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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. The Dane County Sheriff’s Office in Wisconsin has agreed to make a series of reforms meant to ensure that residents who speak little or […]

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Judge Aileen M. Cannon has shown bias in handling criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and should be reversed and removed from the case to “preserve the appearance of justice,” a public

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This story is part of a collaboration between FRONTLINE and ProPublica that includes an upcoming documentary. In late December, a 26-year-old construction worker in Sarasota County, Florida, used his phone to send a

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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights New Law About Threats: A 2023 Tennessee law requires a minimum yearlong expulsion for students who threaten mass violence. Some students were

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Department of Justice and eight states on Friday sued the maker of rent-setting software that critics blame for sending rents soaring in apartment buildings across the country. The civil lawsuit, filed in

For Melissa Todd, that moment came after she was pressured to limit the care of a patient in crisis. A psychologist from Eugene, Oregon, Todd was treating a young woman with a history of trauma whose father had died unexpectedly. When the patient came to Todd, she was often unable to sleep more than an

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This story is exempt from our Creative Commons license until Oct. 25. Reporting Highlights Enrollment Plunging: Since the pandemic began, public school enrollment has declined by a million students nationwide, as many have

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Update, Aug. 27, 2024: On Monday, the Democratic Party of Georgia and the Democratic National Committee, along with Democratic members of the Georgia Legislature

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Every fall, I spend an evening in my investigative reporting class extolling the virtues of searching court records. Lawsuits can shine a light on