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Retirement means big payouts for some in Erie County

In this series by the Buffalo News, reporter Aaron Besecker revealed that the "highest paid local government employee in Erie County last year" was Kenneth K. Hycner, a police lieutenant […]
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Inspections show Idaho nursing facilities filled with flaws

In this report by the Times-News of Twin Falls, Idaho, journalist Ben Botkin reveals alarming statistics when it comes to the care provided by nursing facilities. In "2010, more than […]
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BPU members rack up hefty, questionable travel bills

The NBC Action News team reveals that taxpayers in Wyandotte County, Kan., are being billed thousands of dollars for out-of-state trips taken by elected members with the Board of Public […]
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Violent behavior overlooked by the system

A Journal Sentinel investigation into the violent life of Markus Evans reveals a series of "miscalculations by law enforcement and poor communication between authorities." Evans' violent background began as early […]
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Business College undergrads rack up criminal convictions

This investigation by The Gazette reveals that more than 18 percent of students graduating from the "University of Iowa’s prestigious Tippie College of Business" have "at least one non-traffic criminal […]
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Texas tap water turning plumbing radioactive

KHOU-TV’s Mark Greenblatt finds so much radiation in the water of Central Texas cities, that even the pipes that carry it set off Geiger counters, and citizens are afraid to […]
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You don't always get what you pay for at the pump

In this project by the Scripps Howard News Service, reporter Isaac Wolf investigates the chemical makeup of national gasoline brands. An independent lab test of five different national brands reveals […]
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The murder of Edwin Pratt

In a five-year investigation, Seattle Weekly reporter Rick Anderson has brought to light the 1969 murder of the Northwest civil rights activist and leader, Edwin Pratt. This detailed report discloses […]
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Surgeon with nine malpractice suits continues operating

In this investigation by the Duluth News Tribune, reporters Brandon Stahl and Mark Stodghill revealed that one of the "highest-paid physicians at St. Luke's," neurosurgeon Stefan Konasiewicz, had a lengthy […]
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Lenience in juvenile court system may have cost one woman's life.

John Diedrich of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reports on the disturbing facts of how some very violent juveniles slip through the cracks of our court system. One, Markus Evans, […]
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