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WOMEN SAID IT WAS LIKE BEING “TRAFFICKED ALL OVER AGAIN.” Lacking accountability, program took federal money and billed Medicaid for services victims say they never… InvestigateWest Investigations FOUR TAKEAWAYS FROM INVESTIGATEWEST’S EXAMINATION OF AN IDAHO NONPROFIT THAT HOUSES SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS AND OF THE STATE’S PUNITIVE APPROACH TO THE ISSUE 1. Survivors of human trafficking say they felt exploited and manipulated by a nonprofit that… > The Pacific Northwest needs accountability. Accountability needs you. > We are a 100% donation-funded independent investigative newsroom that is > dedicated to courageous, accountability storytelling. Our award-winning > investigations have caused sweeping legal reform, systemic change and people > in power stepping down. Our readers make this work possible. When you donate, > you become part of a community that believes in the power of investigative > journalism. > > Yes, I want to hold power to account in the Pacific Northwest CRUELEST LIE Health IDAHO YOUTH TREATMENT HOME EXPOSED IN INVESTIGATEWEST INVESTIGATION CLOSES DOWN Advocates express relief but push for greater oversight of facilities statewide By Wilson Criscione /… The Cruelest Lie IDAHO INVESTIGATORS REPEATEDLY FOUND KIDS IN DANGER. YOUTH TREATMENT PROGRAMS FACED FEW CONSEQUENCES An InvestigateWest analysis reveals a lack of disciplinary action against troubled programs By Wilson Criscione… The Cruelest Lie PUBLIC RECORDS SHOW 10 YEARS OF CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT ALLEGATIONS AT IDAHO’S TROUBLED TEEN FACILITIES The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare currently oversees 28 children’s residential care facilities. 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Heather Scott for support… Democracy & Extremism IDAHO STATE POLICE WARNED INVESTIGATEWEST THAT PUBLISHING STORY ABOUT SECRET RECORDING MIGHT VIOLATE IDAHO LAW We wrote about it anyway By Daniel Walters / InvestigateWest More than a week before… Democracy & Extremism IDAHO HOUSE PUTS BILL TO REDEFINE ‘TERRORISM’ ON ICE Previous InvestigateWest reporting revealed Bundy ranch militant was instrumental in crafting the bill By Daniel… ENVIRONMENT Climate OREGON BEGINS REWRITING LANDMARK CLIMATE PROGRAM DERAILED BY GAS LAWSUIT During the next year, the Department of Environmental Quality will work on a new program… Environment IDAHO RESIDENTS STILL SEEING IMPACTS OF DECADES-OLD NUCLEAR TEST FALLOUT ‘The fight isn’t over’: Idaho downwinders persist after Congress cuts compensation for them. By Mia… Environment IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ALASKA’S PREDATORS FALL PREY TO POLITICS With Alaska's wildlife numbers declining, agencies are blaming — and culling — predators. 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