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Idaho’s Coroner System Is “Broken and a Joke.” Here Are 5 Ideas From Coroners on How to Fix It.

by Audrey Dutton ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights...

26.08.2025 1

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He Was Accused of Killing His Wife. Idaho’s Coroner System Let Clues Vanish After a Previous Wife’s Death.

by Logan Jaffe In late September 2000, longtime Kerr County, Texas, resident W. Thornton Secor Jr. sat down with an oral historian to tell his story....

16.07.2025 40

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Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families.

by Alec MacGillis ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

18.04.2025 8

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A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.

by Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, and Kelcie Moseley-Morris, States Newsroom ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign...

12.03.2025 10

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As Idaho Pushes to Reform Its Coroner System, Counties Seek to Make It Less Transparent

by Audrey Dutton ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights...

05.03.2025 3

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For decades, calls for reform to Idaho’s troubled coroner system have gone unanswered

Idaho has known for at least 73 years that its frontier-era coroner system does not work. For just as long, the state has failed to make meaningful...

03.12.2024 5

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For Decades, Calls for Reform to Idaho’s Troubled Coroner System Have Gone Unanswered

by Audrey Dutton ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights...

02.12.2024 10

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A Timeline of Failed Efforts to Reform Idaho’s Coroner System

by Audrey Dutton ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights...

02.12.2024 10

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An Idaho Baby’s Unexplained Death Got No Autopsy and a Scant Coroner’s Investigation. State Law Says That’s Fine.

by Audrey Dutton, photography by Natalie Behring for ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for...

11.11.2024 20

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