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Dallas school credit card abuse includes misuse of federal grant funds

In a follow-up to an earlier story on credit card abuse within the Dallas Independent School District, Kent Fischer and Molly Motley Blythe of The Dallas Morning News report that […]
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Federal Campaign Consultants

The Center for Public Integrity used federal campaign data to show that "in the 2004 federal races, more than $1.78 billion flowed through a professional corps of consultants whose influence […]
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US flight schools admitting foreign nationals without proper clearance

Brian Ross and Eric Longabardi report for ABC News that foreign student pilots are still finding their way into American flight schools despite strict regulations set in place following 9/11. […]
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Abuse of law rampant in NY's village and town courts

A series by William Glaberson of The New York Times exposes the gross abuse of power by "part-times justices" across the state of New York. The New York Times did […]
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Afgan detainee deaths concealed by US Special Forces

Kevin Sack and Craig Pyes, special to The Los Angeles Times, report on misconduct by U.S. Special Forces in Afganistan. On two separate occasions, the Special Forces team concealed the […]
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NY companies exploit loophole for massive tax breaks

Michelle Breidenbach of The (Syracuse, NY) Post-Standard shows how hundreds of New York companies pulled accounting gimmicks and exploited a loophole in the state law to collect millions of dollars […]
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LA County Board of Supervisors - and their staff - handsomely compensated

Troy Anderson of the LA Daily News reports on the Los Angeles County "Fab Five" - the five members of the county Board of Supervisiors. "With salaries and benefits that […]
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Prison conditions deplorable for mentally ill

Michele Gillen of Miami's CBS4 exposes the inhumane conditions of mentally-ill accused criminals being held in the Miami-Dade pre-trial detention center. The conditions are "morally incomprehensible" - multiple inmates share […]
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Records reveal extensive White House access to some of Abramoff's cronies

Sharon Theimer of the Associated Press reports that recently released Secret Service visitor logs reveal extensive "inside access" to presidential aides by Grover Norquist and Ralph Reed, both of whom […]
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Corporation skirts contribution limits

Mike McIntire of The New York Times analyzed state campaign finance data to show that "one of the world's largest insurance companies has skirted [state] limits in giving almost 20 […]
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