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The Federal Emergency Management Agency still has not opened applications for an enormous suite of grants, including ones that many states rely on to pay for basic emergency management operations. / by ⁦Jennifer Berry Hawes⁩ propublica.org/article/fema-g…

NY strands homeless people in hotels without social services. Families share beds. Without kitchens, they trek down shoulderless highways to grocery stores. School is disrupted. / Revealing reporting about the costly policy, by ⁦Spencer Norris⁩ propublica.org/article/new-yo…

Pilot americanair explains keeping passengers on ORD tarmac for over an hour after landing. No open gate. “The FAA is understaffed here.”

A political nonprofit paid Kristi Noem’s company $80,000 while she was SD governor. The outside income may have run afoul of South Dakota law. / by ⁦ProPublica⁩ propublica.org/article/kristi…

Wisconsin's Supreme Court is to rule Wednesday on whether the state must enforce an 1849 law banning most abortions.

A child abuse specialist’s diagnoses in MN & WI have at times been called into question. Yet her assessment is relied on heavily in cases with dire consequences for parents & day care providers. / By ⁦ProPublica⁩ reporter Jessica Lussenpop. propublica.org/article/child-…

On Alligator Alcatraz tents, located on tribal lands: "When hurricanes bear down on these flimsy structures at a sacred, environmentally sensitive location, it will either produce costly evacuation boondoggles or grisly mass casualties," Dem. Rep Debbie Wasserman Schultz warns in a statement.

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court this morning upheld abortion rights in the state, saying an 1849 ban in was, in effect, long repealed by subsequent legal restrictions state lawmakers imposed. And so abortions up to 20 weeks remain legal. wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/Dis…

NEW: Elon Musk's lobbyists spent more than $46,000 to wine and dine Texas politicians just this year. Want to know who was on the receiving end? Too bad. Texas law shields the identities of most lawmakers who get freebies from lobbyists. Here's my latest with ProPublica

All eyes were on Elon Musk in DC this year. But do you know what he was up to in Texas? The brilliant Lauren McGaughy does. She dives DEEP into what he got out of the TX legislative session. Read more on KUT Austin , part of our new ProPublica / Texas Tribune collab kut.org/politics/2025-…

Small MI school district serving disabled students has agrees to end seclusion / restraint after DOJ probe, Detroit Free Press investigation freep.com/story/news/edu… via Detroit Free Press

Texas has a growing backlog of flood management projects, totaling some $54 billion across the state. Instead of funding such needs, state lawmakers approved $51 billion in property tax cuts. / ⁦The New York Times⁩ nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/…

Twin granddaughters, age 8, of former Miami Herald publisher David Lawrence Jr. tragically die in Texas flood cbsnews.com/miami/news/mia… via CBS News Miami

Experts, Dems say new voting maps laid groundwork for Wisconsin budget compromise With smaller state Senate majority, Republicans cut a deal with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers / ⁦WPR⁩ wpr.org/news/new-votin…

Years ago, the GOP gave a WI legislative committee veto power over executive branch rulemaking. Now the state Supreme Court said that's unconstitutional. In a dissent, one justice cites lyrics from Bruce Springsteen's album, Darkness on the Edge of Town. shorturl.at/Fx0pO

Did you know? We have a database that allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid the Supreme Court justices, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts. projects.propublica.org/supreme-connec…

In a surprise pay grab, the Hollywood FL mayor voted to hike his pay from about $55k to $100k, an 82% increase. Pay for commissioners will go from $52k to $70k, a 35% increase, plus health insurance after leaving office. / by ⁦Susannah Bryan⁩ sun-sentinel.com/2025/07/08/hol…

The rapid onset of disruptive climate change — driven by burning oil, gasoline & coal — is making disasters like the TX one more common, more deadly & more costly, even as the government runs away from climate policies & research. / By ⁦Abrahm Lustgarten⁩ propublica.org/article/texas-…