Audrey Dutton

Clayton Strong showed up at the funeral home, said he wanted his wife's body cremated, opened a lunch box full of cash and paid $2,310 on the spot, according to our reporting. Three months later, he was in another state and remarried. propublica.org/article/idaho-…

"So, again, I need a response from you,” the lawyer says in the recording obtained by @audreydutton. “You may have seen in the news that we have sued six states earlier this week..."

The Trump administration's demands go against the ethos of "keep your federal hands off Idaho," former Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa said. I teamed up on this story with @jenafifield and @zachdespart who are tracking the DOJ's efforts nationally. propublica.org/article/idaho-…

Super interesting story out of Idaho: As Trump Demands Voter Data, This Fiercely Independent Red State Says No propublica.org/article/idaho-… by @audreydutton @JenAFifield

The Idaho National Laboratory, where this scene takes place, was a pioneer in American nuclear power in the 1950s. It was also the site of the only fatal nuclear accident in U.S. history. (That was in the 1960s, and it was gruesome.)

Great deep dive on the sweeping changes to nuclear regulation in @propublica today by @AASchapiro. A must read for anyone interested. propublica.org/article/trump-…

Folks in Boise, join us Tuesday for a breakfast and press conference with Idaho Gov. Brad Little. The briefing and Q&A will be on the record. idahopressclub.org/events

Glad to see change is coming after @audreydutton's great work on failures of Idaho's coroner system. propublica.org/article/idaho-…

Measles has arrived in the Boise area. Five cases just reported in Canyon County, according to the state's weekly data update. public.tableau.com/app/profile/id…

If you live in a community that has wastewater testing, you can also check here to see if measles might be circulating. (Wastewater isn't infallible, but neither is case report data. More data points = more information.) data.wastewaterscan.org/tracker/?chart…

Wow.

#CDC 's latest FluView reports that the number of pediatric #flu deaths in 2024-25 reached 287. That brings last season's total to 1 shy of the toll in the 2009 H1N1 #pandemic. Flu can be hard on kids. Fortunately, there are vaccines that can mitigate severity. cdc.gov/fluview/survei…

New: In the two months before Trump sent the National Guard to Portland, authorities announced criminal charges against only three protesters. On nights with conflict, it often came from police firing on, pepper-spraying or tackling protesters. propub.li/3JiJKdl

WATCH: While federal judges decide whether Portland protesters’ behavior constitutes a rebellion, ProPublica set out to examine the degree to which they were inciting unrest and the role that federal officers played. youtu.be/bfntYsqczuc

important story from @Ximena_Bustillo @ChiaraEisner on the myriad ways immigration agents are concealing identities -- it's not just masks npr.org/2025/10/29/g-s…

.@audreydutton has reported on Idaho’s anti-vaccination movement for the past 10 years. Here's how she covered the state becoming the first in the nation to ban vaccine mandates. propublica.org/article/idaho-…

“As a journalist, the debate over vaccine policy and the rationales of the people behind the anti-vaccination movement fascinate me…But I’m not just a journalist. I’m an Idahoan with a family, including a young child in school.” propublica.org/article/idaho-… @audreydutton

New: Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.S. propub.li/49lUVMD

New: We wanted to know where a widely used prescription drug that treats high cholesterol was manufactured and whether the factory had quality issues. The search led to a labyrinth of company names and databases that few would know about. propub.li/48Enu7S

New: The FDA’s decision to conceal the names of drugs on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether manufacturing failures may make medications ineffective or unsafe. propub.li/4o1zCV7