As President Donald Trump’s administration pushes a pro-ranching agenda, ProPublica and High Country News investigated how public lands grazing has evolved.
Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing-public-lands-investigation-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Government #Trump #Environment #Grazing #PublicLands #Law
The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center is calling for an inspector general investigation into potential conflicts of interest and ethics violations in the office of border czar Tom Homan related to government contracting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/border-czar-tom-homan-mark-hall-conflicts-interest-ethics-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #TomHoman #Ethics #Government #Immigration #USPolitics
Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
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Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of President Trump’s most loyal supporters.
https://www.propublica.org/article/social-security-disability-eligibility-trump-red-states?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #SocialSecurity #Disability #Trump #USPolitics #Government
NEW: How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger
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Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died during this gap, WPLN and ProPublica found.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-domestic-violence-guns-probation
#news #guns #criminaljustice #crime #government #tennessee #domesticviolence
