Atrapados en persecuciones mortales
por Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, y Brittny Mejia y James Queally, Los Angeles Times En una lluviosa tarde de noviembre del año pasado, ocho hombres se taparon con una lona gris y apretaron sus cuerpos...
View ArticleTrapped in a Deadly Chase
by Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, and Brittny Mejia and James Queally, Los Angeles Times On a rainy November afternoon last year, eight men held tight to a gray tarp, their bodies pressed against one...
View ArticleMemorial Sloan Kettering Leaders Violated Conflict-of-Interest Rules, Report...
by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Katie Thomas, The New York Times Top officials at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center repeatedly violated policies on financial conflicts of interest, fostering...
View ArticleChicago in a Single Tweet, and News From Elections Around the State
by Logan Jaffe 🎵 We are neighbors … we are neighbors … whether we wanna be or not. 🎵 I’m still humming this tune from the Chi-Lites days after Tuesday’s elections in Chicago and other cities and towns...
View ArticleThe IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy. It Didn’t Go Well.
by Jesse Eisinger and Paul Kiel On June 30, 2016, an auto-parts magnate received the kind of news anyone would dread: The Internal Revenue Service had determined he had engaged in abusive tax...
View ArticleJoe Bryan Denied Parole for Seventh Time
by Pamela Colloff The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied Joe Bryan parole for a seventh time on Friday, citing the brutal nature of the crime he stands convicted of — the 1985 shooting death of...
View ArticleAlabama Senator to the IRS: Stop Picking on the South
by Paul Kiel On Monday, ProPublica published a map showing where IRS audits are most concentrated. The South stood out. The reason, we explained, was because of an intense focus at the IRS on auditing...
View ArticleCook County Judge Keeps Limit on Publication in Place in Child Welfare Case
by Mick Dumke and Steve Mills A highly unusual judicial order blocking ProPublica Illinois and other news organizations from publishing some information about an ongoing child welfare case will remain...
View ArticleCriminal Justice Legislation Will Force New York Prosecutors to Disclose More...
by Joaquin Sapien The New York state legislature has passed a reform package aimed at increasing fairness in the criminal justice system. The new law requires prosecutors to share evidence against...
View ArticleProPublica Named a Finalist for Three Deadline Club Awards
by ProPublica Three ProPublica projects have been named finalists for Deadline Club Awards in the annual contest honoring the best work by journalists in the New York City area. “The Right to Fail,” a...
View ArticleCongress Is About to Ban the Government From Offering Free Online Tax Filing....
by Justin Elliott Just in time for Tax Day, the for-profit tax preparation industry is about to realize one of its long-sought goals. Congressional Democrats and Republicans are moving to permanently...
View ArticleProPublica Named a Finalist for Two Peabody Awards
by ProPublica The ProPublica series “Zero Tolerance” on the Trump administration’s family separation policy has been named a finalist for a Peabody Award in the Interactive/Web category, and “The...
View ArticleKentucky’s Secretary of State Turns Up Heat in Fight With Elections Board
by Jessica Huseman, ProPublica, and Daniel Desrochers, Lexington Herald-Leader Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes escalated her fight with the State Board of Elections this week when...
View ArticleThe Missing Millions: Some States Are Still Waiting for the Gambling Windfall
by Derrick Clifton 1. Some states are still waiting for the millions of dollars promised from legal sports betting. Several states, hoping for financial windfalls, quickly legalized sports betting...
View ArticleLawmakers Just Confronted the IRS Over Tax Audits That Target the Poor
by Paul Kiel Over the past six months, ProPublica has detailed the myriad ways the IRS has been gutted and how that has impacted its ability to do its job. In sum: The wealthy escape scrutiny while...
View ArticleBill to Limit IRS’ Ability to Offer Free Tax Filing Service Is Getting New...
by Justin Elliott There have been a number of developments since we reported Tuesday that Congress was considering barring the Internal Revenue Service from offering a free tax preparation service...
View ArticleChicago’s Inspector General Finds the City’s Gang Database Is Riddled With...
by Mick Dumke Gang data collected by the Chicago Police Department has been accessed more than 1 million times over the last decade by immigration officials, the FBI, the Chicago Public Schools and...
View ArticleHow the Navy’s Top Commander Botched the Highest-Profile Investigation in Years
by T. Christian Miller and Robert Faturechi WASHINGTON — Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Pollio could not believe what she was hearing from the Navy’s top officer. It was Jan. 25, 2018, and Adm. John Richardson,...
View ArticleProPublica Names Marilyn Thompson Senior Editor for Washington Coverage
by ProPublica ProPublica announced Thursday that Marilyn Thompson has been selected to lead its Washington coverage, where she will oversee ProPublica’s expanding reporting on the federal government....
View ArticleProPublica’s “Zero Tolerance” Series Wins Paul Tobenkin Award
by ProPublica ProPublica reporters Ginger Thompson, Michael Grabell and Topher Sanders are the recipients of this year’s Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award for their stories in the “Zero Tolerance” series...
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