IRS Audit of Trump Could Cost Former President More Than $100 Million (www.propublica.org)
IRS Audit of Trump Could Cost Former President More Than $100 Million (www.propublica.org)
Georgia Promised to Fix How Voter Challenges Are Handled. A New Law Could Make the Problem Worse. (www.propublica.org)
Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN’s “Plastic Free” Conference (www.propublica.org)
Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN’s “Plastic Free” Conference (www.propublica.org)
At a conference meant to address the plastic crisis, pro-plastic messaging was inescapable. Meanwhile, industry insiders — some positioned as government delegates — were given access to vital negotiations....
Georgia Promised to Fix How Voter Challenges Are Handled. A New Law Could Make the Problem Worse. (www.propublica.org)
SB 189, which goes into effect in July, will give Georgia residents more time to contest the eligibility of fellow citizens’ inclusion on voter rolls and make it easier to use questionable evidence in those challenges.
Looking Up an NYPD Officer’s Discipline Record? Many Are There One Day, Gone the Next. (www.propublica.org)
The police department’s public site for tracking officers’ discipline is shockingly unreliable, a ProPublica analysis found. Cases against officers frequently vanish for days — sometimes weeks — at a time.
Blinken Says Israeli Units Accused of Serious Violations Have Done Enough to Avoid Sanctions. Experts and Insiders Disagree. — ProPublica (www.propublica.org)
Blinken Says Israeli Units Accused of Serious Violations Have Done Enough to Avoid Sanctions. Experts and Insiders Disagree. (www.propublica.org)
The secretary of state told Congress that Israel had adequately punished a soldier who got community service for killing an unarmed Palestinian. Government officials call it a “mockery” and inconsistent with the law....
Looking Up an NYPD Officer’s Discipline Record? Many Are There One Day, Gone the Next. (www.propublica.org)
ProPublica has found the NYPD site for allowing the public to track officers’ misconduct is shockingly unreliable. Cases against officers frequently vanish from the site for days — sometimes weeks — at a time. The issue affects nearly all of the officers in the database, with discipline disappearing from the profiles of...
This School for Autistic Youth Can Cost $573,200 a Year. It Operates With Little Oversight, and Students Have Suffered. (www.propublica.org)
ProPublica Wins Pulitzer Prize for Supreme Court Coverage (www.propublica.org)
ProPublica won the prestigious public service Pulitzer Prize for what the judges described as “groundbreaking and ambitious reporting that pierced the thick wall of secrecy surrounding the Supreme Court to reveal how a small group of politically influential billionaires wooed justices with lavish gifts and travel, pushing the...
Facing Unchecked Syphilis Outbreak, Great Plains Tribes Sought Federal Help. Months Later, No One Has Responded. (www.propublica.org)
Facing Unchecked Syphilis Outbreak, Great Plains Tribes Sought Federal Help. Months Later, No One Has Responded. (www.propublica.org)
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Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away. (www.propublica.org)
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away. (www.propublica.org)
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away. (www.propublica.org)
The first sign of trouble bubbled up from gopher holes a stone’s throw from Stan Ledgerwood’s front door. The salt water left an oily sheen on the soil and a swath of dead grass in the yard....
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away. (www.propublica.org)
The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7 billion if it falls to the state.
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away. (www.propublica.org)
They experienced firsthand the policy failures that have allowed the oil and gas industry to reap profits without ensuring there will be money to clean up drill sites when the wells run dry and the drillers flee. A recent ProPublica and Capital and Main investigation found a shortfall of about $150 billion between funds set...
Ten Years After the Flint Water Crisis, Distrust and Anger Linger (www.propublica.org)
A city is forever changed, and so is residents’ relationship with their water. The betrayal of trust by the institutions meant to protect Flint’s residents has made some of them extra cautious as they look to keep themselves and their community safe....
Ten Years After the Flint Water Crisis, Distrust and Anger Linger (www.propublica.org)
That emergency manager law is still on the books. The work to replace the pipes is mostly done — but the city has blown repeated deadlines to complete it. Two state investigations under two administrations led to high-profile criminal charges, including allegations of involuntary manslaughter, official misconduct and willful...
Ten Years After the Flint Water Crisis, Distrust and Anger Linger (www.propublica.org)
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More States Are Allowing Child Support Payments to Reach Children (www.propublica.org)
Sports Team Owners Face New Scrutiny From IRS Over Tax Avoidance (www.propublica.org)
More States Are Allowing Child Support Payments to Reach Children (www.propublica.org)
It is one of the enduring myths of the U.S. child support system: that payments made by fathers actually make it to their families. And yet, every year, hundreds of millions of dollars in child support is instead intercepted by federal and state governments — as reimbursement for the mother having received welfare at some...
