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An Idaho nonprofit has gained prominence for opening safe houses for human trafficking survivors. Survivors, however, say they felt trafficked all over again. And our investigation found that the safe houses may be part of a Medicaid fraud scheme. invw.org/2024/07/15/an-…

A Washington teen said she was trafficked by a guy she met on Tinder. Her experience highlights how little lawmakers and tech companies like Match Group have done to curb online child sexual exploitation. From Kelsey Turner: invw.org/2024/07/25/a-w…

Update: Our story about an Idaho anti-trafficking nonprofit has triggered a federal investigation. The Idaho Attorney General's Office said it will assist. Plus, more whistleblowers are coming forward: invw.org/2024/07/31/fed…

New from Kelsey Turner: Renters in Washington say unregulated "junk fees" are being used excessively. One owed $125 for not watering her grass. The property manager charged another $125 for taping that fee notice to her door. The tenant owes $3k total. invw.org/2024/08/08/wa-…

Idaho lacks state heat protections for workers that neighboring states have. My first story for InvestigateWest looks at two worker deaths in 2021 and the differing responses to them from Idaho and Oregon. invw.org/2024/08/15/a-t…

NEW: A lack of access to quality health care — and the resulting deleterious effects on the health of tribal citizens — reflects a widespread problem affecting Native Americans and Alaska Natives across Washington. invw.org/2024/08/19/rep…

When it comes to worker protections in Oregon, getting laws on the books isn't the problem. Enforcing them is, says the Bureau of Labor and Industries in a new report. The agency is planning an ambitious budget ask in 2025 to improve enforcement. More: invw.org/2024/09/18/ore…

TW: Suicide > > I spent much of my summer in the world of Pam Antoni, a 49 year old woman who died by suicide outside her apartment in Bend in June. Today InvestigateWest and OPB published her story 🧵 opb.org/article/2024/1…

An Idaho agency will keep funding a nonprofit that’s under federal investigation after we exposed how it exploited trafficking victims. But the state cut funding for a different nonprofit, believing its director was the whistleblower behind the articles. invw.org/2024/10/11/ida…

NEW: InvestigateWest reveals how Idaho’s lack of state protections leaves jail detainees in dangerous conditions. The latest from Whitney Bryen. invw.org/2024/10/12/wit…

In the last few years, pregnant women in Idaho are increasingly being accused of child abuse or charged criminally for conduct related to their pregnancies. Officials have cited Dobbs as a legal rationale. Kelsey Turner's latest: investigatewest.org/investigatewes…

Idaho officials are using medical records to add people to a child abuse registry for allegedly using drugs while pregnant, even after healthy births. Yet another example of prosecutors using Dobbs to roll back the rights of pregnant people. ✍️Kelsey Turner: investigatewest.org/investigatewes…

Washington and Oregon now have both identified humans infected with bird flu. Idaho has more cases among livestock than either state. But none of the states are following CDC guidance to test people exposed to the virus, Rachel Spacek reports: investigatewest.org/investigatewes…

An Idaho nonprofit that operates court-ordered safe houses for human trafficking victims exploited them for Medicaid dollars, free labor — and the founder’s lavish lifestyle. One of the best investigations I read in 2024, by Wilson Criscione Kelsey Turner: investigatewest.org/investigatewes…

New from Kelsey Turner, co-published with Mother Jones: A Snoqualmie woman was raped and relentlessly demanded answers — until the city took her to court for harassment motherjones.com/criminal-justi…

🚨New #Beans with Mueller, She Wrote & Dana Goldberg #MSWMedia Guest: Kelsey Turner Listen: the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/episodes/go-gu…

Desi Ballis became pregnant during a six month period last year when Idaho’s near-total abortion ban was in full effect, even in medical emergencies. She and her husband Morgan were forced to flee Idaho to get life-saving abortion care. This is their story:

We're proud to see that two of InvestigateWest's talented reporters are finalists for the prestigious Livingston Award: Wilson Criscione and Kelsey Turner!

Year after year, an Oregon wood treatment facility let a toxic chemical leach into a river that supplies water for a nearby town. As Kaylee Tornay @aspenford_ report, state regulators were investigating violations but didn’t stop the company from releasing more polluted stormwater🧵