🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Just one year ago, JD Vance was a leading advocate of the Great Lakes and the efforts to restore the largest system of freshwater on the face of the planet. Now, his boss’ administration is upending the very restoration efforts that Vance once championed. propublica.org/article/noaa-m…

Monitoring of the Great Lakes to keep water safe for millions now jeopardized by Trump's slash & burn approach to research and the environment. Anna Clark has an inside look. Trump Decimates NOAA Lab Protecting Great Lakes from Toxic Algae Blooms propublica.org/article/noaa-m…

This is one of the best stories I've seen about local and regional impacts of Trump environmental agency budgets. From ProPublica's Anna Clark propublica.org/article/noaa-m…

Join us at Next Chapter Books on May 18 for “Environmental Writing: Narrating our Natural World!” This generative workshop led by Anna Clark will explore personal stories, climate justice and more. You’ll leave with fresh writing, creative ideas and valuable resources.

Our Investigative Editor Training Program was established to expand the ranks of editors with investigative experience in newsrooms across the country and help better reflect the nation as a whole. Meet our latest cohort: propublica.org/article/propub…

New: Tribal lender Minto Money has boosted the economy of its Alaska town. But some tribal members are appalled by the millions it's made off desperate borrowers -- much of which, lawsuits allege, has gone to outsider Jay McGraw, son of Dr. Phil. propub.li/4jiRE2f

Thanks to our friends at the Chicago Sun-Times, especially Angela Rozas O'Toole and Paul Saltzman, for posting this story, a great collaboration between ProPublica and the Invisible Institute. chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/…

The warnings about Helene proved prescient. But many residents in Yancey County never saw them. Others said the warnings they did receive felt too late for them to take action or didn’t drive home the severity of danger approaching. propublica.org/article/hurric…

"A growing backlog of hundreds of unsigned NOAA contracts has slowed agency operations to a crawl — so much so that even Sen. Ted Cruz, a staunch ally of the Trump administration, has raised concerns about the gridlock." eenews.net/articles/backl…

Hurricane Helene left many lessons to be learned among inland communities. But as North Carolina figures out how to direct millions of dollars in rebuilding aid, there has so far been no state inquiry into the preparedness of local areas. propub.li/3YYci0i

BREAKING: Illinois lawmakers ban police from issuing tickets and fines to students at school. This comes 3 years after our ProPublica/Chicago Tribune investigation into the practice. propublica.org/article/illino…

New: In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy -- and shift power to partisan legislatures. propub.li/4dFfgNj

NEW: We obtained DHS data that shows the US knew only 32 of the 238 Venezuelans deported to a prison in El Salvador in March were convicted of US crimes, only 6 of those violent. Trump called them “savages,” “monsters” and "the worst of the worst.” propublica.org/article/trump-…

Hugely important story — by an incredibly committed team of reporters

The superintendent of an East Tennessee juvenile detention center abruptly announced his retirement. A WPLN News and ProPublica investigation found that Richard Bean was illegally locking kids alone in cells, and a new scandal has forced his resignation. wpln.org/post/the-head-…