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The Trump EPA Official in Charge of Methane Regulations Helped Write Oil Industry Argument Against Those Rules
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (687+ words) The Trump administration official leading an effort to loosen rules on methane pollution was an unnamed author of key industry arguments against those same rules just four years ago when he was an oil and gas lobbyist. In his current…...
Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
21+ hour, 56+ min ago (1742+ words) In the first days after Pam Bondi was appointed attorney general last year, the Department of Justice began shutting down pending criminal cases at a record pace. The cases included an investigation into a Virginia nursing home with a recent…...
A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing.
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1777+ words) Doris Coulson remained spirited even as her illness progressed " watching cooking shows on TV, working crossword puzzles and wheeling herself down the hallways of her nursing home to show off her granddaughter when she came to visit. Coulson had been…...
Utah Bans Polygraph Tests for Those Reporting Sexual Assault
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (1168+ words) Co-published with The Salt Lake Tribune For years, Utah allowed government officials to do something other states banned: ask a person who reports a sexual assault to take a polygraph test. That will change soon. Earlier this month, state lawmakers…...
An OB-GYN Was Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Misconduct. The State Medical Board Let Him Keep Practicing.
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (1757+ words) This story contains detailed descriptions of alleged inappropriate conduct by a doctor during gynecological exams. The woman, 52, lay on the exam table at a clinic in Richland, Washington. Her legs were parted and propped up. The OB-GYN, Dr. Mark Mulholland,…...
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6+ day, 1+ hour ago (12+ words) This Sheriff Says His Department Eliminated Racial Bias. Data Shows Otherwise.ProPublica...
Minnesota Kicks Off Legal Battle With Trump Administration to Hold ICE Shooters Accountable
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (1202+ words) They asked nicely at first." After an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who'd recently moved to Minneapolis, local law enforcement officials requested a partnership with the federal government to investigate…...
Walkway Over Dangerous Train Crossing Is Dead After Norfolk Southern Backtracks on Funds, Mayor Says
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (759+ words) The mayor of Hammond, Indiana, says train company Norfolk Southern is reneging on a promise to partly finance the construction of a pedestrian overpass at a dangerous rail crossing that was the subject of a ProPublica investigation. And without the…...
New Portland Trail Blazers Owner Played Key Role at Company Oregon Accused of Predatory Lending
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (1760+ words) Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is on the verge of giving the Portland Trail Blazers a major gift: hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to overhaul the team's arena in an effort to keep the Blazers' incoming owner, billionaire Tom Dundon,…...
How American Kids Have Been Collateral Damage in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (929+ words) For much of last year, Trump administration officials insisted that no Americans were caught up in the government's immigration dragnet." ProPublica and many others repeatedly documented that is not true: Americans have even been kicked, dragged and detained for days…...