Regulation

The Efforts to Keep Industry in Check

555 stories published since 2009

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

by Erin Smith, and Heather Vogell, ProPublica

March 29, 2022, 6:00 am EDT
Taking Aim at Billionaire Tax Avoiders, Biden Proposes Minimum Tax for Ultrarich

by Paul Kiel, Jesse Eisinger and Jeff Ernsthausen

March 28, 2022, 3:15 pm EDT
Southwestern States Make Changes to Welfare After ProPublica Investigations

by Eli Hager

March 10, 2022, 5:00 am EST
These Native Hawaiians Waited Years for Homes on Their Ancestral Land. Then the Problems Began.

by Rob Perez, Honolulu Star-Advertiser

March 3, 2022, 5:00 am EST
Is TurboTax Free? What About Easy? Not for This Freelancer.

by Brooke Stephenson

March 1, 2022, 5:00 am EST
TurboTax Maker Intuit Faces Tens of Millions in Fees in a Groundbreaking Legal Battle Over Consumer Fraud

by Justin Elliott

February 23, 2022, 3:15 pm EST
Senators Ask JPMorgan Chase to Explain Its Lawsuit Blitz Against Credit Card Customers

by Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum

February 7, 2022, 10:45 am EST
When Private Equity Becomes Your Landlord

by Heather Vogell

February 7, 2022, 10:25 am EST
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

February 6, 2022, 5:00 am EST
Kidney Failure, Emergency Rooms and Medical Debt. The Unseen Costs of Food Poisoning.

by Maryam Jameel

January 19, 2022, 1:00 pm EST
Senate Finance Chair to Billionaire Developers: Explain How Opportunity Zone Tax Break Is Helping the Poor

by Justin Elliott and Jeff Ernsthausen

January 13, 2022, 9:00 am EST
When Dangerous Strains of Salmonella Hit, the Turkey Industry Responded Forcefully. The Chicken Industry? Not So Much.

by Michael Grabell and Bernice Yeung

December 29, 2021, 7:00 am EST
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

December 28, 2021, 11:00 am EST
The Low-and-Slow Approach to Food Safety Reform Keeps Going Up in Smoke

by Bernice Yeung, Michael Grabell and Mollie Simon

December 23, 2021, 6:00 am EST
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

December 17, 2021, 6:00 am EST
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

December 15, 2021, 6:00 am EST
A Massive Oil Spill Helped One Billionaire Avoid Paying Income Tax for 14 Years

by Jesse Eisinger, Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen

December 9, 2021, 5:00 am EST
When You’re a Billionaire, Your Hobbies Can Slash Your Tax Bill

by Paul Kiel, Jesse Eisinger and Jeff Ernsthausen

December 8, 2021, 5:00 am EST
These Real Estate and Oil Tycoons Avoided Paying Taxes for Years

by Jeff Ernsthausen, Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger

December 7, 2021, 5:00 am EST
Protect Yourself From Salmonella Over the Holidays

by Karim Doumar

November 24, 2021, 5:00 am EST
He Tore Down Motels Where Poor Residents Lived During a Housing Crisis. City Leaders Did Nothing.

by Anjeanette Damon, photography by David Calvert, special to ProPublica

November 12, 2021, 6:00 am EST
How ProPublica Used Genomic Sequencing Data to Track an Ongoing Salmonella Outbreak

by Irena Hwang

November 5, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
How These Ultrawealthy Politicians Avoided Paying Taxes

by Ellis Simani, Robert Faturechi and Ken Ward Jr.

November 4, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
These Billionaires Received Taxpayer-Funded Stimulus Checks During the Pandemic

by Paul Kiel, Jesse Eisinger and Jeff Ernsthausen

November 3, 2021, 11:42 am EDT
Help ProPublica Report on Food Safety by Tracking the Poultry Supply Chain

by ProPublica

October 29, 2021, 8:01 am EDT
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

October 29, 2021, 8:00 am EDT
Look Up the Salmonella Rates Where Your Poultry Was Processed

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

October 29, 2021, 7:59 am EDT
Burr’s Brother-in-Law Called Stock Broker, One Minute After Getting Off Phone With Senator

by Robert Faturechi

October 28, 2021, 12:05 pm EDT
House Introduces a Sweeping Booster Seat Safety Law to Protect Children in Car Crashes

by Patricia Callahan

October 26, 2021, 11:00 am EDT
Proposal to Rein in Mega IRAs Faces Lobbying Resistance From Retirement Industry

by Justin Elliott

October 25, 2021, 9:36 am EDT
McKinsey Never Told the FDA It Was Working for Opioid Makers While Also Working for the Agency

by Ian MacDougall

October 4, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
Head of California Utility Regulator Resigns Less Than One Year Into Six-Year Term

by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation

September 30, 2021, 1:00 pm EDT
More Than Half of America’s 100 Richest People Exploit Special Trusts to Avoid Estate Taxes

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

September 28, 2021, 10:45 am EDT
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

September 22, 2021, 6:00 am EDT
Facebook Grew Marketplace to 1 Billion Users. Now Scammers Are Using It to Target People Around the World.

by Craig Silverman, A.C. Thompson and Peter Elkind

September 22, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
House Bill Would Blow Up the Massive IRAs of the Superwealthy

by Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan and James Bandler

September 21, 2021, 1:00 pm EDT
Searching for Solutions to Alaska’s High Rate of Deadly Air Crashes

by Zoë Sobel, KUCB, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica

September 21, 2021, 12:00 pm EDT
Landlords Use Secret Algorithms to Screen Potential Tenants. Find Out What They’ve Said About You.

by Erin Smith

September 20, 2021, 12:00 pm EDT
“People Will Lose Their Lives”: Texas Isn’t Doing Enough to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Deaths, Critics Say

by Lexi Churchill and Perla Trevizo, and Suzy Khimm, NBC News

September 3, 2021, 3:45 pm EDT
“Half of the Family Just Disappeared Overnight”

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

August 19, 2021, 7:00 am EDT
How the Trump Tax Law Created a Loophole That Lets Top Executives Net Millions by Slashing Their Own Salaries

by Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott

August 19, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
Secret IRS Files Reveal How Much the Ultrawealthy Gained by Shaping Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Tax Cut”

by Justin Elliott and Robert Faturechi

August 11, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
Fatal Crash Renews Concerns About Safety of Alaska Aviation

by Zoë Sobel, KUCB, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica

August 9, 2021, 6:45 pm EDT
The Inside Story of How We Reported the Secret IRS Files

by ProPublica

August 6, 2021, 11:30 am EDT
The Number of People With IRAs Worth $5 Million or More Has Tripled, Congress Says

by Justin Elliott, James Bandler and Patricia Callahan

July 28, 2021, 1:27 pm EDT
A Postal Worker Begged for Stronger COVID-19 Protections. She Ended Up Spending Six Weeks in the Hospital.

by Maryam Jameel

July 16, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
State Attorneys General Push Federal Government to Follow the Law and Finally Create Side-Impact Tests for Kids’ Car Seats

by Patricia Callahan

July 15, 2021, 4:15 pm EDT
The Billionaire Playbook: How Sports Owners Use Their Teams to Avoid Millions in Taxes

by Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott and Ellis Simani

July 8, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank

by Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan and James Bandler

June 24, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
In Alaska, Commercial Aviation Is a Lifeline. The State Is Also Home to a Growing Share of the Country’s Deadly Crashes.

by Zoë Sobel, KUCB, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica

June 16, 2021, 2:10 pm EDT