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A survey by The Salt Lake Tribune of Division 1-A schools exposed extreme differences in how drug-testing programs are administered from school to school. Through FOIA requests, The Tribune “requested detailed information on student-athlete drug testing programs administered by the schools themselves, separate from the NCAA.” Findings show that broken systems allow students to abuse…
Read MoreSusanne Rust, Meg Kissinger and Cary Spivak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reviewed more than 250 scientific studies and examined thousands of pages of regulatory documents for their investigation detailing the failure of the federal government to regulate chemicals known as endocrine disruptors. The Environmental Protection Agency promised a decade ago to screen 15,000 chemicals,…
Read MoreJeremy 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…
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