Regulation

The Efforts to Keep Industry in Check

572 stories published since 2009

How LA’s Illegal Short-Term Rentals Hide in Plain Sight on Booking Sites

by Robin Urevich, Capital & Main

September 3, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
DOJ Files Antitrust Suit Against RealPage, Maker of Rent-Setting Algorithm

by Heather Vogell

August 23, 2024, 3:45 pm EDT
Facing a National Shortage of Baby Formula, Trade Officials Opposed a Plan to Boost Imports

by Heather Vogell

August 21, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Decrepit Pipes Put Jackson, Mississippi, on the Edge of Catastrophe. State Regulators Didn’t Act.

by Nick Judin, Mississippi Free Press

August 16, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
A Wisconsin Tribe Built a Lending Empire Charging 600% Annual Rates to Borrowers

by Megan O’Matz and Joel Jacobs

August 13, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
“Now Is the Time to Take Action”: Carbon Monoxide Poisonings After Hurricane Beryl Are the Highest Since Texas Winter Storm

by Lexi Churchill

August 5, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
In Los Angeles, Your Chic Vacation Rental May Be a Rent-Controlled Apartment

by Robin Urevich, Capital & Main, and Haru Coryne, ProPublica

July 31, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Federal Law Thwarted Chicago’s Attempt to Sue Gun-Makers. But Now It Has a New Strategy.

by Vernal Coleman

July 30, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
The Nation’s First Law Protecting Against Gift Card Draining Has Passed. Will It Work?

by Craig Silverman

July 29, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
The Biden Administration Says Its Trade Policy Puts People Over Corporations. Documents on Baby Formula Show Otherwise.

by Heather Vogell

July 22, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
In a Push for Green Energy, One Federal Agency Made Tribes an Offer They Had to Refuse

by B. “Toastie” Oaster, High Country News

June 26, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
How America’s “Most Powerful Lobby” Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State

by Mark Olalde

June 24, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
A Bottled Water Company in Michigan Is Still Extracting Millions of Gallons of Water for Free

by Anna Clark, photography by Sarahbeth Maney

June 6, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Minnesota AG Sues Contract-for-Deed Seller Who Allegedly Targeted Muslim Community

by Jessica Lussenhop

May 14, 2024, 3:40 pm EDT
IRS Audit of Trump Could Cost Former President More Than $100 Million

by Paul Kiel, ProPublica, and Russ Buettner, The New York Times

May 11, 2024, 10:00 am EDT
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away.

by Mark Olalde, ProPublica, and Nick Bowlin, Capital & Main

May 6, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Sports Team Owners Face New Scrutiny From IRS Over Tax Avoidance

by Robert Faturechi, Ellis Simani and Justin Elliott

May 2, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
EPA Proposes Ban on Pesticide Widely Used on Fruits and Vegetables

by Sharon Lerner

May 1, 2024, 12:30 pm EDT
FDA Moves to Scrutinize Specialized Health Screenings

by Anna Clark

April 30, 2024, 2:00 pm EDT
10 Times as Much of This Toxic Pesticide Could End Up on Your Tomatoes and Celery Under a New EPA Proposal

by Sharon Lerner

April 24, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Oil Companies Must Set Aside More Money to Plug Wells, a New Rule Says. But It Won’t Be Enough.

by Mark Olalde, ProPublica, and Nick Bowlin, Capital & Main

April 22, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
I Got Mailers Promoting Toddler Milk for My Children. I Went on to Investigate International Formula Marketing.

by Heather Vogell

April 10, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
After CPAP Recall, Philips Must Institute New Safeguards in Agreement With U.S. Justice Department

by Michael Korsh and Evan Robinson-Johnson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

April 9, 2024, 1:00 pm EDT
What You Should Know About “Toddler Milk” and How It’s Marketed to Parents

by Heather Vogell

April 2, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Chevron Will Pay Record Fines for Oil Spills in California

by Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun

March 22, 2024, 3:10 pm EDT
Documents Show Internal Clash Before U.S. Officials Pushed to Weaken Toddler Formula Rules

by Lucas Waldron and Heather Vogell

March 21, 2024, 5:05 am EDT
What’s Missing From Railroad Safety Data? Dead Workers and Severed Limbs.

by Topher Sanders, Dan Schwartz, Danelle Morton and Gabriel Sandoval

March 13, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
The Rising Cost of the Oil Industry’s Slow Death

by Mark Olalde, ProPublica, and Nick Bowlin, Capital & Main

February 22, 2024, 5:00 am EST
After Seeing Controversial Contract-for-Deed Home Sales Affect Constituents, Minnesota Lawmakers Propose Reforms

by Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, and Joey Peters, Sahan Journal

February 13, 2024, 1:00 pm EST
FDA Repeatedly Rejected Safety Claims Made by Philips After the CPAP Recall but Waited to Alert the Public, Emails Show

by Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, and Michael D. Sallah and Michael Korsh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

February 9, 2024, 5:30 am EST
The Oregon Timber Industry Won Huge Tax Cuts in the 1990s. Now It May Get Another Break Thanks to a Top Lawmaker.

by Rob Davis

February 2, 2024, 6:00 am EST
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Reform Controversial Contract-for-Deed Home Sales

by Jessica Lussenhop

February 1, 2024, 12:20 pm EST
Indiana Lawmakers Trying to Kill Historic Suit Seeking Gun Industry Accountability

by Tony Cook, IndyStar, and Vernal Coleman, ProPublica

January 30, 2024, 5:05 am EST
Amid Recall Crisis, Philips Agrees to Stop Selling Sleep Apnea Machines in the United States

by Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, and Michael D. Sallah, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

January 29, 2024, 12:08 pm EST
How Georgia’s Small Power Companies Endanger Their Most Vulnerable Customers

by Max Blau and Aliyya Swaby

January 29, 2024, 5:00 am EST
“We Buy Ugly Houses” Company Overhauls Policies in the Wake of ProPublica Investigation

by Anjeanette Damon and Byard Duncan

January 24, 2024, 5:00 am EST
FTC Orders Maker of TurboTax to Cease “Deceptive” Advertising

by Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel

January 23, 2024, 6:10 pm EST
FEMA Leader Overseeing $4 Billion Fund to Pay Victims of New Mexico Wildfire Steps Down

by Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico

January 19, 2024, 5:00 am EST
Philips Recalled Breathing Machines in 2021. Chemicals of “Concern” Found in Replacement Machines Raised New Alarm.

by Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica; Michael D. Sallah and Evan Robinson-Johnson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; and Margaret Fleming, Medill Investigative Lab

December 28, 2023, 5:30 am EST
DTE Energy Facing Oversight of “Hardship-Inducing” Debt Collection Practices

by Sarah Alvarez, Outlier Media

December 26, 2023, 6:00 am EST
Los Angeles Orders More Residential Hotels to Stop Renting to Tourists

by Robin Urevich, Capital & Main

December 21, 2023, 6:00 am EST
“With Every Breath”: The Human Toll of Philips’ Massive CPAP Recall

by Liz Moughon

December 19, 2023, 4:46 pm EST
“Unacceptable”: Senators Call on GAO to Probe FDA’s Oversight of Medical Devices, Citing Series on Philips CPAP Recall

by Jonathan D. Salant, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica; and Michael D. Sallah, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

December 13, 2023, 5:30 am EST
Inside the Notorious Gun Shop Linked to Hundreds of Chicago Guns

by Vernal Coleman

December 11, 2023, 5:00 am EST
Millions of People Used Tainted Breathing Machines. The FDA Failed to Use Its Power to Protect Them.

by Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, and Michael D. Sallah and Michael Korsh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

December 7, 2023, 5:30 am EST
Senators Question KPMG Role in Microsoft Profit-Shifting Scheme

by Paul Kiel

November 30, 2023, 5:00 am EST
A Top Mutual Fund Executive Made Millions for Himself Trading the Same Stocks His Giant Fund Was Trading

by Robert Faturechi and Ellis Simani with Mariam Elba, graphics by Lucas Waldron

November 21, 2023, 5:00 am EST
ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer Gets Email Alerts and Other Major Improvements

by Ken Schwencke

November 20, 2023, 5:00 am EST
Union Pacific Fired Him Rather Than Heed His Warnings of Dangerous Rail Conditions

by Danelle Morton and Topher Sanders, with additional reporting by Jessica Lussenhop

November 18, 2023, 5:00 am EST
DOJ Backs Tenants in Case Alleging Price-Fixing by Big Landlords and a Real Estate Tech Company

by Heather Vogell

November 16, 2023, 2:05 pm EST