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Regulation

The Efforts to Keep Industry in Check

402 stories published since 2009

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

by Mark Olalde,

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

by Neil Bedi and Kathleen McGrory,

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,

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

by Alison Burdo, The Press of Atlantic City, photography by Kriston Jae Bethel, special to ProPublica,

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

by Mick Dumke,

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

by Will Sennott, The New Bedford Light,

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

by Alec MacGillis,

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,

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

by Jeremy Kohler,

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

by Robert Faturechi,

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

by Alison Burdo and Michelle Brunetti Post, The Press of Atlantic City,

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,

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

by Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel,

How to Investigate Your Next New York Apartment Like a Reporter

by Lisa Song,

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

by Jeremy Kohler,

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,

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

by Paul Kiel and Mick Dumke,

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,

How Susquehanna’s Jeff Yass Avoided $1 Billion in Taxes

by Justin Elliott, Jeff Ernsthausen and 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,

The Tax Scam That Won’t Die

by Peter Elkind,

This Land Was Promised for Housing. Instead It’s Going to a Pro Soccer Team Owned by a Billionaire.

by Mick Dumke, ProPublica; Video by Nick Blumberg, WTTW/Chicago PBS,

Casinos Pled Poverty to Get a Huge Tax Break. Atlantic City Is Paying the Price.

by Alison Burdo, The Press of Atlantic City,

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

by Megan O’Matz,

Native Hawaiians Are Split Over How to Spend $600 Million to Help Those Who Need Housing

by Rob Perez, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

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,

Intuit Will Pay Millions to Customers Tricked Into Paying for TurboTax

by Justin Elliott,

Colorado Legislature Passes HOA Foreclosure Reform Bill

by Brittany Freeman, Rocky Mountain PBS,

“If You’re Getting a W-2, You’re a Sucker”

by Paul Kiel,

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

by Sarah Alvarez, Outlier Media,

America’s Top 15 Earners and What They Reveal About the U.S. Tax System

by ProPublica,

They Faced Foreclosure Not From Their Mortgage Lender, but From Their HOA

by Brittany Freeman, Rocky Mountain PBS, with data analysis by Sophie Chou and research by Mariam Elba, ProPublica,

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,

How Your Shadow Credit Score Could Decide Whether You Get an Apartment

by Erin Smith, and Heather Vogell, ProPublica,

Taking Aim at Billionaire Tax Avoiders, Biden Proposes Minimum Tax for Ultrarich

by Paul Kiel, Jesse Eisinger and Jeff Ernsthausen,

Southwestern States Make Changes to Welfare After ProPublica Investigations

by Eli Hager,

These Native Hawaiians Waited Years for Homes on Their Ancestral Land. Then the Problems Began.

by Rob Perez, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,