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Drug-Addicted Health Care Workers, Nebraska Debt Collectors and More in...
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U.S. Rep. Weber Says He’ll Work on Bill to Speed Hurricane Protection Plan
by Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune, This story was co-published with The Texas Tribune. Two days after U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, filed legislation seeking to expedite a hurricane protection plan...
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Officials Were Warned of Trouble With NYPD Lockout Orders, And Then Police...
by Sarah Ryley for ProPublica and the New York Daily News, This story was co-published with the New York Daily News. Officials were told of problems with the New York Police Department’s practice of...
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How Residents Get Ensnared by NYPD Nuisance Abatement Cases
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University of California Regent Violated Ethics Rules, Review Finds
by Charles Ornstein Updated (May. 3, 2016): After this story ran, the University of California responded to our Public Records Act request, filed in January, and released the investigative report and...
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Tax Avoidance Has a Heartbeat
by Cezary Podkul and Lena Groeger Every year at dividend time, demand to borrow German stocks spikes.
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Wall Street Stock Loans Drain $1 Billion a Year From German Taxpayers
by Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, and Allan Sloan, The Washington Post, This story was co-published with The Washington Post. German companies are known for paying some of the heftiest dividends among...
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Study Urges CDC to Revise Count of Deaths from Medical Error
by Marshall Allen and Olga Pierce This story was co-published with NPR's Shots blog. A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine says medical errors should rank as the third-leading cause of...
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Alabama Lawmakers Limit Drug Prosecutions in Pregnancy
by Nina Martin This story was co-published with AL.com. Pregnant women and new mothers using legally prescribed medications may no longer face prosecution under an Alabama statute that is the nation’s...
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German Finance Minister Cries Foul Over Tax Avoidance Deals
by Cezary Podkul Germany’s top finance official criticized controversial stock loans that allow U.S. and other foreign investors to avoid paying about $1 billion a year in dividend taxes in Germany....
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So Sue Them: What We’ve Learned About the Debt Collection Lawsuit Machine
by Paul Kiel Millions of Americans live with the possibility that, at any moment, their wages or the cash in their bank accounts could be seized over an old debt. It’s an easily ignored part of...
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SRSLY: What the DEA Doesn’t Know Exists Can Definitely Kill You
by David Epstein SRSLY The best reporting you probably missed David Epstein Welcome to SRSLY, an (experimental) newsletter highlighting under-exposed accountability journalism. We'll distill the...
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Q&A: What the Recent Explosion of Health Data Means For Patients
by Charles Ornstein This story was co-published with NPR's Shots blog. Two years ago, when the federal government first released data on how much Medicare paid physicians, the media coverage was...
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How Milwaukee Landlords Figured Out How to Collect Rent and Not Pay Taxes
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Another Study Finds Link Between Pharma Money and Brand-Name Prescribing
by Ryann Grochowski Jones A group of researchers at Harvard Medical School has found that medical industry payments to physicians in Massachusetts are associated with higher rates of prescribing...
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Study Calls On Obama to Withdraw Legal Memo That Allows Faith-based Charities...
by Sarah Smith The Obama administration has roundly criticized states such as North Carolina and Mississippi for passing laws that allow discrimination in the name of religious freedom. But at the...
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Split Decision on NYPD’s X-ray Vans
by Michael Grabell Updated (May. 10, 2016): This story has been updated to include a quote from the NYCLU. A state appeals court today ordered the New York City Police Department to release...
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How Typography Can Save Your Life
by Lena Groeger This story was co-published with Source. Visual Evidence Data and design in everyday life Lena Groeger After decades of silently shouting at the top of its lungs, the National Weather...
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The Dig: How to Background Your Tinder Dates
by T. Christian Miller The Dig An investigative reporter’s candid advice for uncovering life’s everyday truths T. Christian Miller A brief recap. When last we met, ProPublica had just launched a bunch...
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