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Losing 'Letta series

A six-month investigation by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette attempts to document the story of Carmeletta Green, a 12-year-old who disappeared from her home 27 years ago.  Police and court documents were […]
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Distribution of economic development loans questioned

The Buffalo News analyzed loans and grants data to see how the city "spends the federal funds it receives to promote economic development and urban renewal." The analysis showed that […]
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Teacher placement system undermines hiring choices

A voiceofsandiego.org project reveals a flawed teacher placement system that can undercut schools from making straightforward choices on the fundamental issue of who teaches in their classrooms.  A survey of […]
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Human Trafficking in America series

A series by The Kansas City Star explores the problem of human trafficking, and how the U.S. is failing in its promise to end trafficking and other human rights abuses.  […]
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Cost of Bay Area bridge project unprecedented

Patricia Decker and Robert Porterfield have found the construction project on the east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be the most expensive project ever done in the […]
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Soldiers buried as "unknown" due to careless record keeping

Mark Benjamin of Salon.com reports of continuing problems at Arlington National Cemetery.  Burial mix-ups include cremated remains being dumped in a landfill before being recovered and buried as an unknown […]
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Regulation lax on Illinois legislative scholarships

A three-day series by students from Columbia College Chicago, in collaboration with Illinois Statehouse News, examines Illinois' century-old legislative scholarship program. The program doled out $12.5 million during the 2007-2008 […]
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Army bypasses ethics code to hire senior mentors

Ken Dilanian, Tom Vanden Brook and Ray Locker of USA Today report that the Army circumvented its own ethics code to hire two former generals as contractors before the mandated […]
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Companies received vaccine when supply was scarce

Alison Young of USA Today reports that vaccine distribution data from three states shows that thousands of doses of the H1N1 vaccine went to corporate clinics when the supply was […]
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Deadly Falls series

Pam Louwagie and Glenn Howatt of the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune have finished their three-part investigation into falling deaths in Minnesota nursing homes. According to the newspaper's analysis, more than 1,000 […]
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