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How Trump’s Tariffs Could Affect Nike and Its Factory Workers

by Matthew Kish, The Oregonian/OregonLive,

Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families.

by Audrey Dutton,

NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire

by Lisa Song,

“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline

by Duaa Eldeib and Patricia Callahan, and photography by Sarahbeth Maney,

Alaska Supreme Court Places New Limits on Pretrial Delays

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work.

by McKenzie Funk,

Inside the Schools Alaska Ignored

by Taylor Kate Brown,

This Hospital System Fought COVID, Then a Far-Right Leader. Now It’s Taking on Idaho’s Abortion Ban.

by Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, and Kelcie Moseley-Morris, States Newsroom,

As Idaho Pushes to Reform Its Coroner System, Counties Seek to Make It Less Transparent

by Audrey Dutton,

A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.

by Emily Schwing, KYUK,

Alaska Judge Vows to Reduce Trial Delays: “We Must, and We Will, Improve”

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

How a Risky State Investment in Seafood Cost Alaskans Millions and Left a Fishing Town in Crisis

by Hal Bernton for ProPublica and Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal,

Idaho Passed $2 Billion in Funding for School Building Repairs. It’s Not Nearly Enough.

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman,

Washington Governor Orders Team to Study Data Centers’ Impact on Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue

by Lulu Ramadan and Sydney Brownstone, The Seattle Times,

This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It’s America’s Latest Military Vessel.

by McKenzie Funk,

Hydroelectric Dams on Oregon’s Willamette River Kill Salmon. Congress Says It’s Time to Consider Shutting Them Down.

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

The Neverending Case: How 10 Years of Delays Have Prevented a “Horrendous” Sexual Assault Allegation From Going to Trial

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News; Graphics by Lucas Waldron and Zisiga Mukulu, ProPublica,

Anchorage Police Say They Witnessed a Sexual Assault in Public. It Took Seven Years for the Case to Go to Trial.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

A Timeline of Failed Efforts to Reform Idaho’s Coroner System

by Audrey Dutton,

For Decades, Calls for Reform to Idaho’s Troubled Coroner System Have Gone Unanswered

by Audrey Dutton,

Despite Biden’s Promise to Protect Old Forests, His Administration Keeps Approving Plans to Cut Them Down

by April Ehrlich, Oregon Public Broadcasting, McKenzie Funk, ProPublica, and Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

An Idaho Baby’s Unexplained Death Got No Autopsy and a Scant Coroner’s Investigation. State Law Says That’s Fine.

by Audrey Dutton, photography by Natalie Behring for ProPublica,

After Mass Dismissals in Anchorage, Alaska Officials Step in to Help Prosecute Crimes

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and DUI Cases Are Being Dismissed en Masse in Anchorage

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

We Reported on Nike’s Extensive Use of Private Jets. The Company Just Made It Harder to Track Them.

by Rob Davis, ProPublica, and Matthew Kish, The Oregonian/OregonLive,

We Enlisted a Community to Help Us Report on One State’s Crumbling Schools. Here’s How You Can Do the Same.

by Asia Fields, ProPublica, with Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman,

At Indigenous Sacred Sites, Seeing Things I’m Not Supposed to See

by B. “Toastie” Oaster, High Country News,

The Department of Energy Promised This Tribal Nation a $32 Million Solar Grant. It’s Nearly Impossible to Access.

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

Oregon’s Largest Natural Gas Company Said It Was Going Green. It Sells as Much Fossil Fuel as Before.

by McKenzie Funk,

Nike Shareholders Want to Force Actions on Environmental and Worker Protections. They Face Long Odds.

by Rob Davis, ProPublica, and Matthew Kish, The Oregonian/OregonLive,

After Nike Leaders Promised Climate Action, Their Corporate Jets Kept Flying — and Polluting

by Rob Davis, Agnel Philip and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica, and Matthew Kish, The Oregonian/OregonLive,

Washington State Solar Project Paused Amid Concern About Native Cultural Sites

by B. “Toastie” Oaster, High Country News,

How a Washington Tax Break for Data Centers Snowballed Into One of the State’s Biggest Corporate Giveaways

by Lulu Ramadan and Sydney Brownstone, The Seattle Times, photography by Karen Ducey, The Seattle Times,

Data Centers Demand a Massive Amount of Energy. Here’s How Some States Are Tackling the Industry’s Impact.

by Lulu Ramadan and Sydney Brownstone, The Seattle Times,

Washington Is Giving Tax Breaks to Data Centers That Threaten the State’s Green Energy Push

by Lulu Ramadan and Sydney Brownstone, The Seattle Times, photography by Karen Ducey, The Seattle Times,

Neglect at Boarding School for Autistic Youth Left a Student With Vision Loss, Lawsuit Alleges

by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards,

Nike Pledged to Shrink Its Carbon Footprint. It Just Slashed the Staff Charged With Making That Happen.

by Rob Davis, ProPublica, and Matthew Kish, The Oregonian/OregonLive,

In a Push for Green Energy, One Federal Agency Made Tribes an Offer They Had to Refuse

by B. “Toastie” Oaster, High Country News,

The Federal Government Just Acknowledged the Harm Its Dams Have Caused Tribes. Here’s What It Left Out.

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

Three States Have Warned Against Sending Students to an Unregulated Boarding School for Youth With Autism

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen,

What a Leading State Auditor Says About Fraud, Government Misspending and Building Public Trust

by McKenzie Funk,

What Idaho’s Republican Primary Tells Us About America’s Culture Wars

by Audrey Dutton,

After Decades, Voters Finally OK Replacement for Crumbling Idaho School

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman,

This School for Autistic Youth Can Cost $573,200 a Year. It Operates With Little Oversight, and Students Have Suffered.

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen,

After Decades of Imprisoning Patients, Idaho Approves Secure Mental Health Facility

by Audrey Dutton,

The Influential Conservative Group Making it Harder for Idaho Districts to Fix Their Schools

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman,

Idaho Legislature Approves $2 Billion for Schools to Repair and Replace Aging Buildings

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman,

An Oregon Bill to Cut Millions in Timber Taxes Is Dead, Despite Backing by the Industry, the Governor and a Top Lawmaker

by Rob Davis,

“It Feels Impossible to Stay”: The U.S. Needs Wildland Firefighters More Than Ever, but the Federal Government Is Losing Them

by Abe Streep, illustrations by Hokyoung Kim, special to ProPublica,

Listen to the “Timber Wars Season 2: Salmon Wars” Podcast

by ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting,

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