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August 2018

What’s the City of Chicago Doing About Its Problem With Duplicate Sticker Tickets?

Democrats Vow Investigation of VA’s Shadow Rulers After ProPublica Story

Have You Donated or Helped to Collect Birth Tissue?

Ben Carson Declared Mission Accomplished in East St. Louis — Where Public Housing Is Still a Disaster

Top Official at U.S. Embassy in Israel Is Owed Money From Israel Advocacy Group

We Are Expanding Our Local Reporting Network. Submit Your Best Project Ideas for Investigating State Government.

ProPublica to Expand Local Reporting Network to Focus on State Governments

What Do You Know About Public Housing in the U.S.? Help Us Investigate.

48 Hours in Charlottesville: Fear, Nausea, and a Sad Lack of Surprise

The Shadow Rulers of the VA

For Charlottesville Authorities, a Painful Post-Mortem on Preparedness

Illinois House Candidate Will Walk for Votes — And Has To

Using the Power of the Crowd to Document Hate

Trabajador acusado de abusar sexualmente a ocho menores de edad en albergue para inmigrantes

Informes revelan supervisión “laxa,” actividad sexual en centros de acogida de niños inmigrantes en Chicago

ProPublica Hires Reporter Renee Dudley to Cover Technology

Flood Thy Neighbor: Who Stays Dry and Who Decides?

To See How Levees Increase Flooding, We Built Our Own

How “Levee Wars” Are Making Floods Worse

Election Commission Documents Cast Doubt on Trump’s Claims of Voter Fraud

ProPublica Honored With Society of Professional Journalists Award for Contributions to Open Government

For Most Common Heart Surgery, St. Luke’s Has Been Among the Nation’s Worst

Steve Cohen Is Spending Millions to Help Veterans. Why Are People Angry?

When Public Records Aren’t Public

We’re Writing About Problems at the Immigrant Shelters Housing Children and Teens — in English and Español

Worker Charged With Sexually Molesting Eight Children at Immigrant Shelter

Our Rebuttal to Kris Kobach’s Critique

Records Reveal “Lax” Supervision, Sexual Activity at Chicago-Area Shelters Housing Immigrant Children

ProPublica Wins Society of Environmental Journalists Award

A Truck’s Flying Wheel Kills a Motorist, and the Sanitation Industry’s Safety Record Is Again an Issue

Refugios para jóvenes inmigrantes: “Si eres un depredador, es una mina de oro”

Recuperó a su bebé del centro de acogida de inmigración. Y, ¿ahora qué?

Video: The Truth About MS-13

She Got Her Baby Back From Immigration Foster Care. Now What?

Why Paul Manafort’s $15,000 Ostrich Jacket Wasn’t the Biggest Revelation as His Trial Begins — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast Extra

ProPublica Hires Reporter Jake Pearson to Cover the Trump Administration

ProPublica Hires Reporter James Bandler to Cover Business

Join Our Team in Illinois: We’re Looking for a Reporting Fellow

Kris Kobach’s Lucrative Trail of Courtroom Defeats

What We’re Watching

During Donald Trump’s second presidency, ProPublica will focus on the areas most in need of scrutiny. Here are some of the issues our reporters will be watching — and how to get in touch with them securely.

Learn more about our reporting team. We will continue to share our areas of interest as the news develops.

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Sharon Lerner

I cover health and the environment and the agencies that govern them, including the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Andy Kroll

I cover justice and the rule of law, including the Justice Department, U.S. attorneys and the courts.

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Melissa Sanchez

I report on immigration and labor, and I am based in Chicago.

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Jesse Coburn

I cover housing and transportation, including the companies working in those fields and the regulators overseeing them.

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