Seniors exploited in care facilities
“Seniors for Sale“, a Seattle Times investigation, found that inside the state’s 2,843 adult family homes, thousands of vulnerable adults have been exploited by profiteers or harmed by amateur...
View ArticlePalin e-mails reveal a powerful ‘first dude’
MSNBC.com investigative reporter Bill Dedman revealed the influence of Todd Palin, the husband of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, during Palin’s time as governor. MSNBC.com staff combed through...
View ArticleBlacks three times more likely to be stopped in Toronto
Race Matters, a series by The Toronto Star, investigated why blacks are three times more likely than white to be stopped and questioned by police. “In each of the city’s 74 police patrol zones, the...
View ArticleEight deaths reported by homeowners with toxic drywall
Homeowners with toxic drywall have reported eight deaths to federal consumer safety officials, though no direct linkage has been found. That’s according to a Scripps Howard News Service analysis of...
View ArticleWayne County, Mich. evasive with public records
This WXYZ-Detroit report exposed the tactics employed by officials in Wayne County, Michigan’s largest county to avoid releasing public information. The story featured a 20-year Wayne County official...
View ArticleClassified documents provide window into realities of Afghanistan war
“A six-year archive of classified military documents made public on Sunday offers an unvarnished, ground-level picture of the war in Afghanistan that is in many respects more grim than the official...
View ArticleEmails reveal backlog of unprocessed tax returns dating to 1994
Internal emails requested by The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) showed that the North Carolina Department of Revenue had an undisclosed backlog of unprocessed tax returns going back to 1994 and,...
View ArticleHome or Nursing Home series
A multi-part series on NPR.org examines a failed national effort to help America’s elderly and disabled to live in their communities rather than in nursing homes. The project includes a searchable...
View ArticleSerial killer series prompts police to re-open investigations
Police in Ohio and Indiana have launched new murder investigations after a Scripps Howard News Service investigation revealed dozens of clusters of unsolved killings of women nationwide that are likely...
View ArticleMajority of Florida agencies compliant with public records laws
A report by Jennifer Kay of the Associated Press shows a statewide audit of Florida’s public records law found that the vast majority of agencies in the state were in compliance with with the law. The...
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