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511 stories published since 2016

Four Types of Scandals Utility Companies Get Into With Money From Your Electric Bills

by Patrick Wilson, Richmond Times-Dispatch

October 10, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Guía de ProPublica para asegurar que su voto cuente durante la pandemia

por Susie Armitage

October 9, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
Inside the Utility Company Lobbying Blitz That Will Hike Electric Bills

by Patrick Wilson, Richmond Times-Dispatch

October 9, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Your Guide to Voting in Illinois

by ProPublica

October 8, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
DOJ Frees Federal Prosecutors to Take Steps That Could Interfere With Elections, Weakening Long-standing Policy

by Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott

October 7, 2020, 12:40 pm EDT
In Florida, the Gutting of a Landmark Law Leaves Few Felons Likely to Vote

by Lawrence Mower and Langston Taylor, Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times

October 7, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Electionland 2020: North Carolina Mail Voting, In-Person Voting Starts, Naked Ballots and More

by Rachel Glickhouse, ProPublica, and Joshua Eaton, Lauren Rosenthal and Thy Anh Vo for ProPublica

September 25, 2020, 7:30 am EDT
Gov. Jim Justice’s Companies Have Now Reached $140 Million in Lawsuit Settlements and Judgments Over Unpaid Bills

by Ken Ward Jr. and Alex Mierjeski

September 24, 2020, 7:00 am EDT
When Is a Meeting Not a Meeting and a Lawmaker Not a Lawmaker? When It’s Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago.

by Mick Dumke

September 24, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
In North Carolina, Black Voters’ Mail-In Ballots Much More Likely to Be Rejected Than Those From Any Other Race

by Sophie Chou, ProPublica, and Tyler Dukes, WRAL News

September 23, 2020, 2:30 pm EDT
Trump’s Vaccine Czar Refuses to Give Up Stock in Drug Company Involved in His Government Role

by Isaac Arnsdorf

September 23, 2020, 1:04 pm EDT
ProPublica’s Pandemic Guide to Making Sure Your Vote Counts

by Susie Armitage

September 16, 2020, 6:39 pm EDT
The Woman Propositioned by Alaska’s Former Lieutenant Governor Tells Her Story for the First Time

by Kyle Hopkins and Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News

September 10, 2020, 1:30 pm EDT
Rick Perry’s Ukrainian Dream

by Simon Shuster, TIME, and Ilya Marritz, WNYC

September 10, 2020, 7:00 am EDT
As Trump Calls for Law and Order, Can Chicago’s Top Prosecutor Beat the Charge That She’s Soft on Crime?

by Mick Dumke

September 4, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Alaska’s Attorney General Resigns Hours After We Published “Uncomfortable” Texts He Sent to a Younger Colleague

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

August 25, 2020, 5:53 pm EDT
What the Post Office Needs to Survive a Pandemic Election

by Jessica Huseman, Maryam Jameel and Ryan McCarthy

August 19, 2020, 12:32 pm EDT
Kamala Harris Reading Guide: The Best Reporting on the Vice Presidential Candidate

by Mollie Simon

August 12, 2020, 11:33 am EDT
This Billionaire Governor Keeps Firing Top Officials When He Has a Crisis

by Ken Ward Jr.

August 12, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
How Hotel Chains Got a Slice of Government Aid for Small Businesses

by Isaac Arnsdorf

August 6, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Justice Department Is Scrutinizing Takeover of Credit Karma by Intuit, Maker of TurboTax

by Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel

August 3, 2020, 10:37 am EDT
Bill Barr Has Done This Before

by Mick Dumke

July 31, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
The Disinfomercial: How Larry King Got Duped Into Starring in Chinese Propaganda

by Renee Dudley and Jeff Kao

July 30, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
How Voter-Fraud Hysteria and Partisan Bickering Ate American Election Oversight

by Jessica Huseman

July 22, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Inside One Huge Company’s (Mostly) Successful Campaign to Escape Trump’s Tariffs

by Lydia DePillis

July 20, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
The Cuomo Administration Hasn’t Said Which Nursing Homes Were Infected With COVID-19 After Its Order Sent Positive Patients Into Them

by Joe Sexton and Joaquin Sapien

July 15, 2020, 2:57 pm EDT
Andrew Cuomo’s Report on Controversial Nursing Home Policy for COVID Patients Prompts More Controversy

by Joaquin Sapien and Joe Sexton

July 10, 2020, 1:08 pm EDT
Three Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Decisions on Trump’s Tax and Financial Documents

by Katherine Sullivan, WNYC

July 10, 2020, 11:00 am EDT
Electionland 2020: NJ Primary, CDC Election Guidance, Fall Voting Plans and More

by Rachel Glickhouse

July 10, 2020, 7:30 am EDT
Companies Owned by This Billionaire Governor Received up to $24 Million in Bailout Loans

by Ken Ward Jr.

July 6, 2020, 6:30 pm EDT
Why Do People Want to See Donald Trump’s Tax Returns?

by Kristen Doerer for ProPublica

July 1, 2020, 6:24 pm EDT
An Employee at a Private Sports Club Owned by This Billionaire Governor Tested Positive for Coronavirus

by Ken Ward Jr.

July 1, 2020, 7:00 am EDT
Has the IRS Hit Bottom?

by Paul Kiel

June 30, 2020, 2:57 pm EDT
One of America’s Wealthiest States Might Pass Up an Opportunity to Tackle Housing Segregation

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror

June 29, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
The Indian Health Service Wants to Return 1 Million KN95 Masks It Bought From a Former White House Official

by Yeganeh Torbati

June 25, 2020, 1:34 pm EDT
Oyster, Air Fryer and Bicycle Companies Say Their Goods Are Essential to Fighting Coronavirus So They Can Get Tariff Relief

by Lydia DePillis

June 25, 2020, 12:09 pm EDT
Stop Seizing Paychecks, Senators Write to Capital One and Other Debt Collectors

by Paul Kiel

June 25, 2020, 10:28 am EDT
The Governor Urged Businesses to Reopen Safely, but a Restaurant at His Luxury Resort Didn’t, Complaints Say

by Ken Ward Jr.

June 24, 2020, 4:09 pm EDT
What the Trump Campaign Is Up To on YouTube (Hint: It Involves Aliens, Bin Laden and Ivanka)

by Alice Wilder, WNYC

June 24, 2020, 4:00 am EDT
An Illustrated History of Government Agencies Twisting the Truth to Align With White House Misinformation

by Eric Umansky

June 22, 2020, 5:28 pm EDT
Inside the Trump Administration’s Decision to Leave the World Health Organization

by Sebastian Rotella, James Bandler and Patricia Callahan

June 20, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Democratic Senators Call for USAID to Investigate Anti-LGBT, Anti-Muslim Comments by Appointees

by Yeganeh Torbati

June 18, 2020, 5:23 pm EDT
The Postal Service Is Steadily Getting Worse — Can It Handle a National Mail-In Election?

by Ryan McCarthy and Maryam Jameel

June 15, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
“I Can’t Speak Negatively About the President,” Says Official Charged With Stimulus Oversight

by Ilya Marritz and Katherine Sullivan

June 10, 2020, 11:00 am EDT
We Reported on Corporate Tax Breaks in the Rust Belt. Now Officials Want Tougher Enforcement.

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal

June 5, 2020, 5:30 am EDT
Contractors for Trump’s Controversial $3 Billion Food Aid Program Have Hired a Longtime Lobbyist to Tout Their Work

by Isaac Arnsdorf

June 2, 2020, 2:14 pm EDT
Law Enforcement Files Discredit Brian Kemp’s Accusation That Democrats Tried to Hack the Georgia Election

by Mark Niesse, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Jack Gillum, ProPublica

May 29, 2020, 1:30 pm EDT
Electionland 2020: Trump on Vote by Mail, Poll Worker PPE, Naturalizations and More

by Rachel Glickhouse

May 29, 2020, 7:30 am EDT
This Billionaire Governor’s Been Sued Over Unpaid Bills. A Judge Just Ordered Him to Pay More.

by Ken Ward Jr., and Alex Mierjeski

May 28, 2020, 3:07 pm EDT
A Closer Look at Federal COVID Contractors Reveals Inexperience, Fraud Accusations and a Weapons Dealer Operating Out of Someone’s House

by Ryan Gabrielson, Lydia DePillis, J. David McSwane and Derek Willis, ProPublica, and Connor Sheets, AL.com

May 27, 2020, 10:00 am EDT