Investigate West

Washington lawmakers created the nation's first state-funded office to investigate police killings, but the office still hasn't officially launched any investigation.

Danielle Del Prado believes her spouse stole her identity, but spousal identity theft is uniquely difficult to prosecute, prosecutors and experts on identity theft say.

Where some see a “rural neighborhood watch” that saves money, others worry about liability and ties to extremism.

Data shows many King County sexual assault cases end in plea deals that victims and advocates say don’t reflect the crime.

WA law requires renters to follow all “reasonable” rules set by landlords, but advocates and attorneys say landlords still use excessive fees to target certain renters.

These delays costed state taxpayers millions of dollars and placed obstacles in the path of people trying to establish new lives after serving their sentences.

InvestigateWest asked for government records from 15 Northwest cities, and Spokane was the slowest to provide them.

Washington and counties responded to increased homeless populations with camping bans. Attorneys say bans could become more common following U.S. Supreme Court decision in June.

Frustrated county officials say state leaders have shunted the state’s financial burden onto local governments.

It took police more than a year to start investigating Kit's disappearance. Kit is from a part of the country that’s become unusually accustomed to children disappearing.