Investigations WA intercepts millions in child support for low-income families In 2022, the state took over $40 million meant for impoverished children. A bipartisan bill could redirect a portion of future payments to families. by Brandon Block / January 25, 2024
News Help us fact-check the FCC’s spotty broadband maps Look up your address to check the accuracy of the maps, which could impact up to $900 million in federal aid to Washington. by Brandon Block / December 9, 2022
News New state rules could expand public broadband in rural WA A proposal from Washington's Public Works Board would limit the power of private companies' objections to stall public broadband projects. by Brandon Block / November 17, 2022
News How federal ‘revenue’ relief obscures local government spending Washington cities and counties claimed more than $750 million of federal relief as ‘revenue replacement’ – and they don’t have to say where it’s going. by Brandon Block / September 6, 2022
News Bisected by highways, a Spokane neighborhood shapes what's left The final stretch of North Spokane Corridor construction reopens old wounds in East Central — and sparks a pilot program to address historical damage. by Brandon Block / August 8, 2022
News Flush with federal cash, WA cities steer resources to police Justice reform advocates have been disappointed by choices to spend flexible federal recovery funds on items such as tasers and new police cruisers. by Brandon Block / May 16, 2022
Equity What Seattle’s redlining history tells us about wealth today VIDEO: Historian James Gregory tells us about the racist policy, when it ended and where its impacts are still being felt. by Eric Keto / November 9, 2018
Equity When the ‘American Hitler’ came to Washington Knute Berger explores the dark history of the Silver Shirts, a fascist splinter group that fielded a presidential candidate in 1936. by Eric Keto & Knute Berger / May 29, 2018
Equity Separated at the border, mother and son reunite at Sea-Tac VIDEO: Yolany Padilla, one of 55 parents detained in Washington, was the first parent to be released and reunited with her 6-year-old son. by Lilly Fowler & Eric Keto / July 14, 2018