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February 2021

Lawsuit Reveals New Allegations Against PG&E Contractor Accused of Fraud

by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation,

The Murder Chicago Didn’t Want to Solve

by Mick Dumke,

ProPublica’s COVID-19 Stories Win Polk Award for Health Reporting

by ProPublica,

Sheryl Sandberg and Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company’s Business

by Jack Gillum and Justin Elliott,

Lawyers Who Were Ineligible to Handle Serious Criminal Charges Were Given Thousands of These Cases Anyway

by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica,

“Power Companies Get Exactly What They Want”: How Texas Repeatedly Failed to Protect Its Power Grid Against Extreme Weather

by Jeremy Schwartz, Kiah Collier and Vianna Davila,

Mueren en la lista de espera

por David Armstrong y Marshall Allen,

Why We Can’t Make Vaccine Doses Any Faster

by Isaac Arnsdorf and Ryan Gabrielson,

Dying on the Waitlist

by David Armstrong and Marshall Allen,

Richard Tofel to Retire as ProPublica President; Board Launches Search for Successor

ProPublica,

A Federal Appeals Court Has Ruled in Favor of Releasing NYPD Discipline Records

by Eric Umansky,

The IRS Cashed Her Check. Then the Late Notices Started Coming.

by Lydia DePillis,

Cuomo Still Underreporting the Total Count of COVID Nursing Home Deaths

by Joe Sexton,

“I Don’t Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection

by Joaquin Sapien and Joshua Kaplan,

People Over 75 Are First in Line to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19. The Average Black Person Here Doesn’t Live That Long.

by Wendi C. Thomas and Hannah Grabenstein, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism,

ProPublica’s “NYPD Files” Wins John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Award for Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting

by ProPublica,

Fauci: Vaccines for Kids as Young as First Graders Could Be Authorized by September

by Caroline Chen,

Utility Companies Owe Millions to This State Regulatory Agency. The Problem? The Agency Can’t Track What It’s Owed.

by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation,

Megan O’Matz Joins ProPublica’s Midwest Newsroom

by ProPublica,

Twenty-Six Words Created the Internet. What Will It Take to Save It?

Stephen Engelberg,

Two ProPublica Local Reporting Network Projects Named Finalists for Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics

by ProPublica,

How We Found Pricey Provisions in New Jersey Police Contracts

by Agnes Chang, Jeff Kao and Agnel Philip, ProPublica, and Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press,

How the Police Bank Millions Through Their Union Contracts

by Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press, and Agnes Chang, Jeff Kao and Agnel Philip, ProPublica,

Hawaii’s Beaches Are Disappearing. New Legislation Could Help ... if It’s Enforced.

by Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

Why Opening Restaurants Is Exactly What the Coronavirus Wants Us to Do

Caroline Chen,

ProPublica Is Seeking New Applicants for Its Local Reporting Network

by ProPublica,

ProPublica Hires Jenny Deam to Cover Health Care

by ProPublica,

“We Have Counties in Deep Trouble”: Oregon Lawmakers Seek to Reverse Timber Tax Cuts That Cost Communities Billions

by Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive, and Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

An illustration of a hand taking apart a hospital.

Rich Investors Stripped Millions From a Hospital Chain and Want to Leave It Behind. A Tiny State Stands in Their Way.

by Peter Elkind,

After Hundreds of Meatpacking Workers Died From COVID-19, Congress Wants Answers

by Bernice Yeung and Michael Grabell,

Seeing the Pentagon Papers in a New Light

by Stephen Engelberg,

Contractor Who Was Awarded $34.5 Million in Government Money and Provided Zero Masks Pleads Guilty to Fraud

by J. David McSwane,

Mauricio Rodríguez Pons Joins ProPublica as Visual Journalist

by ProPublica,

President Joe Biden at the White House on Jan. 21.

The Return of the Regulators

by Jesse Eisinger,

Susan Carroll Hired as a Senior Editor for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network

by ProPublica,

The U.S. Spent $2.2 Million on a Cybersecurity System That Wasn’t Implemented — and Might Have Stopped a Major Hack

by Peter Elkind and Jack Gillum,

New York City Council Proposes Sweeping NYPD Reforms

by Eric Umansky and Joaquin Sapien,

The Boogaloo Bois Have Guns, Criminal Records and Military Training. Now They Want to Overthrow the Government.

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Lila Hassan and Karim Hajj, FRONTLINE,

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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    After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.

    by David Armstrong, ProPublica; Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum; and Maya Miller, ProPublica,

    The Secret IRS Files

    The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

    ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.

    by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel,

    The Secret IRS Files

    The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

    ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.

    by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel,

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    by Lena V. Groeger, Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

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