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Jeremy Redmond of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a large number of Atlanta-area residents and businesses have received outrageous water bills because of broken meters that the city has not fixed, even after multiple complaints. Atlanta entered into a new contract with a private company to repair and update all meters, but the company is…
Read MoreLisa Chedekel and Lynne Touhy of the Hartford Courant exposed the patient care issues and financial troubles at Haven Healthcare, one of Connecticut’s largest nursing home chains. The reporters utilized Medicare data and Connecticut Department of Public Health data to uncover patient care problems. The investigation also revealed that the chain’s CEO funneled corporate resources…
Read MoreA Newsday investigation delves into the long history between former New York City Mayor and current GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, and New York State democratic senator Chuck Schumer. The connections, which benefited both men politically, span everything from Giuliani’s appointment of Schumer’s wife to his mayoral cabinet, to the two politicians’ collaboration on the…
Read MoreMichael Berens and Christine Willmsen examine the global behind fraudulent medical devices that “claim to cure cancer, reduce cholesterol, even eliminate AIDS. Their operators say these ‘energy medicine’ devices work by transmitting radio frequencies or electromagnetic waves through the body, identifying problems, then ‘zapping’ them. Their claims are a fraud. The Seattle Timeshas found that…
Read MoreMaternal and infant death rates spiked at a major Kabul maternity hospital that was promoted as a model of U.S. medical training in Afghanistan. Alison Young of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reveals that “the rate of normal-sized babies dying in labor and delivery at Rabia Balkhi jumped 67 percent last year.” The statistics, including death rates…
Read MoreMilwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Ben Poston analyzed hunting accident records kept by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and found that in the past five years, hunters 21 and younger were more than twice as likely to cause accidents than all other hunters. The analysis also found that deer drives — “a method in which…
Read MoreIn a Washington Post analysis of Washington D.C. city records, Dan Keating and Carol D. Loennig report that seven years’ worth of fraudulent property tax funds have cost the District $31.7 million. On Nov. 7, the former manager of property tax refunds was arrested and charged for the refund fraud, along with five others. Federal…
Read MoreLee Davidson of the (Salt Lake City) Deseret Morning News analyzed nearly 300 tax returns, known as IRS Form 990, filed by tax-exempt organization and found that Boy Scouts both in Utah and across the U.S. tend to pay their top executives significantly more than do other nonprofit groups that serve youths. It’s a topic…
Read MoreAfter a Texas man convicted of shooting an unarmed prostitute received probation, Brooks Egerton and Reese Dunklin of The Dallas Morning News decided to see whether his sentence was a fluke or representative of a larger trend. They analyzed thousands of government records, some of which came from confidential criminal files and interviewed more than…
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