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California’s most vulnerable not receiving the protection they deserve
“As part of an ongoing investigation, California Watch has detailed how California’s state-run board-and-care institutions’ internal police force, created by the state to protect the vulnerable residents at these state homes, often fails to conduct basic police work when patients are abused and harmed.” “In case after case, detectives and officers have delayed interviews with…
Read MoreChicago’s escalating public finance debt spreading to small towns
“If you live in a suburb, village or small city surrounding Chicago, the next big public debt crisis is coming your way.” “A Better Government Association investigation finds a flood of red ink is crashing over Chicago-area suburbs, threatening to sweep away basic government-backed services and support while also dramatically altering the very standard of…
Read MoreOne photo highlighted international web of child pornography network
In a report filed The Boston Globe, it has been revealed that “federal agents working out of Boston, are heading an investigation into child pornography that so far has resulted in at least 40 arrests around the world and the discovery of 140 children who were sexually exploited. And it all began with a single…
Read MoreIncrease in prescriptions from docs could mean increase in perks for them
Lisa Chedekel of the Connecticut Health I-Team has found that in some cases “practitioners who wrote out hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of prescriptions were also receiving thousands in compensation from the drug-makers.”
Read MorePolluters stick taxpayers with multimillion dollar clean-up bill
“State officials in Missouri talked tough with previous owners of a polluted site, but when it came time to do the cleanup, Missouri taxpayers were stuck with almost the entire bill–$12 million–, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch investigation has found.” “In addition to not holding the polluters to account, the state and city allowed a single…
Read MoreIs food-safety oversight keeping up with the surge in farmers markets?
“As the number of farmers markets has surged questions arise about whether food-safety oversight has kept pace. The USDA and the FDA set federal guidelines, wbut jurisdiction over farmers markets falls to a dizzying welter of state or local health or agriculture departments” “In a spot check of 29 markets scattered among 10 states and…
Read MoreGaming boom now a bust for small town
“As a tough economy wrecked municipal budgets across the country, North Kansas City seemed to be above it all, able to afford well-kept parks, a modern community center and even a community fiberoptic network.” However, a Kansas City Star report has revealed that the once affluent community of about 4,000 residents is now facing a…
Read MoreInvestigating Texas’ public pension fund investments
“As part of its ongoing examination of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, The Dallas Morning News investigated the shadowy world of pension fund placement agents — the middlemen hired by private firms to solicit public capital.” “The article focused on one man, a politically connected Houston investment manager, and how his work as a…
Read MoreReviews of child abuse deaths not always completed in KY
“A Herald-Leader analysis of 41 child fatalities in 2009 and 2010 found at least six cases where the Cabinet for Health and Family Services did not do an internal review even though there were previous reports involving the family before the child died.” “The reviews are supposed to examine the cabinet’s actions in a case…
Read MoreData used to break down deaths following police contact
A Guardian investigation has found that “over 1,400 people in England and Wales have died either in police custody or following other police contact since 1990.“ With the use of graphs and charts John Burn-Murdoch displays the data broken down by circumstances, police force and ethnicity.
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