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“An audit of the Wisconsin Shares program released Wednesday found four cases where the addresses of in-home child-care providers matched those of registered sex offenders,” according to a report by Raquel Rutledge and Stacy Forster of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The audit was launched in response to an earlier Journal Sentinel story that showed nearly…
Read More“Of 2,737 lobbyists hired to promote the interests of drug companies, insurers, hospitals, health professionals, industry groups and business organizations, 1,418 — or 52 percent — have worked for Congress, the White House or federal agencies. That includes 55 former members of Congress.” reports Jonathan D. Salant and Lizzie O’Leary of Bloomberg.com.
Read MoreA sixth-month, statewide investigation into Florida’s child care centers, nursing homes and assisted living facilities by Sally Kestin, Peter Franceschina and John Maines of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel found that Florida laws have often placed children and the elderly in the hands of habitual criminals. The first of a three-part series includes a database of…
Read MoreAn investigation by The Hartford (Conn.) Courant shows that more than 500 of the 3,856 state employees who participated in the state’s Retirement Incentive Program are receiving bi-weekly paychecks in addition to their pension. The retirement incentive was intended to cut annual salary costs, but the state has rehired over 500 retirees for “temporary” work. …
Read MoreReporter Cary Spivak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported than MLDC Inc., an Idaho company, landed a multiyear, six-figure contract for work at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin last summer, but failed to pay the Oconomowoc company it hired to do the job. The Army’s lead contact on the contract was a felon on probation. To…
Read MoreAbandoned mercury mines in California are contaminating many of the state’s waterways, reports Jason Dearen. An investigation by the Associated Press found that “the federal government has tried to clean up fewer than a dozen of the hundreds of mines – and most cleanups have failed to stem the contamination.”
Read MoreAn investigation by T. Christian Miller and Aram Roston for ProPublica shows that Triple Canopy, the top private security contractor in Iraq, “swapped booze for weapons and supplies from the U.S. military” and purchased arms on the Iraqi black market. Previously undisclosed documents reviewed by ProPublica point to continued difficulties for the by the U.S…
Read MoreIRE, in partnership with Education Writers Association and the Student Press Law Center, is launching a program to share investigative reporting skills with college and university students that they can apply to covering campus issues. Seventy-five students from around the country will be selected to receive full scholarships to participate in the Campus Coverage Project.…
Read MoreWFOR-TV (Doral, Fla.) conducted a six-month investigation into school violence in Florida and discovered “wide discrepancies” between the numbers of violent incidents reported on the state’s Department of Education website and actual police reports filed about violent incidents at schools in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. The state claims that the discrepancies can be linked to…
Read MorePaul Barrett, Brian Grow and Jack Ewing of BusinessWeek investigated several rumors and allegations surrounding Glock, one of the leading arms manufacturers in the U.S. The accusations include a complicated network of shell companies, illegal campaign contributions and a close look at the attempted murder of the company’s founder, Gaston Glock.
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