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Lawmaker Calls for Stronger Mandatory Reporting Rules Following Our Investigation Into Church Abuse Case
6+ hour, 29+ min ago (694+ words) Co-published with Minnesota Star Tribune A Minnesota senator wants to strengthen state laws meant to hold adults entrusted with children's safety accountable for failing to report suspected child abuse, after an investigation by the Minnesota Star Tribune and ProPublica found…...
Trump’s Rollback of Rules for Mental Health Coverage Could Lead More Americans to Go Without Care
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (1454+ words) During his first term, President Donald Trump frequently turned to the issue of mental health, framing it as a national crisis that demanded action. He linked it to opioid addiction, mass shootings and a surge in veteran suicides " and he…...
How One Woman Is Stalling Green Energy Projects in Oregon
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1799+ words) What those lawmakers didn't plan for was that 50 years later, an Oregon citizen activist would use that same bureaucracy to hinder some of the very energy projects that today's liberals want: wind farms and the new high-voltage lines needed to…...
Middle School Cheerleaders Made a TikTok Video Portraying a School Shooting. They Were Charged With a Crime.
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1810+ words) One afternoon in mid-September, a group of middle school girls in rural East Tennessee decided to film a TikTok video while waiting to begin cheerleading practice. In the 45-second video posted later that day, one girl enters the classroom holding…...
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (1120+ words) As the climate warms, new data shows huge swaths of land across the globe are quickly drying, threatening humanity's supply of fresh water. In the far north, the detected loss is due largely to glaciers melting and subarctic lakes drying....
ProPublica Hires Chris Alcantara as a Graphics Editor
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (194+ words) ProPublica announced on Tuesday that Chris Alcantara has joined the graphics team as a graphics editor. In this role, Alcantara will develop, design and build charts, maps, data visualizations and visual stories. Before the Post, Alcantara was an interactive news…...
Maricopa County’s Handling of Death Penalty Cases Puts Its Secretive Review Process in Question
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1731+ words) Watch ABC15 Arizona's series "Seeking Death," based on our joint investigation into Maricopa County's handling of death penalty cases. In 2010, Vikki Valencia's 24-year-old brother, Triny Rey Lozano, died in an almost unimaginably brutal way. He was shot in the head multiple…...
Director of Arizona Medicaid Agency Resigns Following Fraud Scheme Response
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (1176+ words) Under Carmen Heredia's leadership, the agency withheld payment to more than 300 businesses as it investigated fraud allegations. The state's swift response left patients homeless, ProPublica and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting found. Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest Director…...
New Law Increases Oversight of Arizona Sober Living Homes
8+ mon, 1+ day ago (1157+ words) The legislation follows a ProPublica and Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting investigation on a $2 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking drug and alcohol treatment. Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed legislation increasing oversight of sober living homes,…...
ProPublica Opens Application for Five New Local Partners for Its 50 State Initiative
10+ mon, 1+ day ago (615+ words) ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. ProPublica announced on Wednesday a new call for proposals to select the next five partners in its Local Reporting Network. These newsrooms will be chosen as…...