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Oklahoma’s Top Court: Companies Can’t Set Own Rules for Injured Workers
A national campaign led by Walmart, Lowe’s and other big companies to let employers opt out of workers’ comp insurance was dealt a blow after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled such plans unconstitutional.
Dozens of New York Officials Support Tenants’ Lawsuit Over Rent Stabilization
Tenants have sued a Lower Manhattan developer, saying their leases should have been rent-stabilized in exchange for the tax breaks their landlord received. State and local officials have now filed a brief supporting the tenants, whose case could affect thousands of rental units.
New Jersey Legislators Move to Reform Aggressive Student Loan Program
The move is the latest action to rein in the agency, whose loans have left families financially ruined.
Company That Sued Soldiers Settles Colorado Lawsuit
The Virginia-based company was the focus of a 2014 ProPublica investigation of its lending and collection practices.
New Jersey Senate Examines Controversial Student Loan Agency
Executives from student loan agency are no-shows at oversight hearing.
Federal Health Officials Seek to Stop Social Media Abuse of Nursing Home Residents
After ProPublica identified dozens of cases of dehumanizing photos posted on social media sites, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a plan to increase its oversight to prevent and punish such abuse.
Lawmakers to Question Executive of New Jersey’s Controversial Student Loan Agency
A ProPublica and New York Times investigation has prompted a state Senate hearing on aggressive collection practices by the state loan program.
Wisconsin Court: Warning Labels Are Needed for Scores Rating Defendants’ Risk of Future Crime
The court said judges can look at the scores – so long as their limitations are made clear.
Update: FEC Looking at Super PAC That Hyped Penny Stock
Officers of ‘Voters for Hillary,’ which raised money but reported no political expenditures, had close ties to a Las Vegas firm that the PAC purportedly hired to run a call center.
VA Officials Pledge New Studies Into Effects of Agent Orange
“These individuals deserve an answer,” a top VA official said at a forum hosted by ProPublica and The Virginian-Pilot to address the possible multi-generational impacts of the herbicide.
Florida Cracks Down on Troubled For-profit Facility for the Disabled
After years of reports of abusive treatment, Florida is moving residents out of Carlton Palms.
Federal Committee Votes to Terminate Troubled College Accreditor
An Education Department advisory committee took the unprecedented step of calling on the government to revoke powers of for-profit college accreditor.
Feed Me, Pharma: More Evidence That Industry Meals Are Linked to Costlier Prescribing
A third study shows an association between physician drug choices and their interactions with the pharmaceutical industry.
Education Department Recommends Killing Accreditor of For-profit Colleges
U.S. Education Department staff are moving to terminate the oversight authority of embattled for-profit college accreditor, ACICS, citing “egregious” mistakes.
Sen. Warren Slams For-profit College Accreditor for ‘Appalling Record of Failure’
Warren released a detailed report today on embattled for-profit accreditor, ACICS, urging federal government to take “aggressive” action.
Germany Waves ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to Costly Wall Street Tax Scheme
The country’s lawmakers have enacted legislation to halt complex stock-lending deals detailed in a ProPublica investigation last month.
Nonprofit Hospital Stops Suing So Many Poor Patients: Will Others Follow?
A story by ProPublica and NPR and a Senate investigation prompt a Missouri nonprofit hospital to change its policies and forgive thousands of patients’ debts. But without similar scrutiny, it’s unclear if other hospitals that sue the poor will change.
Prosecutor Targets Commerzbank for Deals That Dodge German Taxes
Officials in Frankfurt, Germany’s financial capital, have launched an investigation into tax avoidance trades enabled by the country’s second-largest bank.
German Finance Minister Cries Foul Over Tax Avoidance Deals
The German government may not be able to recover billions of dollars in lost dividend taxes from complex stock-lending deals that benefited U.S. and other foreign investors.
