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Connecticut Towing Companies Use Belongings Left in Cars as Leverage to Collect Fees, Drivers Say

He Became the Face of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement. Now He’s Fed Up With It.

The Firm Running Georgia’s Struggling Medicaid Experiment Was Also Paid Millions to Sell It to the Public

Higher Prices, Rolling Blackouts: The Northwest Is Bracing for the Effects of a Lagging Green Energy Push

The Department of Education Forced Idaho to Stop Denying Disabled Students an Education. Then Trump Gutted Its Staff.

This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.

Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.

Louisiana Judge Nullifies Death Row Inmate’s Murder Conviction That Was Based on Junk Science

Wisconsin’s Name-Change Law Raises Safety Risks for Transgender People

An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.

Connecticut DMV Never Set Up System to Enforce a Century-Old Towing Law

Utah Ex-Therapist Scott Owen Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Abusing Patients

New Utah Law Seeks to Crack Down on Life Coaches Offering Therapy Without a License

Alaska Supreme Court Places New Limits on Pretrial Delays

A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education

We Found Widespread Abuse of Disabled Patients at an Illinois Facility. The DOJ Is Investigating.

How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power

Inside the Schools Alaska Ignored

He Was Convicted Based on Allegedly Fabricated Bite Mark Analysis. Louisiana Wants to Execute Him Anyway.

Connecticut Lawmakers Seek Overhaul of Towing Laws

How a Connecticut DMV Employee Made Thousands by Selling Towed Cars

A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.

Illinois Has Virtually No Homeschooling Rules. A New Bill Aims to Change That.

ProPublica Opens Application for Five New Local Partners for Its 50 State Initiative

Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.

Alaska Judge Vows to Reduce Trial Delays: “We Must, and We Will, Improve”

ProPublica and Partners Nominated for Multiple National Magazine Awards

A New Mexico District Says It’s Reduced Harsh Discipline of Native Students. But the Data Provided Is Incomplete.

Tennessee Lawmakers Push to Change How the State Disarms Dangerous People to Better Protect Domestic Violence Victims

Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Patients “Using His Position as a Therapist”

Idaho Passed $2 Billion in Funding for School Building Repairs. It’s Not Nearly Enough.

Washington Governor Orders Team to Study Data Centers’ Impact on Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue

“Lucharemos”: Trabajadores humanitarios temen que el cierre de un campamento en la frontera de Arizona ponga en peligro a los migrantes

“We Will Fight Back”: Aid Workers Fear Closing a Camp on the Arizona Border Will Endanger Migrants

Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities

North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency.

Is a New Mississippi Law Decreasing Jailings of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment? The State Doesn’t Know.

Five Big Obstacles to Opening Child Care Facilities in Rural Illinois

Hydroelectric Dams on Oregon’s Willamette River Kill Salmon. Congress Says It’s Time to Consider Shutting Them Down.

How Many Cars Have Connecticut Towing Companies Sold? The DMV Can’t Tell Us.

El DMV y los principales legisladores de Connecticut prometen revisar las leyes de remolque

“All Our Future Money Is Gone”: The Impossible Task of Providing Child Care in Rural Illinois

El DMV de Connecticut permite que las compañías remolcadoras vendan los vehículos que recogen en tan solo 15 días

The Neverending Case: How 10 Years of Delays Have Prevented a “Horrendous” Sexual Assault Allegation From Going to Trial

ProPublica Hires Tina Griego and Tracy Jan as Senior Editors for Its Local Reporting Network

Connecticut DMV and Top Lawmakers Vow to Review Towing Laws

Anchorage Police Say They Witnessed a Sexual Assault in Public. It Took Seven Years for the Case to Go to Trial.

“BadAss Grandmas” Pushed for an Ethics Commission. Then the North Dakota Legislature Limited Its Power.

¿Han remolcado su vehículo en Connecticut? Comparta su historia y ayúdenos a investigar.

Has Your Car Been Towed in Connecticut? Share Your Story and Help Us Investigate.

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    Democrats Won a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Control Over the Board That Sets Election Rules.

    Republican Jefferson Griffin conceded after a monthslong legal battle. But Democrats suffered a defeat that may be more consequential: losing control of the state board that sets voting rules and adjudicates election disputes.

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    Connecticut Towing Companies Use Belongings Left in Cars as Leverage to Collect Fees, Drivers Say

    The Connecticut DMV allows owners to get back into towed cars to retrieve items that are essential to their health and welfare. But people have lost work equipment, car seats, important documents and priceless mementos.

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