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On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet
U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty.
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Featured Stories
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Trump Administration Launches Crackdown on Teacher Sexual Misconduct Following KQED-ProPublica Investigation
The U.S. education secretary cited our finding that California has not revoked the credentials of at least 67 educators who school districts determined had sexually harassed students or committed other types of sexual misconduct.
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New Mexico AG Calls for Reform After Report Finds “Substantial Racial Disparities” in One School District
The state’s attorney general launched an investigation after reporting by New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica exposed high rates of harsh punishment for Native American and Hispanic children in Gallup-McKinley County Schools.
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New York Hasn’t Raised Housing Allowances for Needy Residents in Decades. That’s Unconstitutional, a Lawsuit Says.
The state constitution makes an unusual promise to residents: to provide care and support for the needy. But a recent lawsuit accuses it of failing to meet that mandate by putting low-income households on the brink of homelessness.
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Una agencia del Gobierno de Puerto Rico expuso los números de Seguro Social de un millón de personas
Una vulnerabilidad relacionada al Catastro Digital del Gobierno dejó datos privados fácilmente accesibles, supieron el Centro de Periodismo Investigativo y ProPublica.
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Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage, Alaska
Reporter: Kyle Hopkins
Arizona Luminaria
Tucson, Arizona
Reporter: Rafael Carranza
The Assembly
North Carolina
Reporter: Ren Larson
Baltimore Banner
Baltimore, Maryland
Reporter: Katie Shepherd
BridgeDetroit
Detroit, Michigan
Reporter: Jena Brooker
Capitol News Illinois
Springfield, Illinois
Reporter: Molly Parker
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
Puerto Rico
Reporter: Luis Valentín
Concord Monitor
Concord, New Hampshire
Reporter: Jeremy Margolis
The Connecticut Mirror
Hartford, Connecticut
Reporter: Dave Altimari
The Connecticut Mirror
Hartford, Connecticut
Reporter: Jenna Carlesso
The Denver Gazette
Denver, Colorado
Reporter: Christopher Osher
Flatwater Free Press
Omaha, Nebraska
Reporter: Chris Bowling
The Frontier
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Reporter: Nick Bowlin
Invisible Institute
Chicago, Illinois
Reporter: María Inés Zamudio
KQED
San Francisco, California
Reporter: Holly McDede
LAist
Los Angeles, California
Reporter: Jacob Margolis
Lexington Herald-Leader
Lexington, Kentucky
Reporter: Alex Acquisto
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
Memphis, Tennessee
Reporter: Wendi C. Thomas
The New York Amsterdam News
New York, New York
Reporter: Ashad Hajela
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Portland, Oregon
Reporter: Tony Schick
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Reporter: Samantha Melamed
The Record/NorthJersey.com
Woodland Park, New Jersey
Reporters: Ashley Balcerzak and Jean Rimbach
Seven Days
Burlington, Vermont
Reporters: Jonathan Mingle and John Dillon
The Tributary
Jacksonville, Florida
Reporter: Nichole Manna
Verite News
New Orleans, Louisiana
Reporter: Richard A. Webster
WBUR
Boston, Massachusetts
Reporter: Willoughby Mariano
Wisconsin Watch
Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin
Reporter: Bennet Goldstein
WPLN/Nashville Public Radio
Nashville, Tennessee
Reporter: Paige Pfleger
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