The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
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Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/indian-health-service-vaccine-censorship?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #Vaccines #Government #Censorship #Indigenous #NativeAmerican
The exodus of corrections officers from federal prisons to ICE comes amid shortages of critical supplies, from food to personal hygiene items, for both staff and inmates.
It threatens to make the already grim conditions in these prisons even worse.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-bop-federal-prisons-corrections-officers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X
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Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Musk while serving in the Department of Government Efficiency, helping to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
When Trump took office, the administration set up a tip line for employees to identify and assist in slashing programs focused on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
Not one of the EPA’s more than 15,000 employees used it, ProPublica learned via a public records request.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-diversity-initiatives-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Prescient Warnings About Helene Didn’t Reach People in Harm’s Way.
Here Are 5 Lessons for the Next #Hurricane
After four months of reporting, ProPublica found that the warnings about Helene were eerily accurate.
Yet, local residents remained largely unaware of the enormity of danger approaching as the storm closed in.
#weather #safety #government #news
https://www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-lessons-evacuation-orders-messaging
DOJ Abandons Effort to Address Phoenix’s Treatment of Homeless People
The Justice Department retracted findings of constitutional violations in #Phoenix and five other jurisdictions.
Advocates say the move could further embolden cities and police departments to marginalize homeless people.
#news #government #DOJ #Trump #Police
https://www.propublica.org/article/phoenix-police-homelessness-doj
ProPublica and Documented identified 25 employers that, despite histories of wage theft, have received contracts worth more than a collective $500 million from city and state agencies since 2018.
(Published July 2024)
https://propub.li/40ep0sJ
Trump Has Promised to Build More Ships. He May Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them.
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President-elect Donald Trump has promised to increase the pace of U.S. military shipbuilding. But his pledge to also clamp down on immigration could make it hard for shipyards already facing workforce shortages.
#News #Trump #Government #Military #Navy #Immigration #Labor #DonaldTrump
This has probably been making the rounds on Mastodon, but dropping here so I can pin: Free U.S. civics courses at Harvard. (Some do require tuition, but most are free for timely reasons.)
The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy
The #Trump administration is using the claim that #immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process.
A faction of the far right has been building this case for years.
#Immigration #News #Law #HumanRights #government
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-immigration-invasion-rhetoric-courts
Lincare is paid to rent oxygen equipment to patients, with HHS covering most of the monthly bills. But those rental fees often add up to many times what it would cost simply to buy the equipment.
(Published Nov. 2024)
https://propub.li/3UNDUms
“BadAss Grandmas” Pushed for an #Ethics Commission. Then the North Dakota Legislature Limited Its Power.
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Led by a bipartisan group of women, North Dakotans voted to create an ethics oversight body six years ago. Since then, the group has received 81 complaints and has not substantiated a single one.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight
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Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and #government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.
#News #Trump #Musk #LasVegas #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #Regulation #Environment #Transit #Traffic
“All Our Future Money Is Gone”: The Impossible Task of Providing Child Care in Rural Illinois
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Though the governor promised to make Illinois “the best state” to raise young children, child care continues to disappear. And, as one couple learned, there’s almost no help for those building a child care facility from the ground up.
Justice Department Sues Six of the Nation’s Largest Landlords in Effort to Stop Alleged Price-Fixing in Rental Markets
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Federal prosecutors allege that the landlords have used RealPage pricing software to collude and artificially raise rents. The legal action is the latest development stemming from a 2022 ProPublica investigation.
The U.S. Department of Education has fined Michigan’s Baker College $2.5 million for years of “substantial misrepresentation” of career outcomes, following a 2022 ProPublica-Detroit Free Press report detailing the college’s low graduation rates and the heavy debt that many students shoulder.
NEW: More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging
Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.
#News #Trump #Tariffs #Stocks #Government
https://www.propublica.org/article/us-officials-stock-sales-trump-tariffs
A pregnancy center can bill the state $14 for distributing diapers that cost the center just over $.25. And before parents can get those diapers, they must take a class that the center can bill the state $30 for each hour of class a client attends.
(Published July 2024)
https://propub.li/3PvTPmw
#Texas #Pregnancy #Family #Government #Accountability #Abortion
When the Casners signed the deed for their new child care center, their dreams felt within reach. But even a $600K loan wasn’t enough. They borrowed $200K from their retirement, and it took another 10 months for their doors to open.
Here’s why.
https://propub.li/4j8yNbg
#Illinois #ChildCare #Parenting #Children #Labor #Government
The Air Force revealed earlier this year that a general who oversaw its lobbying before Congress had inappropriate relationships with five women.
Sources say one of the women whose relationship with him was scrutinized was Sen. Joni Ernst.
(Published March 2025)
https://www.propublica.org/article/joni-ernst-congress-military-relationships?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #JoniErnst #Military #Ethics #Government #USPolitics #Congress
Gretchen Whitmer’s Chance for Wide-Ranging Legacy Derailed by Botched Legislative Session
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Michigan Democrats controlled all three branches of government, but party infighting and moderate policy decisions resulted in what some have dubbed “one of the least productive legislative sessions in history.”
IMPACT: Senators Call on DOJ to Investigate Potential DOGE Conflicts of Interest After ProPublica Report
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden and Jack Reed cited our reporting on how one aide assigned to the CFPB helped oversee the mass layoffs of the agency’s staff while holding as much as $715K in stocks that bureau employees are prohibited from owning.
#News #DOJ #Congress #Senate #Ethics #Government #USPolitics
A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza
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Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Department.
#News #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #USPolitics #HumanRights #Government
Tribal Lenders Say They Can Charge Over 600% Interest. These States Stopped Them.
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Online lenders tied to Native American tribes argue that they aren’t subject to state lending laws, but they backed away from operating in six states where attorneys have acted forcefully to protect consumers.
The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake.
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Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines. Such an overhaul could imperil the development of life-saving treatments, experts warn.
#News #Trump #Government #USPolitics #Health #Research #Vaccine
