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Defense Lawyers in Las Vegas Consider Formal Challenge to Use of Field Tests in Drug Prosecutions
Local defense bar explores options after ProPublica investigation showed that police and prosecutors continue to use flawed drug tests in sending thousands to jail.
New York City Police Receptive to Some Reforms of Nuisance Enforcement
At a City Council hearing, police brass show flexibility on controversial tool for quality of life actions.
New Jersey Lawmakers Vote to Forgive Dead Students’ Loans
A bill ending the state loan agency’s practice of seeking repayment from the families of deceased students now heads to Gov. Chris Christie.
U.S. Labor Department: States Are Failing Injured Workers
A new Department of Labor report says cuts to state workers’ comp systems have left injured workers with inadequate benefits and raises the specter of federal oversight. The findings echo those of a ProPublica and NPR investigation last year.
In Major Settlement, States Gang Up to Strike Deal with Soldier-Suing Company
The Virginia-based company was the focus of a 2014 ProPublica investigation of its lending and collection practices.
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.
