Our Supreme Connections database tracks who’s paid the Supreme Court justices, reimbursed their travel expenses or given them gifts. We just added Justice Samuel Alito’s 2023 filing and newly uncovered Justice Clarence Thomas filings from the 1990s. #News #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #Law #Data #Research
Following an investigation by New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica, Gallup-McKinley County says it cut down on long-term suspensions for Indigenous children and implemented policy reforms. But the state has not made it easy to verify these claims. #News #NewMexico #Education #Native #Indigenous #School
What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing — Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation. #News #Health #Healthcare #Medicine #Genetics #Biotech #Science
The bill’s introduction follows WPLN and ProPublica reporting that found the state’s lax gun laws and enforcement allow firearms to remain in the hands of abusers, some of whom have gone on to shoot and harm or kill their victims. #News #Tennessee #Guns #DomesticViolence #Abuse
ProPublica has identified nine additional Musk-affiliated staffers. A former staffer at Boring Company now has an official role at DOGE in the Executive Office of the President. A former X employee now works in the General Services Administration. #News #ElonMusk #DOGE #Government #USPolitics #Trump
Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Patients “Using His Position as a Therapist” — The plea comes after an investigation by The Salt Lake Tribune and ProPublica about the former therapist, who built a reputation as a specialist for struggling gay Latter-day Saints men. #News #Utah #Court #SexualAbuse #Investigation
Idaho Passed $2 Billion in Funding for School Building Repairs. It’s Not Nearly Enough. — A new cost estimate and early reports from districts receiving state funds show that small districts are still struggling to meet their most dire needs, forcing them to turn to voters to approve additional funds. #News #Idaho #School #Repair #Funding #Education
One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands. — The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and other incidents. #News #SpaceX #FAA #ElonMusk #DOGE #Aviation #Spaceflight #Trump #Regulation
Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance — The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data about schools each year. #News #Trump #DOGE #ElonMusk #Education #School #Data
The Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway. — Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority — and the limits of the presidency. #News #Law #Trump #Congress #Government #USPolitics #Funding