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Local Reporting Network Archive

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,

Higher Prices, Rolling Blackouts: The Northwest Is Bracing for the Effects of a Lagging Green Energy Push

by Tony Schick and Monica Samayoa, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

The Department of Education Forced Idaho to Stop Denying Disabled Students an Education. Then Trump Gutted Its Staff.

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman,

This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.

by Adam Friedman, Tennessee Lookout,

Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

Louisiana Judge Nullifies Death Row Inmate’s Murder Conviction That Was Based on Junk Science

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News,

Wisconsin’s Name-Change Law Raises Safety Risks for Transgender People

by Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Watch,

An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News,

Connecticut DMV Never Set Up System to Enforce a Century-Old Towing Law

by Dave Altimari and Ginny Monk, The Connecticut Mirror,

Utah Ex-Therapist Scott Owen Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Abusing Patients

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

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    A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time.

    State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with few avenues for recourse when their claims were denied.

    by Mario Ariza,

    ProPublica and Other News Organizations Fight to Unseal Texas AG Ken Paxton’s Divorce Records

    A group of eight state and national media organizations are arguing that the records are of public interest, especially in light of Paxton’s bid for a U.S. Senate seat.

    by Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom,

    Elon Musk Has Criticized Environmental Regulations. His Companies Have Been Accused of Sidestepping Them.

    Musk considers environmental regulation a barrier to innovation. As he eyes a new project in Houston, here’s what to know about some of his companies’ past projects that have faced scrutiny from regulators and environmental advocates.

    by Taylor Kate Brown for ProPublica,

    The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security

    DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agency, who admits he sometimes made things worse.

    by Eli Hager,

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    The Tribal Lending Industry Offers Quick Cash Online at Outrageous Interest Rates. Here’s How It’s Survived.

    Despite lawsuits, prosecutions and federal crackdown attempts, the tribal lending industry has adapted for over a decade, providing exorbitant loans to millions of financially vulnerable consumers.

    by Joel Jacobs and Megan O’Matz,