresa Mosqueda / September 5, 2019
Environment Lawmakers like the environment. Will they pay up? A Navajo Hotshot firefighter battles the 2013 West Mullan Fire in the Lolo National Forest in Montana. by Adiel Kaplan for InvestigateWest / April 19, 2017
Politics Carbon tax is down but don't count it out Anacortes is the site of several refineries that could be affected by a carbon tax. by Adiel Kaplan / April 10, 2017
Politics If Canada ups its oil shipping, should we worry? An oil tanker near Anacortes, Wash. by Adiel Kaplan for InvestigateWest / March 29, 2017
Environment Another lost year for kids' health in Olympia Older paint can be a source of lead poisoning. by Adiel Kaplan for InvestigateWest / March 8, 2017
Politics Environmental prospects look iffy in Olympia The dome of the state Capitol by Adiel Kaplan for InvestigateWest / February 23, 2017
Environment Who gets the water — landowners or fish? Zach Nutting and his daughter play with their two dogs in the yard of their current home, just down the road from the lot where they hope to build a new house. by Adiel Kaplan for InvestigateWest / February 13, 2017