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The Efforts to Keep Industry in Check

424 stories published since 2009

How Oil Companies Avoided Environmental Accountability After 10.8 Million Gallons Spilled

by Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

How an Environmental Regulator Became Known for Protecting Industry

by Gordon Russell, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

In “Cancer Alley,” Toxic Polluters Face Little Oversight From Environmental Regulators

by Gordon Russell, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

How McKinsey Makes Its Own Rules

by Ian MacDougall,

The Price of America’s Inability to Track Child Deaths from Abuse and Neglect? Sometimes, More Lives.

by Jessica Huseman, ProPublica, and Emily Palmer and Heather Schroering, special to ProPublica,

The Law Says She Should Have Been Protected From Birth. Instead, She Was Left in the Care of Her Drug-Addicted Mother, Who Killed Her.

by Emily Palmer, special to ProPublica, and Jessica Huseman, ProPublica,

How We Measured States’ Compliance With a Forgotten Federal Child Abuse Law

by Emily Palmer, special to ProPublica,

Federally Funded Health Researchers Disclose at Least $188 Million in Conflicts of Interest. Can You Trust Their Findings?

by David Armstrong and Annie Waldman,

Recreational Marijuana Becomes Legal in Illinois on Jan. 1. Here’s How Communities Across the State Are Dealing With the New Law.

by Logan Jaffe,

Health Officials in “Cancer Alley” Will Study if Living Near a Controversial Chemical Plant Causes Cancer

by Gordon Russell, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Separated by Design: Why Affordable Housing Is Built in Areas With High Crime, Few Jobs and Struggling Schools

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror,

YouTube Promised to Label State-Sponsored Videos But Doesn’t Always Do So

by Ava Kofman,

What Could Happen if a $9.4 Billion Chemical Plant Comes to “Cancer Alley”

by Lylla Younes,

New EPA Rules Aim to Reduce Toxic Emissions. But Many “Cancer Alley” Chemical Plants Won’t Have to Change.

by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Even Louisiana’s Wealthier Neighborhoods Can’t Escape Toxic Air in “Cancer Alley”

by Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Welcome to “Cancer Alley,” Where Toxic Air Is About to Get Worse

by Tristan Baurick, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate, Lylla Younes, ProPublica, and Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

How We Found New Chemical Plants Are Being Built in South Louisiana’s Most Polluted Areas

by Lylla Younes and Al Shaw, ProPublica, with Michael Petroni,

Why Louisiana’s Air Quality Is Going From Bad to Worse, in 3 Charts

by Lylla Younes,

I’ve Investigated Industrial Pollution for 35 Years. We’re Going Backwards.

by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

How a Tax Break to Help the Poor Went to NBA Owner Dan Gilbert

by Jeff Ernsthausen and Justin Elliott,

The Obscure Charges That Utility Companies Add to Your Bills

by Talia Buford,

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free

by Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel,

Never-Before-Seen Trump Tax Documents Show Major Inconsistencies

by Heather Vogell,

Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Hit to Homeowners

by Allan Sloan,

How a Politically Powerful Family Muscled a Nonprofit Out of Some of a City’s Most Valuable Land

by Jeff Pillets and Nancy Solomon, WNYC,

IRS: Sorry, but It’s Just Easier and Cheaper to Audit the Poor

by Paul Kiel,

Thousands of Poor Patients Face Lawsuits From Nonprofit Hospitals That Trap Them in Debt

by Maya Miller and Beena Raghavendran,

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Asks Why the Justice Department Went Easy on Big Banks

by Kevin Wack, American Banker, and Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica,

How a Video Gambling Company Helped Bankroll Local Politicians

by Logan Jaffe,

From Truck Stops to Elections, a River of Gambling Money Is Flooding Waukegan

by Jason Grotto,

How to Close Heirs’ Property Loopholes

by Lizzie Presser,

When Fracking Companies Own the Gas Beneath Your Land

by Mayeta Clark,

A Resolution Condemning Pipeline Challengers Passed Easily. A Pipeline Lobbyist Wrote It.

by Kate Mishkin, The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

One Trump Tax Cut Was Meant to Help the Poor. A Billionaire Ended Up Winning Big.

by Jeff Ernsthausen and Justin Elliott,

How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement

by Annie Waldman,

Fracking Companies Lost on Trespassing, but a Court Just Gave Them a Different Win

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

Anatomy of the Gambling Bill

by Jason Grotto and David Eads,

A False Answer, a Big Political Connection and $260 Million in Tax Breaks

by Nancy Solomon, WNYC, and Jeff Pillets,

Separated by Design: How Some of America’s Richest Towns Fight Affordable Housing

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror,

Here’s How TurboTax Just Tricked You Into Paying to File Your Taxes

by Justin Elliott and Lucas Waldron,

How the IRS Gave Up Fighting Political Dark Money Groups

by Maya Miller, special to ProPublica,

The Missing Millions: Some States Are Still Waiting for the Gambling Windfall

by Derrick Clifton,

The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy. It Didn’t Go Well.

by Jesse Eisinger and Paul Kiel,

Legalized Betting Could Change How We Watch Sports

by Derrick Clifton,

Behind the Scenes, Health Insurers Use Cash and Gifts to Sway Which Benefits Employers Choose

by Marshall Allen,

How Has the “Crack Cocaine of Gambling” Affected Illinois? The State Hasn’t Bothered to Check.

by Jason Grotto and Sandhya Kambhampati, ProPublica Illinois, and Dan Mihalopoulos, WBEZ Chicago,

Why Aren’t Hedge Funds Required to Fight Money Laundering?

by Heather Vogell,

How Illinois Bet on Video Gambling and Lost

by Jason Grotto and Sandhya Kambhampati, ProPublica, and Dan Mihalopoulos, WBEZ Chicago,

Do You Know Someone Struggling With Video Gambling? ​Help Us Understand Video Slot and Poker Addiction in Illinois.

by Logan Jaffe,

How We Analyzed Video Gambling in Illinois

by Sandhya Kambhampati and Jason Grotto,