Politics Tales from the bus tunnel Waiting for a Metro 150, which connects Downtown Seattle, Kent and Auburn by Laura Kaufman / April 7, 2013
Culture Let it rain! says a California transplant Naked bike rider in Fremont Summer Solstice parade. by Laura Kaufman / December 29, 2011
Politics Can we stop Seattle's film industry talent exodus? 1978 Datsun 280Z with director Colin Trevorrow and actor Mark Duplass by Laura Kaufman / April 11, 2012
Equity Head trauma, painful restraints: WA foster kids face abuse out of state The state removed foster kids from an Iowa facility following reports of abuse, but red flags abound at other group homes. by Allegra Abramo InvestigateWest / February 5, 2019
Politics Foster kids trapped as WA system collapses Washington kids are being warehoused in hotels and shipped out of state. by Allegra Abramo InvestigateWest / September 21, 2018
Equity As kinship caregivers struggle, Washington’s foster care system benefits A crisis festers while family members who care for neglected kids receive little support from the state. by Allegra Abramo Investigate West / August 10, 2018
Politics Using tech to fight opioid addiction About 600 Washingtonians die each year from overdosing on prescription opioids or heroin, according to the state Health Department. by Allegra Abramo for InvestigateWest / March 3, 2016
Politics Birth control, women's health issues at play in Olympia At least a dozen bills on a range of women’s reproductive health issues have been debated in Olympia during 2016’s short legislative session. by Allegra Abramo for InvestigateWest / February 18, 2016
Equity Short-term foster care costs taxpayers millions Foster youth rallying to demand the Legislature do more to end a crisis that now has the state paying up to $600 a night to house foster kids. by Allegra Abramo for InvestigateWest / October 10, 2017
Environment Hungry and disappearing: Is the orcas' future already here? Jeanne Hyde captured this photo of J-27 chasing Salmon. by Allegra Abramo / November 13, 2017