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The Efforts to Keep Industry in Check

424 stories published since 2009

More Than Half of America’s 100 Richest People Exploit Special Trusts to Avoid Estate Taxes

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

Entergy Resisted Upgrading New Orleans’ Power Grid. When Ida Hit, Residents Paid the Price.

by Max Blau and Annie Waldman, ProPublica, and Tegan Wendland, WWNO/NPR; Photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica,

Facebook Grew Marketplace to 1 Billion Users. Now Scammers Are Using It to Target People Around the World.

by Craig Silverman, A.C. Thompson and Peter Elkind,

House Bill Would Blow Up the Massive IRAs of the Superwealthy

by Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan and James Bandler,

Searching for Solutions to Alaska’s High Rate of Deadly Air Crashes

by Zoë Sobel, KUCB, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica,

Landlords Use Secret Algorithms to Screen Potential Tenants. Find Out What They’ve Said About You.

by Erin Smith,

“People Will Lose Their Lives”: Texas Isn’t Doing Enough to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Deaths, Critics Say

by Lexi Churchill and Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Suzy Khimm, NBC News,

“Half of the Family Just Disappeared Overnight”

by Perla Trevizo and Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune; Suzy Khimm and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News; Illustrations by Laila Milevski, ProPublica,

How the Trump Tax Law Created a Loophole That Lets Top Executives Net Millions by Slashing Their Own Salaries

by Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott,

Secret IRS Files Reveal How Much the Ultrawealthy Gained by Shaping Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Tax Cut”

by Justin Elliott and Robert Faturechi,

Fatal Crash Renews Concerns About Safety of Alaska Aviation

by Zoë Sobel, KUCB, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica,

The Inside Story of How We Reported the Secret IRS Files

by ProPublica,

The Number of People With IRAs Worth $5 Million or More Has Tripled, Congress Says

by Justin Elliott, James Bandler and Patricia Callahan,

A Postal Worker Begged for Stronger COVID-19 Protections. She Ended Up Spending Six Weeks in the Hospital.

by Maryam Jameel,

State Attorneys General Push Federal Government to Follow the Law and Finally Create Side-Impact Tests for Kids’ Car Seats

by Patricia Callahan,

The Billionaire Playbook: How Sports Owners Use Their Teams to Avoid Millions in Taxes

by Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott and Ellis Simani,

Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank

by Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan and James Bandler,

In Alaska, Commercial Aviation Is a Lifeline. The State Is Also Home to a Growing Share of the Country’s Deadly Crashes.

by Zoë Sobel, KUCB, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica,

What We Know About Alaska’s Recent Series of Fatal Flight Collisions

by Zoë Sobel, KUCB, and Agnel Philip and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica,

How We Tallied Alaska Aviation Deaths

by Agnel Philip, ProPublica, and Zoë Sobel, KUCB,

Some Hospitals Kept Suing Patients Over Medical Debt Through the Pandemic

by Jenny Deam,

ProPublica’s Tax Revelations Lead to Calls for Reforms — and Investigation

by Robert Faturechi,

The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel,

The Secret IRS Files Short Form: A Quick Guide to What We Uncovered

by ProPublica,

You May Be Paying a Higher Tax Rate Than a Billionaire

by Paul Kiel, Jeff Ernsthausen and Jesse Eisinger,

The Government Is Here to Help Small Businesses — Unless They’re Cooperatives

by Lydia DePillis,

We Reported on How California Rarely Cracks Down on Oil Companies. Now Regulators Have Fined One Company $1.5 Million.

by Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun,

Clean-Energy Loans Trapped Black Homeowners in Debt. The Legislature Just Started Trying to Fix the Problem.

by Jeremy Kohler and Haru Coryne,

Texas Enabled the Worst Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Catastrophe in Recent U.S. History

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

Texas no exige alarmas de monóxido de carbono. Sus residentes más vulnerables pagaron el precio

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

Natural Gas Is Getting Cheaper. Thousands Are Paying More To Heat Their Homes Anyway.

by Lucas Manfield and Ken Ward Jr., Mountain State Spotlight,

What Forms Do I Need to File My Taxes and Where Can I Get Them?

by Kristen Doerer for ProPublica and Karim Doumar,

Why There’s So Much Investigative Journalism About Utility Companies

by Stephen Engelberg,

Where Is My Tax Refund?

by Kristen Doerer for ProPublica and Karim Doumar,

Are California Oil Companies Complying With the Law? Even Regulators Often Don’t Know.

by Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun,

How to File Your State and Federal Taxes for Free in 2021

by Kristen Doerer for ProPublica, Justin Elliott and Karim Doumar,

“Power Companies Get Exactly What They Want”: How Texas Repeatedly Failed to Protect Its Power Grid Against Extreme Weather

by Jeremy Schwartz, Kiah Collier and Vianna Davila,

The IRS Cashed Her Check. Then the Late Notices Started Coming.

by Lydia DePillis,

Utility Companies Owe Millions to This State Regulatory Agency. The Problem? The Agency Can’t Track What It’s Owed.

by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation,

President Joe Biden at the White House on Jan. 21.

The Return of the Regulators

by Jesse Eisinger,

Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years

by Allan Sloan, ProPublica, and Cezary Podkul for ProPublica,

The SEC Undermined a Powerful Weapon Against White-Collar Crime

by Lydia DePillis,

Hawaii Officials Promise Changes to Seawall Policies That Have Quickened Beach Destruction

by Mindy Pennybacker and Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

Alice Stebbins, former executive director of the California Public Utilities Commission, outside her former workplace.

She Noticed $200 Million Missing, Then She Was Fired

by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation,

The Government Promised to Return Ancestral Hawaiian Land, Then Never Finished the Job

by Rob Perez, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica,

Sen. David Perdue Sold His Home to a Finance Industry Official Whose Organization Was Lobbying the Senate

by Robert Faturechi,

House Subcommittee Says Proposed Booster Seat Safety Rules Fall Short

by Patricia Callahan,

The Boeing 737 MAX Is Cleared to Fly. Families of People Who Died on the Planes Wait for Answers.

by Alec MacGillis,

Photo collage of buildings being torn down in East Garfield Park.

Disinvested: How Government and Private Industry Let the Main Street of a Black Neighborhood Crumble

by Tony Briscoe, Haru Coryne and Mick Dumke,

Millions Still Haven’t Gotten Stimulus Checks, Including Many Who Need Them Most

by Lydia DePillis,