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Nanomaterials may pose serious health risk

Once confined to cutting-edge labs, nanotechnology has an increasingly pervasive place in everyday life. Its ultra-tiny engineered particles are  now in as many as 10,000 products. A series by Andrew […]
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Seismic safety repairs slow at public universities

Nearly 180 public university buildings in California used by tens of thousands of people have been judged dangerous to occupy during a major earthquake — including libraries, classroom buildings, student […]
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Some Massachusetts companies abused job creation tax breaks

Todd Wallack of The Boston Globe reports on the misuse of the Massachusetts' Economic Development Incentive Program which provides tax incentives to companies that invest and create jobs in the […]
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Nominee's links to TSA contractors raise ethics concerns

Last week, President Obama nominated Army Maj. Gen. Robert Harding to head the Transportation Security Administration, but Harding's ties to several TSA contractors via Harding Security, a firm he founded […]
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Stimulus funds for special-education diverted for other uses

An investigation by Shannon Mullen of the Asbury (N.J.) Park Press shows that special-education stimulus funds have been diverted to other costs in Monmouth and Ocean counties, including legal fees […]
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New York State road work account raided, little left for repairs

Michelle Breidenbach of The Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) mined state financial documents to show the abuse of New York State's Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund. It's not "dedicated" at all. […]
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U.S. government funded companies doing business in Iran

An investigation by The New York Times reveals that "the federal government has awarded more than $107 billion in contract payments, grants and other benefits over the past decade to […]
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Lawyers to Ohio's governor intervened in active criminal investigation

An investigation by Randy Ludlow of The Columbus Dispatch revealed that the top two lawyers to Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland intervened in an active criminal investigation by the Ohio State […]
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Leaking underground tanks leave legacy of contamination in Pennsylvania

An investigation of leaky underground storage tanks in the Lehigh Valley by Christopher Baxter and Tim Darragh of The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) found spills left lingering for years or […]
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California state employees pile up millions in vacation time

Amid a crippling fiscal crisis, managers throughout California’s government have routinely allowed their employees to amass unused vacation time, enabling hundreds of workers to end their public-service careers with payouts […]
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