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#HeritageFoundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests
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The conservative think tank has filed thousands of public-information requests, clogging the pipeline at federal agencies in an apparent attempt to find employees a potential #Trump administration would want to purge.

https://propub.li/4epcgnT

#News #FOIA #Government #Project2025 #Climate #Vote #Gender #Biden

Recently on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver referenced our reporting on SCOTUS rejecting the doctrine of Chevron deference, which is impacting everything from health care discrimination to gun sales to abortion access.

Read our story here: https://propub.li/3XQGMQx

#News #Law #ChevronDeference #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Regulation #Healthcare #Discrimination #JohnOliver #LastWeekTonight

After we reported on underfunded schools, Idaho legislature approved $2 billion for schools to repair and replace aging buildings. Find our full series here: https://www.propublica.org/series/state-of-disrepair

#News #Idaho #Government #School #Education #Students #Teachers

We Enlisted a Community to Help Us Report on One State’s Crumbling Schools. Here’s How You Can Do the Same.
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Do you want to document problems with school facilities around your state? Reporters from ProPublica and The Idaho Statesman offer some tips.

#News #Journalism #Investigation #School #Education #Teachers #Students #Community

https://propub.li/4gJlFIn

In June, we examined #ExxonMobil's claim that it had transformed discarded #plastic into new fruit cups through an “advanced” chemical #recycling technology. We broke down the math to show just how little recycled content winds up in products made this way.

This fruit cup example was also cited by the lawsuit.
https://propub.li/4eYp8RR

The lawsuit cited our story on the first federal action taken against a controversial accounting method the plastics industry uses to inflate the recycled content it advertises in products: https://propub.li/4dmEMVS

#News #Government #Plastic #Environment #Oil #Regulation #Recycling #EPA

#ExxonMobil Accused of “Deceptively” Promoting Chemical #Recycling as a Solution for the #Plastics Crisis
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The #California attorney general’s lawsuit, which cites ProPublica reporting, alleges that products made with Exxon’s process contain only a small fraction of the recycled #plastic that they claim to have.

https://www.propublica.org/article/exxonmobil-plastics-recycling-pyrolysis-lawsuit-california

#News #Law #Exxon #Oil #Environment #FossilFuels #Sustainability #Accountability

Neo-Nazi Telegram Users Panic Amid Crackdown and Arrest of Alleged Leaders of Online Extremist Group

An analysis by ProPublica and FRONTLINE shows a surge in activity on Telegram channels aligned with the Terrorgram Collective, as allies tried to rally support for their comrades in custody and sought to oust users they believed to be federal agents.

#News #Telegram #Terrorism #Extremism #Tech #Government #PavelDurov #Crime

https://www.propublica.org/article/telegram-terrorgram-collective-extremism-accelerationists-dallas-humber-matthew-allison

#Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to #Gaza, Two #Government Bodies Concluded.

Antony Blinken Rejected Them.
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Blinken told #Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U.S. Agency for International Development and others had determined that Israel had broken the #law.

#News #Palestine #HumanitarianAid #Biden #Blinken #War

https://www.propublica.org/article/gaza-palestine-israel-blocked-humanitarian-aid-blinken

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Did a #Georgia #Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save #AmberThurman? A #Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.
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Thurman died after waiting 20 hours for emergency care under the state’s #abortion ban. Sen. Ron Wyden demanded records his committee could review to determine whether the hospital violated the law. “It’s not even a question,” one expert said.

https://www.propublica.org/article/amber-thurman-georgia-abortion-wyden-emtala

#News #Law #AbortionBan #EMTALA #Medicare #Healthcare #Health #Pregnancy #RoeVWade #SupremeCourt

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#EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From #Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.

Three reports issued by the agency’s inspector general detailed personal attacks suffered by the scientists — including being called “stupid,” “piranhas” and “pot-stirrers” — and called on the EPA to take “appropriate corrective action” in response.

https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-scientists-faced-retaliation-after-finding-harm-from-chemicals

#News #Science #Retaliation #Government #Environment #Safety #Whistleblower #Trump #Project2025

“A Real Overhaul Is Long Overdue”: Lawmaker Calls On State Leaders to Reform New York’s Beleaguered Guardianship System

A new bill asks Gov. Kathy Hochul and state legislators to overhaul New York’s broken guardianship system. It cites a ProPublica investigation that found the #elderly and infirm living in dire conditions while under court-mandated #oversight.

#News #NewYork #KathyHochul #Aging #Guardian #Care #Neglect #Court #Law #Reform

https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-city-guardianship-oversight-reform-hochul

Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia’s #Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died
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Candi Miller’s family said she didn't visit a doctor “due to the current legislation on pregnancies and abortions.”

Maternal health experts deemed her death preventable and blamed Georgia’s abortion ban.

#news #georgia #pregnancy #health #healthcare #government #politics #law

https://www.propublica.org/article/candi-miller-abortion-ban-death-georgia

In an Unprecedented Move, #Ohio Is Funding the Construction of Private Religious Schools
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The state is giving millions in taxpayer dollars directly to private schools to help them renovate and expand their campuses. It may be the next frontier in the push to increase the use of school vouchers, proponents say.

#News #PrivateSchools #Education #Schools #SchoolVouchers #Students #Funding

https://www.propublica.org/article/ohio-taxpayer-money-funding-private-religious-schools

#Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In #Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.
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At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories.

#News #RoeVWade #AbortionBan #AbortionRights #Hospital #Health #Healthcare

https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-abortion-ban-amber-thurman-death

Oregon’s Largest Natural Gas Company Said It Was Going Green. It Sells as Much Fossil Fuel as Before.
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NW Natural told Oregonians it had a new source of clean energy: renewable natural gas. Industry documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how the company has, for years, perpetuated its core fossil fuel business while painting a picture of going green.

#Oregon #Gas #FossilFuels #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #Climate #Environment #GreenEnergy #Renewable

https://www.propublica.org/article/nw-natural-gas-oregon-fossil-fuel

The #NYPD Is Tossing Out Hundreds of Misconduct Cases — Including Stop-and-Frisks — Without Even Looking at Them
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The department has killed more than 400 cases of alleged misconduct this year that an oversight board had investigated and substantiated.

It’s part of a lax attitude toward discipline under the current #police commissioner, Edward Caban, critics say.

#NYC #News #Law #LawEnforcement #CivilRights #Government #EdwardCaban

https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-tossed-out-police-misconduct-discipline-cases-edward-caban

At Least Two #Saudi Officials May Have Deliberately Assisted 9/11 Hijackers, New Evidence Suggests
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Newly revealed information also raises questions about whether the #FBI and #CIA mishandled or downplayed evidence of the kingdom’s possible ties to the plotters.

#News #September11 #SaudiArabia #Government #NYC #Law

https://www.propublica.org/article/saudi-officials-may-have-assisted-911-hijackers-new-evidence-suggests