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NEW: The New York State Gaming Commission announced plans to require online sportsbooks to beef up user protections.
The move follows reporting by ProPublica and others that raised questions about how apps like DraftKings treat problem gamblers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-gaming-commission-sports-betting-regulation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NewYork #NY #Sports #Gambling #DraftKings #Regulation #Consumer
NEW: A private-equity executive took a top Pentagon role to help secure weapons contracts and critical minerals for the Department of Defense.
After he joined, a firm he has ties to began landing major military contracts.
https://www.propublica.org/article/george-kollitides-pentagon-contracts-alvarez-marsal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Pentagon #Defense #Government #USPolitics #Law #Ethics #PrivateEquity #Military
We’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica Understand Your Health Insurance Denial.
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ProPublica is looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization impacts patients. We need your help to figure out if the process is still leading to delayed or missed treatments, tests, medical equipment or medication.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/propublica-health-insurance-prior-authorization-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
An Arizona County’s “Housing Hub” Is a Dead End for Many Homeless Families
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Family homelessness in Maricopa County has risen to its highest level in more than a decade. But shelters are full, and it can take months to get in, leaving parents with little to no help.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-homeless-hub-hotline-shelters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Arizona #MaricopaCounty #Homeless #Housing #Shelter #Family
NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security.
We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-travel-security-costs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #KenPaxton #Texas #TX #USPolitics #Security #Travel #Money #Ethics
U.S. Lawmakers Launch Sexual Abuse Probe of Youth Sports Giant AAU
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Bipartisan leadership of a powerful House committee demanded answers from the Amateur Athletic Union after a ProPublica and Washington Post investigation found that the massive youth sports organization has failed to protect kids from sexual abuse.
https://www.propublica.org/article/aau-child-sex-abuse-house-energy-commerce-committee-probe-amateur-athletic-union?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Sports #Athletics #Safety #Children #Youth #Abuse #Congress #Government
A new report obtained by ProPublica shows SpaceX used videos from Club Med tourists and Disney cruise attendees to learn more about a Starship rocket crash last year, seemingly using “the public to fill the gap,” in the view of one expert.
https://www.propublica.org/article/spacex-starship-caribbean-explosion-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Space #Technology #Tech #SpaceX #Starship #Caribbean #Disney
American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk
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Citing the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribution of raw dairy products.
https://www.propublica.org/article/raw-milk-ban-children-pediatricians-health-safety-parents?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #Food #Safety #Regulation #Children #Medicine #Dairy #RFKJr
Homeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the Unofficial Hotline for Struggling Families.
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Austin Davis, 26, has become a lifeline for some homeless families in the Phoenix area who’d otherwise wait months for shelter. His work has highlighted how the system to care for local families who are homeless is failing them.
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-homeless-austin-davis-az-hugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Phoenix #Arizona #Homeless #Housing #Family #Community
I’ve Covered Death Row Cases for Nearly a Decade. What Happened to Christa Pike Wasn’t an Anomaly.
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The complications behind Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike aren’t uncommon — and show how easily another botched execution could occur, even as others are planned soon in Texas and Florida.
https://www.propublica.org/article/christa-pike-tennessee-execution-lethal-injection-failure?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Crime #CriminalJustice #Law #Prison #DeathRow #ChristaPike #Tennessee #Texas #Florida
Amid public health concerns over online sports betting, major operators like DraftKings say their in-app safeguards can prevent users from spiraling out of control.
Our reporter decided to find out for himself whether that was true.
https://www.propublica.org/article/sports-gambling-draftkings-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Sports #Gambling #Betting #Baseball #Basketball #Football #Journalism
NEW: The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did.
We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administration.
https://projects.propublica.org/american-citizens-detained-dhs-civil-rights/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Immigration #Immigrants #USPolitics #Trump #ICE #DHS #CivilRights
NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions?
This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one.
We founded two. Here’s how.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-reporters-private-school-owners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Journalism #School #Teaching #Education #Children #Regulation #Media
NEW: Following our investigation with The Frontier, an Oklahoma oil company has plugged a well that was potentially leaking toxic waste.
We revealed that state regulators had approved the well in violation of rules meant to protect public drinking water.
https://www.propublica.org/article/enid-oklahoma-oil-disposal-well-plugged?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oklahoma #Oil #Gas #Environment #Water #Safety #Health
NEW: Oregon’s top housing official failed to report her husband’s involvement with projects that her agency funds.
She disclosed this only after we asked.
“In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need ProPublica for this kind of thing,” a former official said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-housing-director-husband-conflict?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
The rules for starting a private school vary wildly across states.
Some require background checks and specific qualifications.
Others invite anyone with a dream and a pulse.
See where your state draws the line. Take our quiz and share your results: https://projects.propublica.org/private-school-requirements-quiz/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Education #Quiz #School #Teaching #Policy #Regulation #Journalism
NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school.
But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-private-schools-arkansas-west-virginia-north-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Journalism #Education #School #Teaching #Arkansas #WestVirginia #NorthCarolina #Parenting #Children #Family
A little-known effort to bring an AI learning tool into Texas public school classrooms began about a year ago, with the help of the state's top education official.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alpha-school-ai-texas-public-schools-mike-morath?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #Education #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Teaching #Students #School
NEW on our “Paper Trail” podcast: Under Trump 2.0, the White House has often ignored Congress to carry out its agenda.
Entire agencies, like USAID, have been gutted. ICE has grown explosively.
Behind it all is one man: Russell Vought.
Listen to our latest episode: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/who-is-russell-vought-trump-shadow-president?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Podcast #WhiteHouse #Trump #USPolitics #Law #Government #RussellVought
NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died.
Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan.
Later, a fourth sibling died.
Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-faith-healing-multiple-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Idaho #Religion #Law #Medicine #Health #Children #Family
A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
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California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But that’s not what happened.
https://www.propublica.org/article/california-raw-milk-regulation-emily-marris-moonlight-ridge-farm?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #PublicHealth #California #Regulation #Food #Safety #Farming
A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote.
It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.
https://www.propublica.org/article/disabled-voters-nonprofit-funding-cuts-omb?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Election #Vote #Voting #Trump #WhiteHouse #Disability #Disabled
NEW: ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for nearly a year.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trumps-plan-to-restrict-mail-voting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #USPS #Voting #Vote #Election #Midterms #Law #USPolitics
Three bills proposed by an Arizona congresswoman would fund literacy classes, dual language programs and training for teachers of students learning English in the state, in hopes of remedying gaps identified by Arizona Luminaria and ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-english-fluency-legislation-adelita-grijalva?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Arizona #Education #Reading #Students #Teaching #Language
The aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and the floods in Texas’ Hill Country expose weaknesses in federal and state policies that allow people to live in dangerous areas where homes could be swept away.
https://www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-flood-prone-areas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Hurricane #NorthCarolina #Law #Government #Flood #Policy #Safety
Do you use apps like DraftKings or FanDuel to place sports bets?
If you've used them or work in the gambling industry, we’d like to hear from you.
https://projects.propublica.org/sports-betting-uploader/
#Sports #Sportsbetting #Gambling #Draftkings #Fanduel #Baseball #Basketball #Football
NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards.
One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.
https://www.propublica.org/article/draftkings-sports-gambling-problem-vip-fanduel?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Sports #SportsBetting #Gambling #Draftkings #Baseball #Basketball #Tennis #Football
NEW: After Colorado officials failed to implement stricter testing protocols that were planned to take effect in July, a marijuana manufacturer recalled dozens of products when a third-party lab found contamination by a chemical that can cause cancer.
https://www.propublica.org/article/marijuana-vape-recall-craft-colorado-regulatory-delay?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Colorado #Denver #Marijuana #Vape #Recall #Cancer #Chemical
NEW: Across the country, states have shuttered their youth prisons in recent years as research shows they aren’t effective at helping kids stay out of trouble after release.
Tennessee is building more.
https://www.propublica.org/article/juvenile-crime-decrease-youth-prisons-tennessee-construction?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Tennessee #Children #Prison #Crime #CriminalJustice #Data #Research
