Cart 0 $0.00
IRE favicon

IRE News

California's $840-million medical prison beset by waste and mismanagement

California's $840-million medical prison — the largest in the nation — was built to provide care to more than 1,800 inmates. When fully operational, it was supposed to help the […]
Tags:
Read More

San Diego Opera officials sought government grants amid financial troubles

San Diego Opera officials seeking millions in government grants painted a picture of financial health over the past few years — a time during which financial troubles were well known […]
Tags:
Read More

Colorado foster children regularly prescribed psychotropic drugs

About 4,300 of Colorado's 16,800 foster children — more than a quarter — were prescribed psychotropics in 2012, according to a University of Colorado analysis released to The Denver Post under open-records […]
Tags:
Read More

Overdose deaths increase with sales of painkillers

Several hundred Iowans have died in recent years from overdoses involving prescription painkillers. The U.S. has seen a surge of such deaths in the past decade as sales of prescription […]
Tags:
Read More

Victims, injuries from West Fertilizer Company explosion overlooked

One year later, the number of people hurt by the West explosion remains a mystery because a government survey of the injured has failed to account for scores of casualties. […]
Tags:
Read More

Utah Transit Authority doubled managers’ bonuses while seeking tax increase

The Utah Transit Authority doubled spending on controversial bonuses for managers last year, while it sought a sales-tax hike it says is needed to restore bus service cut during the […]
Tags:
Read More

Broome County employees told campaign support for County Executive Debbie Preston was mandatory

When Broome County Executive Debbie Preston ran for re-election in 2012, about a dozen of her appointed county employees got a mandatory email assignment. Employees were told in the note […]
Tags:
Read More

FBI still investigating Jimmy Haslam, Pilot Flying J

A year after the raids, the investigation at Pilot Flying J is far from over, as federal authorities continue to examine the company in the methodical, painstaking approach that is […]
Tags:
Read More

Memphis Police Department inconsistent with rape kit testing

Newly released Memphis police records show detectives secured DNA testing within weeks of the 2003 home-invasion rape of a girl, then 12, now suing the city over its massive backlog […]
Tags:
Read More

Loving county tickets and criminal cases changed to lesser charges in turn for bigger fines

A CBS 7 investigation into how speeding tickets for CDL drivers are handled in Loving County has uncovered even bigger problems. CBS 7 was first to report Thursday that the […]
Tags:
Read More
1 9 10 11 12 13 302
109 Lee Hills Hall, Missouri School of Journalism   |   221 S. Eighth St., Columbia, MO 65201   |   573-882-2042   |   info@ire.org   |   Privacy Policy
crossmenu linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram
My cart
Your cart is empty.

Looks like you haven't made a choice yet.