Pacific NW

SEATTLE – A former Nathan Hale High School student’s parents are suing Seattle Public Schools on behalf of their daughter, alleging the district failed to protect her from months of antisemitic harassment after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and retaliatory strikes on Gaza.

Washington state refused to comply with the federal government’s recent request for personal data on residents who receive or apply for food stamps.

A political committee that helped defeat last year’s ballot measure to repeal a Washington climate law was fined $20,000 on Thursday for not disclosing how it spent $1 million until after the election.

In our Reality Check stories, Idaho Statesman journalists seek to hold the powerful accountable and find answers to critical questions in our community. Read more. Story idea? Tips@idahostatesman.com. A new version of a controversial public land sales proposal in Congress cuts back on the land that could be sold in Idaho and 10 other states. But opponents have said the changes aren’t enough. ...

SEATTLE – Washington’s down-payment assistance program for people who faced racial housing discrimination can stand for now.

BOISE – Last year, North Junior High’s Quiz Bowl Club made history.

The Idaho Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously overturned a controversial earlier decision that had sent alarm through the ski industry in Idaho and nationwide, holding instead that a lower court was right to dismiss a lawsuit from the widow of a skier who died after crashing into a snowmaking tower gun at Sun Valley.