Texas Is the Largest GOP Stronghold Without Pro-School Voucher Legislation. Gov. Abbott Is on a Crusade to Change That. ( www.propublica.org )
The Rising Cost of the Oil Industry’s Slow Death | Unplugged oil and gas wells accelerate climate change, threaten public health and risk hitting taxpayers’ pocketbooks. ( www.propublica.org )
What Idaho’s Republican Primary Tells Us About America’s Culture Wars ( www.propublica.org )
Judge Denies Texas Attorney General’s Efforts to Use Consumer Protection Law to Shut Down a Migrant Shelter ( www.propublica.org )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17199492
North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code ( www.propublica.org )
Georgia Promised to Fix How Voter Challenges Are Handled. A New Law Could Make the Problem Worse. ( www.propublica.org )
Plastic Fantasy ( www.propublica.org )
I'll be surprised if by the end of the current century if the petrol companies don't see a class action suit similar to the tobacco companies for damages wrought upon humanity....
When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead ( www.propublica.org )
Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through Millions of Hours of Unreviewed Body-Cam Footage ( www.propublica.org )
10 Times as Much of This Toxic Pesticide Could End Up on Your Tomatoes and Celery Under a New EPA Proposal ( www.propublica.org )
Some Surprises in the No Surprises Act ( www.propublica.org )
The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic Recycling ( www.propublica.org )
Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign ( www.propublica.org )
Mississippi Lawmakers Move to Limit the Jail Detentions of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment ( www.propublica.org )
Lawmakers Could Limit When County Officials in Mississippi Can Jail People Awaiting Psychiatric Treatment ( www.propublica.org )
How the U.S. Waged a Global Campaign Against Baby Formula Regulation ( www.propublica.org )
Bill to Fund Stillbirth Prevention and Research Passes Congress ( www.propublica.org )
Scenes From a MAGA Meltdown: Inside the “America First” Movement’s War Over Democracy ( www.propublica.org )
A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her. ( www.propublica.org )
Blinken Is Sitting on Staff Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings or Rapes ( www.propublica.org )
A special State Department panel told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms sales to Israeli military units that have been credibly accused of human rights abuses. He has not taken any action.
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.
Facing Unchecked Syphilis Outbreak, Great Plains Tribes Sought Federal Help. Months Later, No One Has Responded. ( www.propublica.org )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15145141
Washington State Is Leaving Tribal Cultural Resources at the Mercy of Solar Developers ( www.propublica.org )
In the autumn of 2021, an 800-page report crossed the desk of Washington state lands archaeologist Sara Palmer. It came from an energy developer called Avangrid Renewables, which was proposing to build a solar facility partly on a parcel of public land managed by the state. Palmer was in charge of reviewing reports like these,...