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Regulation

The Efforts to Keep Industry in Check

205 stories published since 2013

Lawsuits: A Factory Blew Asbestos Into a Neighborhood; Decades Later, Residents Are Getting Sick and Dying

by Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi,

Company That Makes Rent-Setting Software for Apartments Accused of Collusion, Lawsuit Says

by Heather Vogell,

Rent Going Up? One Company’s Algorithm Could Be Why.

by Heather Vogell, ProPublica, with data analysis by Haru Coryne, ProPublica, and Ryan Little,

USDA Plans Major Reforms to Curb Salmonella in Poultry

by Michael Grabell,

Justice Department Digs Into “Competition Concerns” in New England Fishing Industry

by Will Sennott, The New Bedford Light,

A Shut-Off Switch Was Supposed to Prevent 99% of Generator-Related Deaths. It Failed a Family of Three.

by Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News,

Sen. Burr Cited COVID When He Dumped Shares Ahead of Stock Market Crash, According to FBI Records

by Robert Faturechi,

Nearly $30K Vanished From the HOA’s Account. The State Can’t Investigate the Management Company.

by Brittany Freeman, Rocky Mountain PBS,

Why Outlawing Ghost Guns Didn’t Stop America’s Largest Maker of Ghost Gun Parts

by Anjeanette Damon,

The Fed Keeps Getting More Powerful. Is It Bad for America?

by Jesse Eisinger,

Joe Manchin’s Price for Supporting the Climate Change Bill: A Natural Gas Pipeline in His Home State

by Ken Ward Jr. and Alexa Beyer, Mountain State Spotlight,

What Private Equity Firms Are and How They Operate

by Chris Morran and Daniel Petty,

A Right-Wing Think Tank Claimed to Be a Church. Now, Members of Congress Want to Investigate.

by Andrea Suozzo,

U.S. Senators Demand Federal Scrutiny of Private Equity’s Incursion Into Fishing

by Will Sennott, The New Bedford Light,

Right-Wing Think Tank Family Research Council Is Now a Church in Eyes of the IRS

by Andrea Suozzo,

The Supreme Court’s EPA Decision Could Hamper Regulators’ Ability to Protect the Public

by Lisa Song,

Congress Investigates Portable Generator Manufacturers Following Carbon Monoxide Deaths

by Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, and Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune,

Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale

by Paul Kiel,

Meet the Billionaire and Rising GOP Mega-Donor Who’s Gaming the Tax System

by Justin Elliott, Jesse Eisinger, Paul Kiel, Jeff Ernsthausen and Doris Burke,

A Republican Tried to Introduce a Commonsense Gun Law. Then the Gun Lobby Got Involved.

by Megan O’Matz,

Why 18-Year-Olds in Texas Can Buy AR-15s but Not Handguns

by Kiah Collier and Jeremy Schwartz, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune,

Inside the Government Fiasco That Nearly Closed the U.S. Air System

by Peter Elkind,

Detroit City Council Calls on Michigan’s Largest Utility to Pause Shut-offs, Explain Its High Electricity Rates

by Sarah Alvarez, Outlier Media,

Citing ProPublica’s Reporting on McKinsey, Senators Propose Bill Addressing Contractors’ Conflicts of Interest

by Ian MacDougall,

She’s Supposed to Protect Americans From Toxic Chemicals. First, She Just Has to Fix Trump’s Mess and Decades of Neglect.

by Lydia DePillis,

Southwestern States Make Changes to Welfare After ProPublica Investigations

by Eli Hager,

Senators Ask JPMorgan Chase to Explain Its Lawsuit Blitz Against Credit Card Customers

by Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum,

Did You Get the Help You Needed After a Hurricane or Tropical Storm? We’re Investigating Disaster Relief.

by Richard A. Webster, The Advocate | The Times-Picayune,

Kidney Failure, Emergency Rooms and Medical Debt. The Unseen Costs of Food Poisoning.

by Maryam Jameel,

When Dangerous Strains of Salmonella Hit, the Turkey Industry Responded Forcefully. The Chicken Industry? Not So Much.

by Michael Grabell and Bernice Yeung,

El monóxido de carbono que producen los generadores envenena a miles de personas al año. Estados Unidos ha fallado en exigir cambios de seguridad.

por Perla Trevizo, Lexi Churchill y Ren Larson, ProPublica y The Texas Tribune; Mike Hixenbaugh y Suzy Khimm, NBC News,

The Low-and-Slow Approach to Food Safety Reform Keeps Going Up in Smoke

by Bernice Yeung, Michael Grabell and Mollie Simon,

Carbon Monoxide From Generators Poisons Thousands of People a Year. The U.S. Has Failed to Force Safety Changes.

by Perla Trevizo, Lexi Churchill and Ren Larson, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune; Mike Hixenbaugh and Suzy Khimm, NBC News,

The Great Inheritors: How Three Families Shielded Their Fortunes From Taxes for Generations

by Patricia Callahan, James Bandler, Justin Elliott, Doris Burke and Jeff Ernsthausen,

When You’re a Billionaire, Your Hobbies Can Slash Your Tax Bill

by Paul Kiel, Jesse Eisinger and Jeff Ernsthausen,

These Real Estate and Oil Tycoons Avoided Paying Taxes for Years

by Jeff Ernsthausen, Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger,

Protect Yourself From Salmonella Over the Holidays

by Karim Doumar,

How ProPublica Used Genomic Sequencing Data to Track an Ongoing Salmonella Outbreak

by Irena Hwang,

How These Ultrawealthy Politicians Avoided Paying Taxes

by Ellis Simani, Robert Faturechi and Ken Ward Jr.,

Help ProPublica Report on Food Safety by Tracking the Poultry Supply Chain

by ProPublica,

America’s Food Safety System Failed to Stop a Salmonella Epidemic. It’s Still Making People Sick.

by Bernice Yeung, Michael Grabell, Irena Hwang and Mollie Simon,

Look Up the Salmonella Rates Where Your Poultry Was Processed

by Andrea Suozzo, Ash Ngu, Michael Grabell and Bernice Yeung,

House Introduces a Sweeping Booster Seat Safety Law to Protect Children in Car Crashes

by Patricia Callahan,

Proposal to Rein in Mega IRAs Faces Lobbying Resistance From Retirement Industry

by Justin Elliott,

McKinsey Never Told the FDA It Was Working for Opioid Makers While Also Working for the Agency

by Ian MacDougall for ProPublica,

Head of California Utility Regulator Resigns Less Than One Year Into Six-Year Term

by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation,

Entergy Resisted Upgrading New Orleans’ Power Grid. When Ida Hit, Residents Paid the Price.

by Max Blau and Annie Waldman, ProPublica, and Tegan Wendland, WWNO/NPR; Photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica,

Searching for Solutions to Alaska’s High Rate of Deadly Air Crashes

by Zoë Sobel, KUCB, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica,

“People Will Lose Their Lives”: Texas Isn’t Doing Enough to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Deaths, Critics Say

by Lexi Churchill and Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Suzy Khimm, NBC News,

“Half of the Family Just Disappeared Overnight”

by Perla Trevizo and Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune; Suzy Khimm and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News; Illustrations by Laila Milevski, ProPublica,