Oregon liberals, opposed to nuclear power in the 1970s, created a complex process for getting new energy projects approved. It’s now being used to stall developments in wind and solar — with a 76-year-old activist leading the charge.
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How One Woman Is Stalling Green Energy Projects in Oregon
Irene Gilbert is a 76-year-old retired state employee on a mission, fighting energy projects like large wind farms in Oregon’s rural communities....
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A panel of experts tasked by Gov. Kathy Hochul to evaluate the needs of New York’s aging population has recommended that the state permanently fund and oversee guardianship services. The governor won’t say whether she will.
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Governor’s Task Force Calls on New York to Bolster Funding, Oversight of Guardianships
A panel of experts tasked by Gov. Kathy Hochul to evaluate the needs of New York’s aging population has recommended that the state permanently fu...
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Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money. — An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
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Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 priv...
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New Uvalde Records Reveal Details About School Safety Concerns and Shooter’s Behavioral Issues — The release is part of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit that news organizations brought against state and local governments. The fight continues to get the Texas Department of Public Safety to release its own records.
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New Uvalde Records Reveal Details About School Safety Concerns and Shooter’s Behavioral Issues
The release is part of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit that news organizations brought against state and local governments. The fight continues...
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America’s Largest Landlord to Stop Using RealPage Rent-Setting Software, Makes Deal With DOJ — Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a way that could result in cartel-like behavior.
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America’s Largest Landlord Makes Deal With DOJ to Settle Price-Fixing Claims in RealPage Case
Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previous...
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Again and again, the FDA tolerated substandard manufacturing at a Sun Pharma factory after the company promised to make changes, according to documents obtained by ProPublica. The medications kept flowing to the U.S. market.
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A Giant Indian Drugmaker Failed to Fix Safety Breaches. The FDA Let It Off the Hook Again and Again.
Documents obtained by ProPublica offer a rare glimpse into discussions between the global drugmaker Sun Pharma and the FDA, exposing how the agency...
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In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned. Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
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The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredient...
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Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change. Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fails to address the issue it was created to solve.
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They Can’t Get Answers From the Oil Industry. North Dakota’s Oversight Program Hasn’t Helped.
Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change. Instead, lawmakers...
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The Preventing Maternal Deaths Act pumped tens of millions of dollars a year into a program to help fund state committees that review maternal deaths and identify their causes. It’s now at risk of being cut.
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“We Want to Save This Investment”: Advocates Race to Secure Maternal Health Funding Before It Runs Out
Over the last five years, nearly $90 million has gone to state committees that review maternal deaths and identify their causes. Advocates say cuts...
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Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejections for the same period a year earlier.
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Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this y...
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