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A report by Christine Willmsen and David Heath of The Seattle Times shows that $7.6 million worth of earmarks pushed through by prominent members of Congress — including senators Hillary Rodham Clinton, Charles Schumer and Alren Specter — have kept troops equipped with an inferior chemical-warfare protection product. “Clinton, who is poised to become secretary…
Read MoreThe News Journal’s three-part series on Delaware’s volunteer firefighters exposed slow response times, manpower shortages, archaic rules and lopsided funding formulas, as well as potential solutions and alternatives to the current system. The package includes an interactive map with operation and financial data on the 60 volunteer companies in the state.
Read MoreUSA TODAY’s Blake Morrison and Brad Heath have published a package of stories using government data to examine the air quality of American schools located near industrial plants. They found that thousands of schoolchildren are exposed to dangerous levels of carcinogens, metals and other chemicals. The Environmental Protection Agency has never run these models and…
Read MoreThe seventh installment of The Washington Post‘s “Forced Out” series explores how a longtime city council member and former U.S. Housing and Urban Development official was paid millions of dollars for a series of housing projects marred by double-billing and dubious deals. In one case, the developer received $25 million from U.S. HUD to help dozens…
Read MoreA story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution details escalator injuries throughout the metro area. Every week in metro Atlanta people are badly injured riding escalators. They fall and crack their heads, or get their clothing or luggage tangled in the machinery. And in the worst cases, they suffer amputating injuries. Injuries associated with children wearing Crocs-like…
Read MoreIn final installment of the The Miami Herald‘s Borrowers Betrayed series, reporters Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman and Rob Barry show the anatomy of a massive mortgage fraud network in Florida that generated $550 million in loans during the housing boom years, and the failure of state regulators to stop one of its lead brokers.
Read MoreIRE and NICAR are once again offering substantial discounts on ArcView mapping software. And your first opportunity to take advantage of the almost $2,000 in savings comes next month. ESRI is offering ArcView single-use licenses at no charge to IRE members who agree to attend a GIS training event conducted by IRE and NICAR or…
Read MoreIn a seven-part multimedia series, the Star Tribune examines the phenomenon of the global food market through the eyes of farmers and consumers from Cambodia to Papua New Guinea to southern Minnesota. Reporters Matt McKinney, Chris Serres and Richard Meryhew explore the powerful and conflicting forces around the world influencing the supply and price of…
Read MoreOver the past decade, there has been a marked increase in the number of Army aviation accidents, according to a report by Michael Fabey of Aviation Week. In the first year of the Bush administration’s “global war on terror,” fatalities increased by 875 percent — from 8 in 2000 to 78 in 2001. This trend…
Read MoreA joint project by The Washington Post and 60 Minutes explores the world of online gambling. The industry clears $18 billion annually, but exists in murky legal territory. One group of online poker players had to take it upon themselves to unearth a $20 million cheating scam. But they could not turn to U.S. officials…
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