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ProPublica, WMFE and Orlando Public Library to Host Forum on PTSD in First Responders

by ProPublica,

Talk to Us About Los Alamos National Laboratory — and Other National Labs Around the Country

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican, and Beena Raghavendran,

Two Leading Bidders for Lucrative Los Alamos Lab Contract Have Checkered Safety Records

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican,

One West Virginia County Tried to Break Its Dependence on the Energy Industry. It Was Overruled.

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

HUD May Soon Evict Residents in Two Public Housing Complexes in Southern Illinois

by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan,

The Coal Industry Extracted a Steep Price From West Virginia. Now Natural Gas Is Leading the State Down the Same Path.

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

Covering West Virginia’s Long History of Broken Promises

by Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette-Mail,

How an Oregon Weekly Forced Release of Key Records in Murder Cases

by Les Zaitz, The Malheur Enterprise,

Oregon Doctors Warned That a Killer and Rapist Would Likely Attack Again. Then the State Released Him.

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise,

Oregon Board Explains Why It Repeatedly Released Killer From Psychiatric Hospital

by Jayme Fraser, The Malheur Enterprise,

Louisiana Legislators Are Earning Big Money From Government Agencies — But Don’t Have to Disclose It All

by Rebekah Allen, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Senators Question HUD’s “Rash” Decision to Close Two Housing Complexes in Southern Illinois

by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan,

HUD Long Neglected These Residents. Now As They Move Out, Some Feel HUD Let Them Down Again.

by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan,

In Small-Town America, the Public Housing Crisis Nobody’s Talking About

by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan,

Trump’s Labor Department Eviscerates Workplace Safety Panels

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican,

Injured Nuclear Workers Finally Had Support. The Trump Administration Has Mothballed It.

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican,

Florida’s Governor Will Sign Bill Expanding Workers’ Comp Benefits for First Responders

by Abe Aboraya, WMFE,

Help Us Investigate PTSD in First Responders

by Abe Aboraya, WMFE, and Beena Raghavendran, ProPublica,

First Responders in Florida Aren’t Covered for PTSD. That May Change After Parkland.

by Abe Aboraya, WMFE,

Federal Watchdog Identifies New Workplace Safety Problems at Los Alamos Lab

by Rebecca Moss, Santa Fe New Mexican,

ProPublica Local Reporting Network Selects Seven Newsrooms Across U.S.

by ProPublica,

Meet the Seven Reporters Joining Us on ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network

by Charles Ornstein,

ProPublica Creates Local Investigative Reporting Project for Regional Newsrooms

by ProPublica,

What We’re Watching

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    Declining school enrollment has left 30% of Chicago public schools at least half-empty. The city’s failure to address this problem has come at a high cost to the district — and its students.

    by Mila Koumpilova, Chalkbeat, and Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica,

    Broken Promises

    Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon

    The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.

    by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

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    Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs

    A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.

    by Debbie Cenziper, Megan Rose, Brandon Roberts and Irena Hwang,

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    Federal Monitor Slams NYPD Unit Whose Aggressive Policing ProPublica Exposed

    A report from a court-appointed watchdog details “troubling” conduct and “unconstitutional” stops by the Police Department’s Community Response Team — a unit championed by Mayor Eric Adams.

    by Eric Umansky,

    “Delay, Interfere, Undermine”

    President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S. investigation of the MS-13 gang.

    by T. Christian Miller and Sebastian Rotella,