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438 stories published since 2009

Nearly $30K Vanished From the HOA’s Account. The State Can’t Investigate the Management Company.

by Brittany Freeman, Rocky Mountain PBS,

Why Outlawing Ghost Guns Didn’t Stop America’s Largest Maker of Ghost Gun Parts

by Anjeanette Damon,

Inflation Reduction Act Will Require the IRS to Study Free Tax Filing Options

by Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel,

How to Investigate Your Next New York Apartment Like a Reporter

by Lisa Song,

Clean Energy Lender Will Stop Making High-Interest PACE Loans in Missouri

by Jeremy Kohler,

The Fed Keeps Getting More Powerful. Is It Bad for America?

by Jesse Eisinger,

Joe Manchin’s Price for Supporting the Climate Change Bill: A Natural Gas Pipeline in His Home State

by Ken Ward Jr. and Alexa Beyer, Mountain State Spotlight,

What Private Equity Firms Are and How They Operate

by Chris Morran and Daniel Petty,

A Right-Wing Think Tank Claimed to Be a Church. Now, Members of Congress Want to Investigate.

by Andrea Suozzo,

U.S. Senators Demand Federal Scrutiny of Private Equity’s Incursion Into Fishing

by Will Sennott, The New Bedford Light,

Right-Wing Think Tank Family Research Council Is Now a Church in Eyes of the IRS

by Andrea Suozzo,

Ken Griffin Spent $54 Million Fighting a Tax Increase for the Rich. Secret IRS Data Shows It Paid Off for Him.

by Paul Kiel and Mick Dumke,

The Supreme Court’s EPA Decision Could Hamper Regulators’ Ability to Protect the Public

by Lisa Song,

Congress Investigates Portable Generator Manufacturers Following Carbon Monoxide Deaths

by Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, and Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune,

Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale

by Paul Kiel,

How Susquehanna’s Jeff Yass Avoided $1 Billion in Taxes

by Justin Elliott, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel,

Meet the Billionaire and Rising GOP Mega-Donor Who’s Gaming the Tax System

by Justin Elliott, Jesse Eisinger, Paul Kiel, Jeff Ernsthausen and Doris Burke,

The Tax Scam That Won’t Die

by Peter Elkind,

This Land Was Promised for Housing. Instead It’s Going to a Pro Soccer Team Owned by a Billionaire.

by Mick Dumke, ProPublica; Video by Nick Blumberg, WTTW/Chicago PBS,

Casinos Pled Poverty to Get a Huge Tax Break. Atlantic City Is Paying the Price.

by Alison Burdo, The Press of Atlantic City,

A Republican Tried to Introduce a Commonsense Gun Law. Then the Gun Lobby Got Involved.

by Megan O’Matz,

Native Hawaiians Are Split Over How to Spend $600 Million to Help Those Who Need Housing

by Rob Perez, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

Why 18-Year-Olds in Texas Can Buy AR-15s but Not Handguns

by Kiah Collier and Jeremy Schwartz, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune,

Inside the Government Fiasco That Nearly Closed the U.S. Air System

by Peter Elkind,

Intuit Will Pay Millions to Customers Tricked Into Paying for TurboTax

by Justin Elliott,

Colorado Legislature Passes HOA Foreclosure Reform Bill

by Brittany Freeman, Rocky Mountain PBS,

“If You’re Getting a W-2, You’re a Sucker”

by Paul Kiel,

Detroit City Council Calls on Michigan’s Largest Utility to Pause Shut-offs, Explain Its High Electricity Rates

by Sarah Alvarez, Outlier Media,

America’s Top 15 Earners and What They Reveal About the U.S. Tax System

by ProPublica,

They Faced Foreclosure Not From Their Mortgage Lender, but From Their HOA

by Brittany Freeman, Rocky Mountain PBS, with data analysis by Sophie Chou and research by Mariam Elba, ProPublica,

Citing ProPublica’s Reporting on McKinsey, Senators Propose Bill Addressing Contractors’ Conflicts of Interest

by Ian MacDougall,

She’s Supposed to Protect Americans From Toxic Chemicals. First, She Just Has to Fix Trump’s Mess and Decades of Neglect.

by Lydia DePillis,

How Your Shadow Credit Score Could Decide Whether You Get an Apartment

by Erin Smith, and Heather Vogell, ProPublica,

Taking Aim at Billionaire Tax Avoiders, Biden Proposes Minimum Tax for Ultrarich

by Paul Kiel, Jesse Eisinger and Jeff Ernsthausen,

Southwestern States Make Changes to Welfare After ProPublica Investigations

by Eli Hager,

These Native Hawaiians Waited Years for Homes on Their Ancestral Land. Then the Problems Began.

by Rob Perez, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

Is TurboTax Free? What About Easy? Not for This Freelancer.

by Brooke Stephenson,

TurboTax Maker Intuit Faces Tens of Millions in Fees in a Groundbreaking Legal Battle Over Consumer Fraud

by Justin Elliott,

Senators Ask JPMorgan Chase to Explain Its Lawsuit Blitz Against Credit Card Customers

by Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum,

When Private Equity Becomes Your Landlord

by Heather Vogell,

Did You Get the Help You Needed After a Hurricane or Tropical Storm? We’re Investigating Disaster Relief.

by Richard A. Webster, The Advocate | The Times-Picayune,

Kidney Failure, Emergency Rooms and Medical Debt. The Unseen Costs of Food Poisoning.

by Maryam Jameel,

Senate Finance Chair to Billionaire Developers: Explain How Opportunity Zone Tax Break Is Helping the Poor

by Justin Elliott and Jeff Ernsthausen,

When Dangerous Strains of Salmonella Hit, the Turkey Industry Responded Forcefully. The Chicken Industry? Not So Much.

by Michael Grabell and Bernice Yeung,

El monóxido de carbono que producen los generadores envenena a miles de personas al año. Estados Unidos ha fallado en exigir cambios de seguridad.

por Perla Trevizo, Lexi Churchill y Ren Larson, ProPublica y The Texas Tribune; Mike Hixenbaugh y Suzy Khimm, NBC News,

The Low-and-Slow Approach to Food Safety Reform Keeps Going Up in Smoke

by Bernice Yeung, Michael Grabell and Mollie Simon,

Carbon Monoxide From Generators Poisons Thousands of People a Year. The U.S. Has Failed to Force Safety Changes.

by Perla Trevizo, Lexi Churchill and Ren Larson, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune; Mike Hixenbaugh and Suzy Khimm, NBC News,

The Great Inheritors: How Three Families Shielded Their Fortunes From Taxes for Generations

by Patricia Callahan, James Bandler, Justin Elliott, Doris Burke and Jeff Ernsthausen,

A Massive Oil Spill Helped One Billionaire Avoid Paying Income Tax for 14 Years

by Jesse Eisinger, Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen,

When You’re a Billionaire, Your Hobbies Can Slash Your Tax Bill

by Paul Kiel, Jesse Eisinger and Jeff Ernsthausen,