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Federal and State Officials Ramp Up Scrutiny of DraftKings, Other Sports Betting Apps
Amid investigations by ProPublica and others, officials across the country are demanding information about how online sportsbooks entice customers to keep betting — and proposing new rules to help protect consumers.
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This Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It.
Staff at an Oklahoma regulatory agency spent over a year building a case against Citation Oil & Gas, a company notorious for oil field pollution. Instead of disciplining the company, agency leaders chose to let it resume operations.
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Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act.
Federal officials brushed off the issue as Utah prioritized the fur industry’s interests. Little has been done to stop the spread of the virus and ensure it can’t spread to humans, a failure that experts called “irresponsible” and “astounding.”
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Colorado Marijuana Regulators Failed to Protect Consumers From Potential Contamination, Audit Finds
Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division may have put consumers at increased risk of using unsafe cannabis products, according to a state audit. The findings echo a yearlong investigation into the agency by The Denver Gazette and ProPublica.
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