NEW: Oregon’s top housing official failed to report her husband’s involvement with projects that her agency funds.

She disclosed this only after we asked.

“In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need ProPublica for this kind of thing,” a former official said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-housing-director-husband-conflict?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Oregon #Housing #Government #Ethics #Conflict #Law

NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school.

But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-private-schools-arkansas-west-virginia-north-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Journalism #Education #School #Teaching #Arkansas #WestVirginia #NorthCarolina #Parenting #Children #Family

A little-known effort to bring an AI learning tool into Texas public school classrooms began about a year ago, with the help of the state's top education official.

https://www.propublica.org/article/alpha-school-ai-texas-public-schools-mike-morath?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #Education #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Teaching #Students #School

NEW on our “Paper Trail” podcast: Under Trump 2.0, the White House has often ignored Congress to carry out its agenda.

Entire agencies, like USAID, have been gutted. ICE has grown explosively.

Behind it all is one man: Russell Vought.

Listen to our latest episode: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/who-is-russell-vought-trump-shadow-president?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Podcast #WhiteHouse #Trump #USPolitics #Law #Government #RussellVought

NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died.

Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan.

Later, a fourth sibling died.

Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-faith-healing-multiple-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Idaho #Religion #Law #Medicine #Health #Children #Family

A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
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California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But that’s not what happened.
https://www.propublica.org/article/california-raw-milk-regulation-emily-marris-moonlight-ridge-farm?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Health #PublicHealth #California #Regulation #Food #Safety #Farming

A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote.

It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.
https://www.propublica.org/article/disabled-voters-nonprofit-funding-cuts-omb?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Election #Vote #Voting #Trump #WhiteHouse #Disability #Disabled

NEW: ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for nearly a year.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trumps-plan-to-restrict-mail-voting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #USPS #Voting #Vote #Election #Midterms #Law #USPolitics

Three bills proposed by an Arizona congresswoman would fund literacy classes, dual language programs and training for teachers of students learning English in the state, in hopes of remedying gaps identified by Arizona Luminaria and ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-english-fluency-legislation-adelita-grijalva?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Arizona #Education #Reading #Students #Teaching #Language

The aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and the floods in Texas’ Hill Country expose weaknesses in federal and state policies that allow people to live in dangerous areas where homes could be swept away.
https://www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-flood-prone-areas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Hurricane #NorthCarolina #Law #Government #Flood #Policy #Safety

NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards.

One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.
https://www.propublica.org/article/draftkings-sports-gambling-problem-vip-fanduel?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Sports #SportsBetting #Gambling #Draftkings #Baseball #Basketball #Tennis #Football

NEW: After Colorado officials failed to implement stricter testing protocols that were planned to take effect in July, a marijuana manufacturer recalled dozens of products when a third-party lab found contamination by a chemical that can cause cancer.
https://www.propublica.org/article/marijuana-vape-recall-craft-colorado-regulatory-delay?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Colorado #Denver #Marijuana #Vape #Recall #Cancer #Chemical