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Struggling to Find an In-Network Mental Health Provider? Here’s What You Can Do.

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-find-in-network-mental-health-provider

#School District With Highest Student Arrest Rate in the Nation Agrees to Reform How It Disciplines #Disabled Students
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Following a ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation, the Garrison School in #Illinois will change its disciplinary practices and provide services to those who missed class due to being arrested or sent to a seclusion room.

#News #Education #Government #Kids #Disability #Police #Teachers

https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-garrison-school-reform-student-discipline

Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against #SupremeCourt Reform: “Thank You So, So, So Much”
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In a call with donors, First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came from Thomas.

The leader of the religious-rights group also labeled Justice Elena Kagan “treasonous” for backing a stronger #ethics code.

#News #Law #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #GinniThomas #Government #Court #Politics #Religion

https://www.propublica.org/article/ginni-thomas-email-scotus-ethics-reform-first-liberty-institute

A new #Georgia #election rule violates the #law, experts say, because it asserts that county officials have the discretion to delay election certification — even though more than a century of state case law and judicial #history says otherwise.

#News #Government #Politics #GOP #election2024 #2024Election #Voting #Democracy

https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-election-rule-violates-state-law-experts-say

What Mental Health Care Protections Exist in Your State?
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Insurers have wide latitude on when and how they can deny mental #healthcare

We looked at the laws in all 50 states and found that some are charting new paths to secure mental health care access.

#News #MentalHealth #Health #Law #Government #Patients #Hospital #Doctors

https://www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-wiltn-states

Why It’s So Hard to Find a Therapist Who Takes #Insurance
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Those who need #therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have #health insurance.

Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made their jobs impossible and their lives miserable.

#News #HealthCare #MentalHealth #Government #Business #Law #Doctors #Hospital #Patients

https://projects.propublica.org/why-i-left-the-network/

The #plastics industry has heralded a type of #chemical #recycling it claims could replace new shopping bags and candy wrappers with recycled ones — but not much is being recycled at all, and this method won’t curb the #plastic crisis.

#News #Video #Environment #EPA #Business #Oil #Chemicals #Government

https://youtu.be/06wOoPngOwM?feature=shared

#DOJ Files #Antitrust Suit Against RealPage, Maker of Rent-Setting #Algorithm
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The suit, which comes in the wake of a ProPublica investigation into the #Texas company, accuses RealPage of taking part in an illegal price-fixing scheme to reduce competition among #landlords to boost prices — and profits.

#News #Housing #RealEstate #Apartments #Government #Business
https://www.propublica.org/article/realpage-lawsuit-doj-antitrustdoj-files-antitrust-suit-against-maker-of-rent-setting-algorithm

Read our original 2022 report on RealPage here:
https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-realpage-rent

Rounding up migrants, “friendly” sheriff lists and debating political assassinations.

Those are just some of the topics Three Percenters militia leaders discussed in more than 100,000 private messages obtained by ProPublica’s Joshua Kaplan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgVipFHzoD4

🚨JOB ALERT!🚨
We are seeking to hire 3 experienced investigative reporters for our expanding DC Bureau to cover politics, power and the inner workings of the federal government.

Details, including salary range, here:
https://boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/jobs/4388903006

#Missouri Outlawed #Abortion, and Now It’s Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States
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With millions in expanded #tax credits and direct state funding going to anti-abortion groups, the nonprofit Coalition Life has expanded its operations beyond Missouri and into states where the procedure is still legal.

#News #Government #Politics #Law #Health #HealthCare #Taxes

https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-anti-abortion-tax-credits-pregnancy-crisis-centers-coalition-life

#Election Deniers Secretly Pushed Rule That Would Make It Easier to Delay Certification of Georgia’s Election Results
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On Monday, the GOP-controlled State Election Board is poised to adopt the rule, which would potentially allow county officials, including one who secretly backed the rule, to throw the election results of the swing state into chaos this fall.

#News #Georgia #2024Election #Voting #Politics #Government #Law

https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-election-board-vote-certification

#Maui Residents Have Been Forced From Their Homes to Make Room for #Wildfire Survivors. Property Owners Are Profiting.
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High prices offered by emergency #housing programs have encouraged property owners to chase the money.

Housing advocates say state officials haven’t moved aggressively enough to crack down on predatory behavior.

#News #Hawaii #Wildfires #Home #Government #RealEstate #climate

https://www.propublica.org/article/maui-wildifre-evictions-fema

Armed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American #Militia
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Rounding up #migrants. Lists of “friendly” sheriffs. Debating #political assassinations.

Internal messages reveal AP3's journey from Jan. 6 through the tumultuous lead-up to the 2024 #election.

One member predicts: “It’ll be decided at the ammo box.”

#news #election2024 #government #crime #violence #immigration #politics

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-secret-ap3-militia-american-patriots-three-percent

When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the #Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means.
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Companies whose futures depend on #plastic production are trying to persuade the federal #government to allow them to put the label “recyclable” on plastic shopping bags and other items virtually guaranteed to end up in landfills and incinerators.

#News #Pollution #Climate #environment #Industry #Business #Regulation #Recycling

https://www.propublica.org/article/plastics-industry-redefine-recyclable-ftc-grocery-bags

#Uvalde Police Failed to Turn Over All Body Camera Footage From Robb Elementary Shooting, Department Says
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After an officer noticed that part of his bodycam footage was absent from a recently released trove of records, an audit found “several additional videos” that were not included.

It’s unclear if prosecutors previously had access to this video.

#News #Texas #Police #Government #Schools #Students #Crime

https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-police-failed-turn-over-body-camera-video-robb-elementary

Historic #Gun Suit Survives Serious Legal Threat Engineered by #Indiana #Republicans
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A judge ruled that a law passed by Indiana’s #GOP supermajority that tried to retroactively prevent cities from suing gun manufacturers goes too far.

The decision allows one city’s decadeslong suit against gunmakers to continue.

#news #Guns #Courts #Law #Midwest #Crime #CriminalJustice #Business #Government #Politics

https://www.propublica.org/article/gary-indiana-lawsuit-guns-gunmakers-gop-glock-smith-wesson

Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos
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“Eradicate climate change references”...

Only talk to conservative media...

Don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover.

In a series of never-before-published videos, #Project2025 details how a second #Trump administration would operate.

#News #Video #election2024 #Election #GOP #Voting #HeritageFoundation #Government #Politics

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-project-2025-secret-training-videos-trump-election

A new #law goes into effect today in #Louisiana that will make it a misdemeanor for anyone, including #journalists, to be within 25 feet of a police officer if the officer orders them back.

Louisiana is the 4th state to enact one of these so-called #police "buffer laws," which allow officers to order people to keep their distance.

https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-police-buffer-law