Investigations
A review of 2023’s WA worker safety, COVID relief investigations
Crosscut published more than 40 stories on job safety, housing instability, police and business aid. Read our top and most impactful reporting.
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Q&A: WA’s broadband director on the $1.2B expansion challenge ahead
As Mark Vasconi prepares to retire, he outlines how the state can invest historic federal aid in connecting rural communities left out of past efforts.
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Tumwater mobile home tenants lobby against rent hikes
As manufactured home communities in Washington become less affordable, residents have increasingly organized to galvanize support and push policy.
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A WA worker’s death reveals the limits of safety enforcement
A fatal trench collapse in 2016 set precedent for holding employers criminally liable, but officials still struggle to head off repeat violations.
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Why have Washington eviction cases doubled in the past six months?
Billions in federal pandemic aid masked dysfunction in the rental market. But that money is gone — along with some legal protections.