New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years

by Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica, May 1, 2012, 3:29 p.m.

A new study has raised fresh concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, concluding that fracking chemicals injected into the ground could migrate toward drinking water supplies far more quickly than experts have previously predicted.

AT&T, Feds Neglect Low-Price Mandate Designed to Help Schools

by Jeff Gerth
ProPublica, May 1, 2012, 9 a.m.

To help avert a digital divide between rich and poor students, Congress required phone companies to offer bargain rates to schools. But as schools struggle for funding, evidence shows that this low-price requirement has been widely neglected.

FCC E-Rate Audits

ProPublica, May 1, 2012, 8:55 a.m.