Environment Climate and quality-of-life activists find common ground at Boeing Field Local groups pressure government to respond to climate change and health concerns. by Peter Fairley InvestigateWest / November 12, 2021 / Updated at 9:40 a.m. on Nov. 12
News More Black and Latinx people in Washington are getting vaccines A Crosscut reader asked: How does the state track vaccines by race? By asking patients and providers, which means the data can be incomplete. by Lilly Fowler / March 23, 2021
Environment How the West’s divided electric grid slows green growth A hodgepodge of utilities run the West’s electrical grid. Will billions in federal funding help them get along? by Peter Fairley InvestigateWest / August 25, 2021
Environment How strengthening the PNW’s electrical grid could end up doing harm A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism from an Indigenous activist and the river’s advocates. by Peter Fairley InvestigateWest / July 22, 2021
Equity While airlines rake it in, catering staff at Sea-Tac airport threaten to strike Other workers at the airport saw their pay go up when the City of SeaTac upped its minimum wage. The people who make food for the flights did not. by Lilly Fowler / June 16, 2019 / Updated at 10:58 a.m. on Monday, June 17
News Seattle Times reporter accused of sending explicit messages resigns The move, announced to staff by email, comes after the conclusion of an internal investigation. by Lilly Fowler / June 11, 2019 / Updated at 1:55 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11
Equity An asylum seeker vowed never to return to Russia. His death in ICE custody sent him back Records and family members reveal new details about Mergensana Amar, the man who died in Tacoma while in ICE custody. by Lilly Fowler / June 10, 2019 / Updated at 8:35 a.m. on June 10
Politics Controversy and security concerns follow Ilhan Omar to Bellevue Wherever Rep. Ilhan Omar goes, layers of security follow. The freshman congresswoman’s visit to Washington state on Saturday was no exception. by Lilly Fowler / May 26, 2019 / Updated Tuesday, May 28 at 11:35 a.m.
Equity In Yakima, ICE Air flights bring money, fear and division The flights were banned from Boeing Field by county government. Could the same happen in Central Washington? by Lilly Fowler / May 22, 2019
Equity Jose Robles gave up refuge at a Seattle church to plead his case. ICE detained him The father of three had been hiding in Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Seattle for the last year. by Lilly Fowler / July 17, 2019