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#Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Increasingly Using Consumer Protection Laws to Pursue #Political Targets

Paxton has repeatedly used #laws that are supposed to protect people from fraudulent or deceptive practices to pursue entities he disagrees with politically, including #hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and #LGBTQ+ groups.

#News #Law #CriminalJustice

https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-consumer-protection-laws-political-targets

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And here's a roundup of some of the organizations Paxton's office has targeted:

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-ken-paxton-consumer-protection-law-investigations

ProPublica, to random
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This week, the Wall Street Journal opinion section published an op-ed about our coverage.

We don't typically comment on our newsgathering process, but this opinion essay has factual errors in the headline and in the essay that should be corrected.

We've submitted this to their editors:

ProPublica, to ethelcain
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How an Town Staved Off Resegregation

In 1971, every Black student walked out of this school in protest. A large majority stayed out for nearly the entire school year.

What happened next separates Thomasville from many other Black Belt areas.

https://www.propublica.org/article/thomasville-alabama-segregation-academies

ProPublica, to Health
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Maine’s #Health Department Rarely Investigates When Residents Wander Away From Their Care Facilities

Elopement — when a resident wanders out of a care home — is a real risk, particularly for people with dementia.

But in the vast majority of cases in #Maine, the facilities are never inspected and rarely sanctioned.

#MentalHealth #ElderCare #News #NewEngland #Elderly #Safety #Accountability

https://www.propublica.org/article/maine-health-department-care-facilities-elopement

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This Hospital Transfers Some Patients to Jail to Await Treatment

Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto doesn’t have a psychiatric unit, so it sends patients elsewhere for mental health treatment.

When publicly funded facilities are full, some patients go to jail to wait for help.

One doctor said that’s “unthinkable.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/baptist-desoto-hospital-civil-commitment-jail

ProPublica, to news
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9 things you need to know about the inside story of how 3M allowed PFOS to seep into all of us while sitting on research that showed the chemical is toxic.

#News #ForeverChemicals #Safety #3M #EPA #PFAS #PFOS

https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-3m-pfos-forever-chemicals-investigation

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How Residents in a Rural County Are Confronting the Lasting Harm of Academies

In Wilcox County, Alabama, many people say they want to bridge racial divides created by their segregated . But they must face a long and painful history.

https://www.propublica.org/article/wilcox-county-alabama-segregation-academies

ProPublica, to Texas
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#​Uvalde Police Will Face More Active Shooter Training as Part of $2 Million Settlement Between City and Families

Attorneys for the families have also filed a lawsuit against the Department of Public Safety, the principal of Robb Elementary School and the district’s former chief.

More suits could be coming by a Friday deadline.

https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-police-will-face-more-active-shooter-training-as-part-of-2-million-settlement-between-city-and-families

ProPublica, to random
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A New Mexico judge has lifted a temporary order that had stopped the city of Albuquerque from throwing away the possessions of homeless people without providing notice and an offer to store their belongings.

https://www.propublica.org/article/judge-lifts-order-albuquerque-homeless-encampments

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Read our previous reporting on how the city was violating its own policy by discarding homeless residents' belongs, including medications, birth certificates, IDs, treasured family photos and the ashes of loved ones.

https://www.propublica.org/article/albuquerque-homeless-encampments

ProPublica, to news
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For the Women Who Accused the #Trump Campaign of Harassment, It’s Been More Harassment

Trump is well known for publicly bullying his #political rivals, but the former president’s campaign has also used similar tactics to launch private, relentless attacks against some of its own workers.

#News #Politics #Law #DonaldTrump #Election #Government

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-campaign-harassment-bullying-lawsuits

ProPublica, to Illinois
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Ticketed at as a Teen, a Young Black Woman Is Suing an City for Violating Her Civil Rights

It took four years and a jury trial for Amara Harris to beat the ticket that accused her of stealing another girl’s AirPods.

Now she’s heading back to court in the hope of stopping from using to discipline .

https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-naperville-school-ticketing-amara-harris-civil-rights-lawsuit-airpods

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We've been following Amara's case for years. Here's our story from 2022 about her long-funning fight over the ticket:
https://www.propublica.org/article/school-police-tickets-illinois-naperville

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And here's our coverage from last August of Amara's 3-day trial, where the jury ruled in her favor:

https://www.propublica.org/article/school-ticketing-naperville-illinois-airpods-amara-harris-verdict

ProPublica, to Michigan
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Scenes From a Meltdown: Inside the “America First” Movement’s War Over Democracy

Across the country, the Party’s rank-and-file have turned on the establishment.

In , this schism broke the party — and maybe itself.

https://www.propublica.org/article/michigan-republicans-maga-meltdown-democracy-elections?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

ProPublica, to random
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Marshall Allen, a Tenacious Health Care Journalist, Dies at 52

Allen, who spent 10 years of his career reporting for ProPublica, was a fierce advocate for transparency and fairness in health care, guided by his strong faith and belief in honesty and integrity.

https://www.propublica.org/article/marshall-allen-propublica-health-care-reporter-dies

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You can read all of Marshall's work for ProPublica here:
https://www.propublica.org/people/marshall-allen

ProPublica, to DadBin
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Kristi Noem Said She Is Proud to “Support Babies, Moms, and Families.”

Her Record Shows Otherwise, Critics Say.

As governor, Noem has rejected programs and millions of dollars in federal funds that would have benefited and and provided care during .

Critics say her rhetoric is “all hat and no cattle.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-south-dakota-parents-children-pregnancy-abortion

ProPublica, to Futurology
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Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies.

Her bosses halted her work.

As the now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking , she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.

https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

ProPublica, to ethelcain
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Academies Still Operate Across the South.

One Town Grapples With Its Divided .

70 years after Brown v. Board, Black and white residents, in this town say they would like to see their schooled together.

But after so long apart, they aren’t sure how to make it happen.

https://www.propublica.org/article/camden-alabama-segregated-schools-brown-v-board

ProPublica, to Illinois
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#Illinois School Districts Sent Kids to a For-Profit Out-of-State Facility That Isn’t Vetted or Monitored

A state #law was meant to help #families by allowing the use of public money to fund students’ tuition at special education boarding #schools around the country.

But in solving one problem, lawmakers created another.

#News #Kids #Students #Education #Autism #NewYork

https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-shrub-oak-schools-students-special-education

ProPublica, to Albuquerque
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Is Throwing Out the Belongings of People, Violating City Policy

The city has violated a court order and its own policies by discarding the personal property of thousands of homeless people, who have lost medications, birth certificates, IDs, treasured family photos and the ashes of loved ones.

https://www.propublica.org/article/albuquerque-homeless-encampments

ProPublica, to Texas
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She Campaigned for a #Texas School Board Seat as a #GOP Hard-Liner. Now She’s Rejecting Her Party’s Extremism.

Courtney Gore, a Granbury ISD school board member, has disavowed the far-right platform she campaigned on after finding no evidence that #students were being indoctrinated by the district’s curriculum. Her defiance has brought her backlash.

New, from @JeremySchwartz

#Dallas #Education #School #News #Republicans #SchoolBoard #Teachers #Books #Libraries

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-granbury-isd-school-board-courtney-gore

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Also from today:

Former Far-Right Hard-Liner Says Billionaires Are Using School Board Races to Sow Distrust in Public Education

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-tim-dunn-wilks-brothers-vouchers-courtney-gore

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