New York State Subsidy Tracker
by Masako Melissa Hirsch, Cezary Podkul, Sisi Wei and Lena Groeger, We’re tracking the state’s growing portfolio of business subsidies.
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View ArticleBellwether Behavioral Health Is Controversial Group Home Operator AdvoServ —...
by Heather Vogell A for-profit company that runs group homes for the developmentally and intellectually disabled has changed its name from AdvoServ to Bellwether Behavioral Health, following...
View ArticleDemocratic Senators Ask Jeff Sessions to Explain Preet Bharara Firing
by Robert Faturechi Attorney General Jeff Sessions should explain whether the firing of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara had anything to do with Bharara’s reported probe into stock trades by Health and...
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View ArticleStudents! ProPublica Wants to Pay For You to Attend NAHJ, NABJ, AAJA or NAJA
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View ArticleNew York Parents in Custody Fights Lack Right to See Expert Reports
by Joaquin Sapien New York State Assembly Bill 1533 does not seem to ask for terribly much: The proposed legislation would grant parents in custody proceedings the legal right to see the court-ordered...
View ArticleHow the Trump Administration Responds to Democrats’ Demands for Information:...
by Justin Elliott When billionaire investor Wilbur Ross was going through the confirmation process to become President Trump’s commerce secretary, Senate Democrats wanted answers about Ross’ role as...
View ArticleTrump’s ‘Buy American’ Pledge May Be At Risk With His Border Wall
by T. Christian Miller In one of his first tweets as president, here’s how Donald Trump promised to spend taxpayer dollars: “We will follow two simple rules: BUY AMERICAN & HIRE AMERICAN!” he...
View ArticleOur Military Waste Game Suddenly Seems Prophetic
by Megan Rose The most jaw-dropping element of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for 2018 is still shaking the foundations of Washington. The Pentagon, the most profligate agency in all the...
View ArticleAs Seas Around Mar-a-Lago Rise, Trump’s Cuts Could Damage Local Climate Work
by Lisa Song Climate change isn’t a nebulous threat for Palm Beach County, Florida, where sea creatures swim through driveways during seasonal king tides that flood low-lying streets. For years, the...
View ArticleTom Price Intervened on Rule That Would Hurt Drug Profits, the Same Day He...
by Robert Faturechi On the same day the stockbroker for then-Georgia Congressman Tom Price bought him up to $90,000 of stock in six pharmaceutical companies last year, Price arranged to call a top...
View ArticleThe White House Wouldn’t Post Trump Staffers’ Financial Disclosures. So We Did.
by Ariana Tobin and Derek Kravitz In a remarkable Friday night news dump, the Trump administration made dozens of White House staffers’ financial disclosure forms available. But they did it with an...
View ArticleTrump’s Changing Trust, Annotated
by Al Shaw and Derek Kravitz Here’s an annotated look at notable changes to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust’s certification document.
View ArticleTom Price’s $150,000-Plus Stock Windfall
by Robert Faturechi Tom Price doesn’t appear to have suffered a financial hit when he fulfilled his pledge to sell off some assets as the new head of the Department of Health and Human Services. On...
View ArticleWhen the Designer Shows Up In the Design
by Lena Groeger This story was co-published with Source. Visual Evidence Data and design in everyday life Lena Groeger I want you to imagine the American Midwest. Don’t think about what it looks like...
View ArticleRestaurant Chain Settles Age Bias Case for $12 Million
by Peter Gosselin Texas Roadhouse has agreed to settle an age discrimination lawsuit by the government that accused the national steakhouse chain of labeling workers over 40 such things as “Old N’...
View ArticleTrump Lawyer Confirms President Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever...
by Derek Kravitz and Al Shaw Update, April 4, 2017: In an interview with ProPublica, Trump Organization attorney Alan Garten confirmed that President Trump can withdraw profits and underlying assets...
View ArticleChicago Area Disparities in Car Insurance Premiums
by Al Shaw , Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson Some car insurers charge higher premiums in Chicago’s minority neighborhoods than in predominantly white neighborhoods with similar risk of accidents.
View ArticleMinority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Car Insurance Premiums Than White Areas...
by Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Lauren Kirchner and Surya Mattu, ProPublica ProPublica MACHINE BIAS Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate Alyssa Schukar, special to ProPublica Minority...
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