Regulation

The Efforts to Keep Industry in Check

205 stories published since 2013

What You Need to Know About How Section 8 Really Works

by Maya Miller,

Jan. 9, 2020, 5:30 a.m. EST

Lo que necesita saber acerca de cómo funciona realmente la Sección 8

por Maya Miller,

Jan. 9, 2020, 5:30 a.m. EST

The IRS Tried to Crack Down on Rich People Using an “Abusive” Tax Deduction. It Hasn’t Gone So Well.

by Peter Elkind,

Jan. 3, 2020, 5 a.m. EST

IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Compete With TurboTax

by Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel,

Dec. 31, 2019, 1 p.m. EST

How Oil Companies Avoided Environmental Accountability After 10.8 Million Gallons Spilled

by Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Dec. 27, 2019, 6 a.m. EST

In “Cancer Alley,” Toxic Polluters Face Little Oversight From Environmental Regulators

by Gordon Russell, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Dec. 19, 2019, 1:30 p.m. EST

How an Environmental Regulator Became Known for Protecting Industry

by Gordon Russell, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Dec. 19, 2019, 1:30 p.m. EST

How McKinsey Makes Its Own Rules

by Ian MacDougall,

Dec. 14, 2019, 10:20 a.m. EST

The Law Says She Should Have Been Protected From Birth. Instead, She Was Left in the Care of Her Drug-Addicted Mother, Who Killed Her.

by Emily Palmer, special to ProPublica, and Jessica Huseman, ProPublica,

Dec. 13, 2019, 9 a.m. EST

The Price of America’s Inability to Track Child Deaths from Abuse and Neglect? Sometimes, More Lives.

by Jessica Huseman, ProPublica, and Emily Palmer and Heather Schroering, special to ProPublica,

Dec. 13, 2019, 9 a.m. EST

How We Measured States’ Compliance With a Forgotten Federal Child Abuse Law

by Emily Palmer, special to ProPublica,

Dec. 13, 2019, 8:59 a.m. EST

Recreational Marijuana Becomes Legal in Illinois on Jan. 1. Here’s How Communities Across the State Are Dealing With the New Law.

by Logan Jaffe,

Dec. 6, 2019, 4 a.m. CST

Health Officials in “Cancer Alley” Will Study if Living Near a Controversial Chemical Plant Causes Cancer

by Gordon Russell, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Nov. 25, 2019, 3:32 p.m. EST

YouTube Promised to Label State-Sponsored Videos But Doesn’t Always Do So

Nov. 22, 2019, 5 a.m. EST

What Could Happen if a $9.4 Billion Chemical Plant Comes to “Cancer Alley”

by Lylla Younes,

Nov. 18, 2019, 12 p.m. EST

New EPA Rules Aim to Reduce Toxic Emissions. But Many “Cancer Alley” Chemical Plants Won’t Have to Change.

by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Nov. 14, 2019, 4:30 p.m. EST

Even Louisiana’s Wealthier Neighborhoods Can’t Escape Toxic Air in “Cancer Alley”

by Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Nov. 1, 2019, 6 a.m. EDT

Why Louisiana’s Air Quality Is Going From Bad to Worse, in 3 Charts

by Lylla Younes,

Oct. 30, 2019, 12 p.m. EDT

I’ve Investigated Industrial Pollution for 35 Years. We’re Going Backwards.

by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Oct. 30, 2019, 12 p.m. EDT

How We Found New Chemical Plants Are Being Built in South Louisiana’s Most Polluted Areas

by Lylla Younes and Al Shaw, ProPublica, with Michael Petroni,

Oct. 30, 2019, 12 p.m. EDT

Welcome to “Cancer Alley,” Where Toxic Air Is About to Get Worse

by Tristan Baurick, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate, Lylla Younes, ProPublica, and Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Oct. 30, 2019, 12 p.m. EDT

The Obscure Charges That Utility Companies Add to Your Bills

by Talia Buford,

Oct. 21, 2019, 2:30 p.m. EDT

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free

by Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel,

Oct. 17, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

Thousands of Poor Patients Face Lawsuits From Nonprofit Hospitals That Trap Them in Debt

by Maya Miller and Beena Raghavendran,

Sept. 13, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Asks Why the Justice Department Went Easy on Big Banks

by Kevin Wack, American Banker, and Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

Aug. 20, 2019, 8 a.m. EDT

How a Video Gambling Company Helped Bankroll Local Politicians

by Logan Jaffe,

Aug. 16, 2019, 4 a.m. CDT

From Truck Stops to Elections, a River of Gambling Money Is Flooding Waukegan

by Jason Grotto,

Aug. 8, 2019, 4 a.m. CDT

When Fracking Companies Own the Gas Beneath Your Land

by Mayeta Clark,

July 11, 2019, 8 a.m. EDT

A Resolution Condemning Pipeline Challengers Passed Easily. A Pipeline Lobbyist Wrote It.

by Kate Mishkin, The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

July 11, 2019, 7:59 a.m. EDT

How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement

by Annie Waldman,

June 18, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

Fracking Companies Lost on Trespassing, but a Court Just Gave Them a Different Win

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

June 12, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

Anatomy of the Gambling Bill

by Jason Grotto and David Eads,

June 7, 2019, 4 a.m. CDT

A False Answer, a Big Political Connection and $260 Million in Tax Breaks

by Nancy Solomon, WNYC, and Jeff Pillets,

May 23, 2019, 4 a.m. EDT

How the IRS Gave Up Fighting Political Dark Money Groups

by Maya Miller, special to ProPublica,

April 18, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

The Missing Millions: Some States Are Still Waiting for the Gambling Windfall

by Derrick Clifton,

April 10, 2019, 4 a.m. CDT

The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy. It Didn’t Go Well.

by Jesse Eisinger and Paul Kiel,

April 5, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

Legalized Betting Could Change How We Watch Sports

by Derrick Clifton,

March 28, 2019, 4 a.m. CDT

How Has the “Crack Cocaine of Gambling” Affected Illinois? The State Hasn’t Bothered to Check.

by Jason Grotto and Sandhya Kambhampati, ProPublica Illinois, and Dan Mihalopoulos, WBEZ Chicago,

Feb. 20, 2019, 4 a.m. CST

Why Aren’t Hedge Funds Required to Fight Money Laundering?

by Heather Vogell,

Jan. 23, 2019, 5 a.m. EST

How Illinois Bet on Video Gambling and Lost

by Jason Grotto and Sandhya Kambhampati, ProPublica, and Dan Mihalopoulos, WBEZ Chicago,

Jan. 16, 2019, 4 a.m. CST

Do You Know Someone Struggling With Video Gambling? Help Us Understand Video Slot and Poker Addiction in Illinois.

by Logan Jaffe,

Jan. 16, 2019, 3:59 a.m. CST

How We Analyzed Video Gambling in Illinois

by Sandhya Kambhampati and Jason Grotto,

Jan. 16, 2019, 3:58 a.m. CST

Facing Crisis, Sloan Kettering Tells Exec to Hand Over Profits From Biotech

by Katie Thomas, The New York Times, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica,

Sept. 29, 2018, 12:15 p.m. EDT

Trump’s Dark Deregulation

by Ian MacDougall,

Dec. 19, 2017, 8 a.m. EST

Watchdog Group Calls for Reform to Cook County Assessor’s Office

by Jason Grotto, ProPublica, and Ray Long, Chicago Tribune,

Dec. 18, 2017, 6:11 p.m. CST

Lawsuit Targets Berrios Over Unfair, Error-Riddled Assessments

by Jason Grotto, ProPublica, and Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune,

Dec. 14, 2017, 12 p.m. CST

How the Cook County Assessor Failed Taxpayers

by Jason Grotto and Sandhya Kambhampati,

Dec. 7, 2017, 5 a.m. CST

How We Analyzed Commercial and Industrial Property Assessments in Chicago and Cook County

by Sandhya Kambhampati and Jason Grotto,

Dec. 7, 2017, 4:59 a.m. CST

These Professors Make More Than a Thousand Bucks an Hour Peddling Mega-Mergers

by Jesse Eisinger and Justin Elliott,

Nov. 16, 2016, 9 a.m. EST

The American Way

by Justin Elliott,

Oct. 11, 2016, 8 a.m. EDT