Jacob Jones
@jonesdaily.bsky.social
Investigative journalist in WA. Formerly: Cascade PBS, Whitman County Watch, Inlander. Folk singer. Signal: jonesdaily.37
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Investigations team caps four years with state law, policy reforms
From youth labor violations to housing abuses to pandemic aid fraud, Cascade PBS investigative reporters cast light into undercovered corners of WA in 2025.
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From youth labor violations to housing abuses to pandemic aid fraud, Cascade PBS investigative reporters cast light into undercovered corners of Washington. Our final Impact Report and a thread of some of the team's best work: www.cascadepbs.org/impact-repor...
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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Seattle's mayor race update:
Katie Wilson's lead grows to 1,346 votes over and incumbent corporate-Democrat Bruce Harrell.
Kate Wilson won 61.23% of the 6,121 ballots counted today.
Overall total:
Katie Wilson 50.08% 137,217
Bruce Harrell 49.59% 135,871
Write-in 0.33% 908
Katie Wilson's lead grows to 1,346 votes over and incumbent corporate-Democrat Bruce Harrell.
Kate Wilson won 61.23% of the 6,121 ballots counted today.
Overall total:
Katie Wilson 50.08% 137,217
Bruce Harrell 49.59% 135,871
Write-in 0.33% 908
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Seattle's mayor race update:
Katie Wilson's lead grows to 1,346 votes over and incumbent corporate-Democrat Bruce Harrell.
Kate Wilson won 61.23% of the 6,121 ballots counted today.
Overall total:
Katie Wilson 50.08% 137,217
Bruce Harrell 49.59% 135,871
Write-in 0.33% 908
Katie Wilson's lead grows to 1,346 votes over and incumbent corporate-Democrat Bruce Harrell.
Kate Wilson won 61.23% of the 6,121 ballots counted today.
Overall total:
Katie Wilson 50.08% 137,217
Bruce Harrell 49.59% 135,871
Write-in 0.33% 908
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Wilson now leads in the Seattle mayoral race by 91 votes. Prior to today, Harrell had been leading by 4,300 votes, but this latest vote batch netted Wilson 4,391 votes.
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Wilson now leads in the Seattle mayoral race by 91 votes. Prior to today, Harrell had been leading by 4,300 votes, but this latest vote batch netted Wilson 4,391 votes.
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There's still a lot of curable ballots from Seattle (about 1,800). Most are unsigned or signature mismatches, and most skew younger.
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
There's still a lot of curable ballots from Seattle (about 1,800). Most are unsigned or signature mismatches, and most skew younger.
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HOLY SHIT crazy news for Spokane progressives. Dixit closed the gap even more in the most recent ballot drop to less than 70. And there’s still 24k total ballots left to count in the county. City turnout is looking wildly high for an off year election
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
HOLY SHIT crazy news for Spokane progressives. Dixit closed the gap even more in the most recent ballot drop to less than 70. And there’s still 24k total ballots left to count in the county. City turnout is looking wildly high for an off year election
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I talked with @kuow.org yesterday about the story of Alex Kuhnhausen, a 25-year-old WA prisoner who died last year from an infection that prison medical staff failed to treat and corrections officials kept hidden from his wife. www.kuow.org/stories/help...
"HELP ME!!! HELP ME!!!" WA prison kept woman in dark while her husband was dying
In April, 25-year-old Alex Kuhnhausen died of a bacterial infection he contracted at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla.
www.kuow.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I talked with @kuow.org yesterday about the story of Alex Kuhnhausen, a 25-year-old WA prisoner who died last year from an infection that prison medical staff failed to treat and corrections officials kept hidden from his wife. www.kuow.org/stories/help...
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Early results have just started coming in Washington.
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Early results have just started coming in Washington.
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Spokane food banks are seeing ‘COVID levels’ of stress on services, impacting 83,000 Spokanites. With the future of SNAP in jeopardy, here’s how our region is impacted and who is stepping up to help:
Spokane food banks are seeing ‘COVID levels’ of stress on services – RANGE Media
With the future of SNAP in jeopardy, here’s how our region is impacted and who is stepping up to help.
rangemedia.co
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Spokane food banks are seeing ‘COVID levels’ of stress on services, impacting 83,000 Spokanites. With the future of SNAP in jeopardy, here’s how our region is impacted and who is stepping up to help:
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NOAA cancels funding for data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
NOAA cancels funding for data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
Direct feeds from seismology stations across Alaska are expected to stop in mid-November, state officials say.
www.adn.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
NOAA cancels funding for data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
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If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven)
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
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Tracking PPP: Search Every Company Approved for Federal Loans - ProPublica
As part of the Paycheck Protection Program, the federal government has provided hundreds of billions in financial support to banks to make low-interest loans to companies and nonprofit organizations i...
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November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven)
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
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BREAKING: Two Spokane Police officers resigned this year amid an investigation into allegations they were seducing victims of domestic violence, hundreds of documents show.
MORE: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
MORE: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
Two Spokane Police officers resign amid investigation for on-duty sexual acts with domestic violence victims
Two Spokane police officers have resigned within the past year amid internal affairs investigations into allegations that they had used their badge to seduce women who were victims of domestic violenc...
www.spokesman.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
BREAKING: Two Spokane Police officers resigned this year amid an investigation into allegations they were seducing victims of domestic violence, hundreds of documents show.
MORE: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
MORE: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
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Crosscut is dead. Long live Crosscut. Today’s the official last day for me and my Cascade PBS newsroom colleagues. We did good work over the decades and it is supremely sad to see it shut down.
October 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Crosscut is dead. Long live Crosscut. Today’s the official last day for me and my Cascade PBS newsroom colleagues. We did good work over the decades and it is supremely sad to see it shut down.
Happy last day of work to me and my colleagues at @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social. 🎃
Man Wouldn't Have Worn Costume To Work If He'd Known He Was Getting Laid Off
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happy last day of work to me and my colleagues at @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social. 🎃
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Harrell Campaign Paid a Consultant $5,000 a Week for “Outreach and Engagement,” Won’t Say Why
The payments, for "community outreach and engagement," are more than four times what Harrell pays his chief political consultant every month.
publicola.com/2025/10/30/h...
The payments, for "community outreach and engagement," are more than four times what Harrell pays his chief political consultant every month.
publicola.com/2025/10/30/h...
Harrell Campaign Paid a Consultant $5,000 a Week for "Outreach and Engagement," Won't Say Why - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Mayor Bruce Harrell’s campaign finance filings for October include an unusual series of five $5,000 payments,…
publicola.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Harrell Campaign Paid a Consultant $5,000 a Week for “Outreach and Engagement,” Won’t Say Why
The payments, for "community outreach and engagement," are more than four times what Harrell pays his chief political consultant every month.
publicola.com/2025/10/30/h...
The payments, for "community outreach and engagement," are more than four times what Harrell pays his chief political consultant every month.
publicola.com/2025/10/30/h...
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Alex Kuhnhausen developed a bacterial infection while in solitary confinement. The repeated failures that followed offer a rare look at how decisions made by prison officials can turn treatable ailments deadly, @brandonblock.bsky.social reports.
www.investigatewest.org/how-a-wa-pri...
www.investigatewest.org/how-a-wa-pri...
October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Alex Kuhnhausen developed a bacterial infection while in solitary confinement. The repeated failures that followed offer a rare look at how decisions made by prison officials can turn treatable ailments deadly, @brandonblock.bsky.social reports.
www.investigatewest.org/how-a-wa-pri...
www.investigatewest.org/how-a-wa-pri...
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All across the West, lawmakers are skipping over the will of voters and yanking fluoride from municipal water systems. My latest story for @highcountrynews.org takes a deep dive into the fight over fluoride in the age of MAHA.
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
Want fluoride in the water? Too bad. - High Country News
Across the West, lawmakers are skipping over the will of voters and yanking fluoride.
www.hcn.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
All across the West, lawmakers are skipping over the will of voters and yanking fluoride from municipal water systems. My latest story for @highcountrynews.org takes a deep dive into the fight over fluoride in the age of MAHA.
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
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In Lewiston, Idaho, the Lewiston Tribune emphasizes the patriotic nature of the protests:
October 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In Lewiston, Idaho, the Lewiston Tribune emphasizes the patriotic nature of the protests:
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Idaho’s health insurance exchange is the first in the nation to start open enrollment.
But if Congress doesn’t extend premium tax credits, 25,000 Idahoans will cancel their plans and 1,100 Idaho jobs will be lost.
But if Congress doesn’t extend premium tax credits, 25,000 Idahoans will cancel their plans and 1,100 Idaho jobs will be lost.
Idaho’s health insurance exchange is first to start open enrollment, as premiums set to rise • Idaho Capital Sun
Idaho starts open enrollment for health insurance as premiums expected to soar if Congress lets enhanced tax credits expire.
idahocapitalsun.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Idaho’s health insurance exchange is the first in the nation to start open enrollment.
But if Congress doesn’t extend premium tax credits, 25,000 Idahoans will cancel their plans and 1,100 Idaho jobs will be lost.
But if Congress doesn’t extend premium tax credits, 25,000 Idahoans will cancel their plans and 1,100 Idaho jobs will be lost.
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From youth labor violations to housing abuses to pandemic aid fraud, Cascade PBS investigative reporters cast light into undercovered corners of Washington. Our final Impact Report and a thread of some of the team's best work: www.cascadepbs.org/impact-repor...
Investigations team caps four years with state law, policy reforms
From youth labor violations to housing abuses to pandemic aid fraud, Cascade PBS investigative reporters cast light into undercovered corners of WA in 2025.
www.cascadepbs.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
From youth labor violations to housing abuses to pandemic aid fraud, Cascade PBS investigative reporters cast light into undercovered corners of Washington. Our final Impact Report and a thread of some of the team's best work: www.cascadepbs.org/impact-repor...
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The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer. @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer. @nicolefoy.bsky.social
From youth labor violations to housing abuses to pandemic aid fraud, Cascade PBS investigative reporters cast light into undercovered corners of Washington. Our final Impact Report and a thread of some of the team's best work: www.cascadepbs.org/impact-repor...
Investigations team caps four years with state law, policy reforms
From youth labor violations to housing abuses to pandemic aid fraud, Cascade PBS investigative reporters cast light into undercovered corners of WA in 2025.
www.cascadepbs.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
From youth labor violations to housing abuses to pandemic aid fraud, Cascade PBS investigative reporters cast light into undercovered corners of Washington. Our final Impact Report and a thread of some of the team's best work: www.cascadepbs.org/impact-repor...
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Idaho incarcerates women more often than any other state.
Once thrown behind bars, many of those women are sexually abused by guards shielded from consequences — while victims are blamed.
Read the latest in our "Guarded by Predators" series www.investigatewest.org/in-idaho-wom...
Once thrown behind bars, many of those women are sexually abused by guards shielded from consequences — while victims are blamed.
Read the latest in our "Guarded by Predators" series www.investigatewest.org/in-idaho-wom...
In Idaho women’s prisons, guards get away with sex abuse
A yearlong investigation finds rampant sexual abuse by guards, systemic cover-ups, and punishment for victims
www.investigatewest.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Idaho incarcerates women more often than any other state.
Once thrown behind bars, many of those women are sexually abused by guards shielded from consequences — while victims are blamed.
Read the latest in our "Guarded by Predators" series www.investigatewest.org/in-idaho-wom...
Once thrown behind bars, many of those women are sexually abused by guards shielded from consequences — while victims are blamed.
Read the latest in our "Guarded by Predators" series www.investigatewest.org/in-idaho-wom...
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As Cascade PBS sunsets its digital-first news operation, we take a look back at some of the stories that exemplify its impact on the region over the past 18 years, first as Crosscut and later as the Cascade PBS newsroom.
Remembering Crosscut: 18 years of independent journalism in WA
As Cascade PBS sunsets its digital newsroom, formerly Crosscut, current and former staff members reflect on some of the outlet’s impactful reporting.
www.cascadepbs.org
October 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
As Cascade PBS sunsets its digital-first news operation, we take a look back at some of the stories that exemplify its impact on the region over the past 18 years, first as Crosscut and later as the Cascade PBS newsroom.
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KENNEWICK — The Hanford tank farm contractor notified the Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council that it is looking to temporarily lay off 733 union workers because of the federal government shutdown.
Feds consider laying off hundreds of Hanford contractor workers in Eastern WA
KENNEWICK — The Hanford tank farm contractor notified the Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council that it is looking to temporarily lay off 733 union workers because of the federal government shutdown.
www.columbian.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
KENNEWICK — The Hanford tank farm contractor notified the Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council that it is looking to temporarily lay off 733 union workers because of the federal government shutdown.
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From @cascadiadaily.com: Whatcom County Council introduced an amendment to close a legal loophole that left them in the dark about a $225K payout to an employee who accused her manager of sexual harassment and retaliation. The Council said it knew nothing until Cascade PBS broke the story in 2024.
Whatcom Council eyes closing legal loophole that hid $225K payout
A prosecutor’s legal interpretation left the Council in the dark about a sexual harassment settlement, until Cascade PBS’s reporting unearthed the case.
www.cascadepbs.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
From @cascadiadaily.com: Whatcom County Council introduced an amendment to close a legal loophole that left them in the dark about a $225K payout to an employee who accused her manager of sexual harassment and retaliation. The Council said it knew nothing until Cascade PBS broke the story in 2024.