Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he's willing to "micromanage" Corpus Christi's water crisis.

But he's gone quiet on the financial troubles of an agency that could help expand the region's water supply — despite Abbott having appointed its entire board.
https://www.propublica.org/article/greg-abbott-nueces-river-authority?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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The EPA spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site.

New soil tests by The Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show that years later, many yards still have harmful levels of lead.
https://www.propublica.org/article/lead-contamination-epa-superfund-omaha-nebraska-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Omaha #Nebraska #Environment #Pollution #Children #Health #EPA

NEW: Renewable energy developer Avangrid has pulled a long-standing and controversial solar project on Washington’s Badger Mountain, a site sacred to Indigenous nations, following years of delays and tribal objections.

By @nprofile1q...
https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-badger-mountain-solar-project-canceled-avangrid?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Washington #Indigenous #Native #Solar #Energy #RenewableEnergy

NEW: Two government watchdog groups have demanded an investigation into whether FCC officials violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as it sought federal approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fcc-paramount-gifts-brendan-carr-ethics-complaint-warner-bros-merger?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #FCC #Government #Ethics #USPolitics #Paramount #CBS #Entertainment #Business

What’s going on with America’s farms and food?

Join us on Aug. 4 for a members-only discussion about America’s farms, how our food is made and where regulations are failing to keep workers and consumers safe.

Not yet a member? Any donation makes you one: https://give.propublica.org/campaign/726982/donate?c_src=mstdn&c_src2=exposing-harm-food-invite

#News #Agriculture #Farming #Food #Safety #Regulation #Cyclospora

California schools will soon be able to easily search the names of bus drivers, janitors and other school support staff to see if they have substantiated claims of misconduct.

Why hasn’t a similar system for teachers succeeded?
https://www.propublica.org/article/california-teacher-misconduct-database-bill-failed-al-muratsuchi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #California #School #Teacher #Education #Data #Law #Transparency

Trump’s Canada Tariffs Decimate Border Crossings, Business in Upper Michigan
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Under an intensifying trade war, parts of northern Michigan are feeling the financial pain. But with a president intent on conflict and a congressman silent on the issue, these Michiganders see no sign of relief.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-canada-tariffs-michigan-sault-ste-marie?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Michigan #Canada #Trump #Tariffs #Trade #Business #Economy

In 2020 as Kentucky faced a spike of deadly overdoses, Gov. Andy Beshear set out to help more people access drug treatment by loosening Medicaid spending controls.

But as the costs piled up, so did the warnings that the system was being abused.
https://www.propublica.org/article/andy-beshear-kentucky-opioid-drug-crisis-medicaid-spending-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Kentucky #AndyBeshear #Medicaid #Fraud #Healthcare #Health #Drugs

Senators Push Federal Regulator to Prove School Bus Safety Data Is Accurate
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The request from two Democratic lawmakers comes after WBUR and ProPublica found that the federal safety record was missing dozens of fatal crashes involving one of the nation’s largest public transit operators.
https://www.propublica.org/article/transdev-senate-oversight-bus-crashes-public-transit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Bus #Safety #Crash #School #Transit #Transportation #Congress

When Microsoft reviewed the early results of Anthropic’s new AI model for cybersecurity, it was a sobering scene: Hundreds of bugs were identified, many of them critical.

What followed was a “mad dash” to patch them — but many more remain.

https://www.propublica.org/article/anthropic-mythos-microsoft-software-vulnerabilities?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Cybersecurity #Tech #Microsoft #Technology #Anthropic #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Hacking

This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.
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Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG was spending that money on its stated mission.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nick-adams-state-flag-charity-civics-state-department?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #MAGA #Trump #Nonprofit #Charity #Funding #Education #USPolitics