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This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations.

by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria,

Arizona Police Agencies Were Once at the Forefront of Local Immigration Enforcement. Now Most Are Avoiding It.

by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria,

Disabled Idaho Students Lack Access to Playgrounds and Lunchrooms. Historic $2 Billion Funding Will Do Little to Help.

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman,

Oregon Fast-Tracks Renewable Energy Projects as Trump Bill Ends Tax Incentives

by Monica Samayoa, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

by Ashley Hiruko, KUOW,

Before Tom Dundon Agreed to Buy the Portland Trail Blazers, Oregon Accused the Company He Created of Predatory Lending

by Tony Schick and Conrad Wilson, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Selects Five New Partners for Its 50 State Initiative

by ProPublica,

Failed Root Canals, Lost Implants: How a Utah Dentist Accused of Substandard Care Was Allowed to Keep Practicing

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says

by Margaret Coker, The Current,

We Investigated How Oil Companies Take Millions From Mineral Owners. Now, Some Lawmakers Push for Change.

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor,

DNA Finally Tied a Man to Her Rape. It Didn’t Matter.

by Willoughby Mariano, WBUR, with additional reporting by Todd Wallack, WBUR,

Connecticut DMV Committee Expands Study of Towing Law to Help Low-Income Residents Get Their Cars Back

by Dave Altimari and Ginny Monk, The Connecticut Mirror,

The Federal Farm Policy Trap: Why Some Farmers Are Stuck Raising Crops That No Longer Thrive

by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois, Julia Rendleman for ProPublica and Lylee Gibbs, Saluki Local Reporting Lab,

What One Man’s 45-Year-Old Case Tells Us About the “Jim Crow Juries” Haunting Louisiana

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News,

Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

An Unconstitutional “Jim Crow Jury” Sent Him to Prison for Life. A New Law Aims to Keep Him There.

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News,

Some States Restrict the Oil Industry From Taking Mineral Owners’ Earnings. Not North Dakota.

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor,

How One Oregon Activist Is Using a Decades-Old Liberal Policy to Stall Green Energy Projects in Rural Areas

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

They Can’t Get Answers From the Oil Industry. North Dakota’s Oversight Program Hasn’t Helped.

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor, photography by Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica,

ProPublica Names Ashley Hiruko as a Northwest Fellow

by ProPublica,

Are You a Public Housing Resident Behind on Rent? Received an Eviction Notice? Here’s What to Know in Maine.

by Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News,

A Maine Woman Paid Her Back Rent. Her Record Still Says She Was Evicted.

by Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News,

“You Feel Like You’re Being Cheated”: Oil Companies Unfairly Take Millions, North Dakota Mineral Owners Say

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor, photography by Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica,

Alaska Ignored Warning Signs of a Budget Crisis. Now It Doesn’t Have Funding to Fix Crumbling Schools.

by Emily Schwing, KYUK,

Idaho Schools Consistently Break Disability Laws. Parents Say They’re Not Doing Enough to Fix the Problem.

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman,

Four Years After Cop Was Filmed Slamming Black Woman to the Ground, Louisiana Passes Accountability Law

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News,

The USDA Wouldn’t Let Her Give Up Her House When She Couldn’t Pay Her Mortgage. Instead, It Crushed Her With Debt.

by Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News,

Anchorage Rebuilds Its Prosecutor’s Office After Our Reporting Revealed Hundreds of Criminal Case Dismissals

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

Trump’s FEMA Proposals and Feud With Gavin Newsom Could Devastate California’s Disaster Response

by Jeremy Lindenfeld, Capital & Main,

These 5 Charts Show How Hotels Became New York’s Response to Homelessness

by Spencer Norris, New York Focus, and Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, graphics by Lucas Waldron, ProPublica,

Connecticut’s New Towing Law Will Help Some, but Not All, Drivers. Here’s What They Told Us.

by Dave Altimari, Ginny Monk and Shahrzad Rasekh, The Connecticut Mirror,

ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Selects Five New Partners for Its 50 State Initiative

by ProPublica,

Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement. Here’s What Happened When Georgia Tried It.

by Margaret Coker, The Current,

“You’re Already Approved”: How One Tennessee Company Sets a Debt Trap

by Adam Friedman, Tennessee Lookout,

Her Family Needed Housing. They Spent Months in New York Hotels, Left to Fend for Themselves.

by Spencer Norris, New York Focus,

Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

Número récord de policías locales se unen a controversial programa de ICE para ayudar con deportaciones

por Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria, y Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica,

Portland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People’s Safety. Deaths Have Quadrupled.

by K. Rambo, Street Roots,

Former Chicago Cop Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery of Two Female Colleagues

by María Inés Zamudio, Invisible Institute,

North Dakota Ethics Commission Has No Authority to Punish Officials Violating Ethics Laws, State Leaders Argue

by Mary Steurer and Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor,

Local Police Join ICE Deportation Force in Record Numbers Despite Warnings Program Lacks Oversight

by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria, and Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica,

How the Head of an Embattled Tennessee Youth Detention Center Held on to Power for Decades

by Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio, and Mariam Elba, ProPublica,

The Head of a Tennessee Youth Detention Center Will Step Down After “Loss of Confidence” in His Leadership

by Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio,

Connecticut Legislature Passes Bill Overhauling Century-Old Towing Laws

by Ginny Monk and Dave Altimari, The Connecticut Mirror,

Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong.

by Emily Schwing, KYUK,

Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department

by Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Isabelle Senechal and María Inés Zamudio, Invisible Institute,

Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again.

by María Inés Zamudio and Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Invisible Institute,

Connecticut Towing Companies Use Belongings Left in Cars as Leverage to Collect Fees, Drivers Say

by Ginny Monk and Dave Altimari, The Connecticut Mirror,

He Became the Face of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement. Now He’s Fed Up With It.

by Margaret Coker, The Current,

The Firm Running Georgia’s Struggling Medicaid Experiment Was Also Paid Millions to Sell It to the Public

by Margaret Coker, The Current,

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    The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center has called on the Homeland Security inspector general to investigate potential conflicts of interest and ethics violations by border czar Tom Homan and his senior adviser Mark Hall.

    by Avi Asher-Schapiro, Mica Rosenberg and Jeff Ernsthausen,

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    The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

    by Nicole Foy, photography by Sarahbeth Maney,

    This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools

    Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America First” agenda, Oklahoma had been there, done that.

    by Jennifer Smith Richards,

    Joint Congressional Investigation Launched in Response to ProPublica’s Revelations on Detained Americans

    Senators, House members and even a mayor expressed outrage and demanded accountability after our investigation detailed how at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents this year.

    by Nicole Foy,

    Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.

    The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.

    by Audrey Dutton,