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424 stories published since 2009

Settling With Kushner Companies Was Hard. Getting Money to Former Tenants May Be Harder.

What to Know About the Earned Income Tax Credit

When Are Taxes Due?

Lawmakers Attempting Takeover of Funds for Jackson’s Water System, Federal Manager Warns

What to Know About TurboTax Before You File Your Taxes This Year

The Tests Are Vital. But Congress Decided That Regulation Is Not.

Pressure Mounts for Hospice Reform

How Congress Finally Cracked Down on a Massive Tax Scam

How to Evaluate a Nonprofit Before You Donate

Chicago Claims Its 22-Year “Transformation” Plan Revitalized 25,000 Homes. The Math Doesn't Add Up.

Conservative Activist Poured Millions Into Groups Seeking to Influence Supreme Court on Elections and Discrimination

Why the U.S. Is Losing the Fight to Ban Toxic Chemicals

An Exodus Unlike Any Other: Why Half the People in This Community Moved Away After Hurricane Katrina

The Federal Program to Rebuild After Hurricane Katrina Shortchanged the Poor. New Data Proves It.

The Military Pledged to Remove Unexploded Bombs From This Island. Native Hawaiians Are Still Waiting.

Department of Justice Opens Investigation Into Real Estate Tech Company Accused of Collusion with Landlords

Real Estate Investors Sold Somali Families on a Fast Track to Homeownership in Minnesota. The Buyers Risk Losing Everything.

Michigan’s Largest Utility Wants a Rate Hike as It Disconnects a High Number of Customers for Nonpayment

More Senate Democrats Seek Investigation of Tech Firm Accused of Colluding With Landlords to Hike Apartment Rents

Pressure Grows on Real Estate Tech Company Accused of Colluding With Landlords to Jack Up Apartment Rents

Senator Seeks Antitrust Review of Apartment Price-Setting Software

5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into RealPage’s Rent-Setting Algorithm

Big Oil Companies Are Selling Their Wells. Some Worry Taxpayers Will Pay to Clean Them Up.

Lawmakers and Public Health Advocates Call for Congress to Finally Ban Asbestos

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

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

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

USDA Plans Major Reforms to Curb Salmonella in Poultry

This New Jersey Agency Prioritizes Tourism Over Housing, Pushing Vulnerable Residents Out of Their Homes

The Chicago Housing Authority Keeps Giving Up Valuable Land While HUD Rubber-Stamps the Deals

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

Kushner Company Agrees to Pay at Least $3.25 Million to Settle Claims of Shoddy Apartments and Rent Abuses

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

St. Louis’ Private Police Forces Make Security a Luxury of the Rich

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

Court Strikes Down State Law That Gave Millions in Tax Breaks to Casinos

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

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

Inflation Reduction Act Will Require the IRS to Study Free Tax Filing Options

How to Investigate Your Next New York Apartment Like a Reporter

Clean Energy Lender Will Stop Making High-Interest PACE Loans in Missouri

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

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

What Private Equity Firms Are and How They Operate

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

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

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

Ken Griffin Spent $54 Million Fighting a Tax Increase for the Rich. Secret IRS Data Shows It Paid Off for Him.

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

Congress Investigates Portable Generator Manufacturers Following Carbon Monoxide Deaths