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About the Local Reporting Network
ProPublica is supporting local and regional newsrooms as they work on important investigative projects affecting their communities. Topics include sexual violence, conflicts of interest, housing, and workplace safety. Our partner, the Anchorage Daily News, won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for our collaboration.
New Jersey Puts $578 Million in Controversial Tax Breaks on Hold After Investigation
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She Asked to Be Saved From Him. Now She’s Dead.
During the pandemic, domestic violence has killed more people than COVID-19 in rural Alaska. It’s also limited emergency services, and without shelters, many say these deaths are no surprise.
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Anchorage Daily News
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Arizona Daily Star
Reporter: Amy Silverman
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Arizona Republic
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Bay City News Foundation
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The Business Journal
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Capital Gazette
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The Daily Herald
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The Desert Sun
Reporter: Janet Wilson
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The Frontier
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Georgia Health News
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting
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Miami Herald
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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
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New Mexico In Depth
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The News & Observer and The Herald-Sun
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The Palm Beach Post
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The Philadelphia Inquirer and Spotlight PA
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Pine Tree Watch
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Featured Series
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Lawless
Sexual Violence in Alaska
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The Cutting
Investigating Industrial Logging in Oregon
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Desperation Town
How Youngstown Gave Itself Away for the Promise of Jobs
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Pollution Profiteers
Inside California’s Toxic Hauling Industry
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At a Great Price
The True Cost of the Sears Headquarters Deal
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Critical Condition
Investigating the Business of Oklahoma’s Rural Hospitals
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Profiting from the Poor
Inside Memphis’ Debt Machine
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Big Jim
West Virginia’s Conflicted Governor
Other Series
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Polluter’s Paradise
Environmental Impact in Louisiana
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Campus Complicity
Faculty Sexual Misconduct in Illinois
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The Untouchables
Investigating South Carolina’s Judges
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Miswired
How Kentucky Missed the Tech Revolution
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A 911 Emergency
Rhode Island’s Deadly 911 Flaws
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Invisible Walls
Connecticut’s Separate and Unequal Housing
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The Real Bosses of New Jersey
How Unelected Officials Run Your Government
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Locked Down
An Investigation of Mississippi’s Prisons
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Overcorrection
Crisis in California Jails
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Accused in Elkhart
Justice in an Indiana County
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Louisiana’s Ethical Swamp
Lawmakers’ Conflicts of Interest
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A Sick System
Repeat Attacks After Pleading Insanity
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The New Power Brokers
West Virginia’s Natural Gas Industry
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Half-life
Nuke Lab Workers Getting Sick
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HUD’s House of Cards
Public Housing Failures
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Trauma After Tragedy
PTSD in First Responders
