A local group of Democrats has filed an ethics complaint against WA state Rep. Tarra Simmons regarding a $30,000 donation from surplus campaign funds she made to a nonprofit linked to a Nevada lawmaker. www.investigatewest.org/complaint-ag...

A northwest Oregon town is stepping up testing of the river that supplies some of its drinking water, prompted by our reporting that a wood treater released contaminated stormwater into the waterway while regulators kept it quiet.
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Images from license plate readers are hypothetically in *everybody’s* hands after a Washington judge ruled these images are a public record. That's raised concerns about bad actors - and how regulations should balance privacy and transparency.
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Washington's federal Victims of Crime Act award fell 76% between 2018 and 2024. Groups serving domestic violence and sexual abuse survivor say they need a long term state funding solution to avoid a collapse in the ecosystem of services. www.investigatewest.org/wa-crime-vic...

HUD told providers in Oregon and other states that it will reinstate previous grant applications for the Continuum of Care program, but could move forward with its overhaul if a federal injunction is “no longer in effect.” www.investigatewest.org/hud-says-hom...

HUD now requires unhoused people get treatment or enroll in other services if they want federally-funded permanent housing. Oregon providers say that conflicts with the state's funding requirements - forcing them to choose between federal or state dollars
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After the maternity ward in Baker City, Oregon closed in 2023, Teela Banister and her husband had to drive nearly an hour to get to a hospital with an obstetrics unit. She ended up giving birth in this car, about halfway to the hospital. investigatewest.org/rural-oregon-t

Wrapping up my first week in Oregon reporting for @investigatewest.bsky.social by way of Report for America, so I feel like it is as good a time as any to put the bat signal out for story tips!

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🧵San Diego County supervisors voted unanimously today to back Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe's proposal that the county start talks to add up to 30 new behavioral health inpatient beds at Paradise Valley Hospital and take a series of other steps to bolster local offerings.

Good homelessness news: @rtfhsd.bsky.social reports that the number of newly housed San Diegans outpaced the number who became homeless for the second month in a row after 2+ years with the opposite trend.

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Former Texas Rep. Scott Turner spent nine seasons in the NFL, including in San Diego, and now chairs the Trump-affiliated Center for Education Opportunity at the America First Policy Institute.

Cicero was a very wise man