Where Are the Foreclosure Deal Millions Going in Your State?

by Paul Kiel, Lena Groeger and Cora Currier
ProPublica, May 22, 2012, 11:26 a.m.

We contacted every state to see how they are spending the money they received from the foreclosure settlement. Here’s the most comprehensive breakdown available anywhere.

Billion Dollar Bait & Switch: States Divert Foreclosure Deal Funds

by Paul Kiel and Cora Currier
ProPublica, May 22, 2012, 11:26 a.m.

Under the foreclosure settlement with big banks, states got $2.5 billion to help homeowners. But a comprehensive, state-by-state breakdown shows that almost a billion is going to general use.

Broadcasters Sue to…Block Transparency

by Justin Elliott
ProPublica, May 22, 2012, 10:48 a.m.

The National Association of Broadcasters argue that the FCC's new rule requiring the posting of political ad data is "arbitrary" and "capricious."

In Race For Better Cell Service, Men Who Climb Towers Pay With Their Lives

Ryan Knutson, PBS Frontline, and Liz Day, ProPublica May 22, 2012, 9:52 a.m.

Corporate giants have outsourced the dangerous work of building and maintaining communications towers to tiny subcontracting companies. Over the last nine years, nearly 100 workers have died, 50 of them on cell sites.