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State ethics commission makes questionable decision
Dale Russell, investigative reporter for Fox 5 in Atlanta, reveals the latest information regarding the Georgia state ethics commission. Two top staffers of the commission have found themselves out of a job after a recent commission decision. The same two staffers are conducting an investigation on the campaign of Governor Nathan Deal. Ethics commissioners say…
Read MoreHospital negligence responsible for another death.
Tim Darragh, of The Morning Call reports that in January of this year, a patient at Lehigh Valley Hospital was have thought to have extremely high blood sugar, when it fact it was 100 times lower than the targeted range. As a result, the patient was given over 10 hours of insulin drip before bedside…
Read MoreResidents near Lake Taneycomo, MO urge victims to rethink taking small business disaster loans.
A KY3 investigation reveals that fewer than half of the people who applied for U.S. Small Business Administration disaster loans after severe storms and flooding in southwest Missouri in 2008 got loan approvals and took the money. We started looking into the effectiveness of the program after our latest round of severe weather. We found…
Read MoreDespite transparency laws, many New Orleans court officials spend millions behind the public’s back.
“At least $26 million a year – and likely much more – is being spent on judiciary-related offices without the public involvement required by state law, The Lens has determined after a six-month analysis of records involving 11 agencies or offices. The review included five court systems, the Public Defender’s Office, the District Attorney’s Office…
Read MoreHaitian earthquake relief reaches impasse
This report by the Haiti Grassroots Watch and two students from the “Laboratoire de Journalisme at the State University of Haiti,” seeks to identify why reconstruction has not started in downtown Port-au-Prince, the location hit hardest by the earthquake in 2010. Numerous meetings and discussions have been held, but no plan of actions seems to…
Read MoreDepartment of Juvenile Justice psychiatrists possess troubled pasts
In the latest installment of the series “Drugging Delinquents,” by the Palm Beach Post, reporter Michael LaForgia reveals that several doctors who counsel and medicate minors in state custody have their own troubled pasts. Psychiatrists with various legal transgressions have been hired by Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice and work directly with jailed children. Dr.…
Read MoreTips on covering immigrants
By Doug HaddixIRE Training Director Full immersion in local immigrant communities produces the most compelling stories, according to Kirk Semple, an immigration reporter for The New York Times. “It helps to be curious. It helps to be voracious,” Semple told participants at an IRE Better Watchdog Workshop this week in Orlando. The full-day workshop was…
Read More“U.S. Navy Radar Testing Center Goes Dark”
Michael Fabey tells the story of the “Taj Mahal,” a building that “features a full-scale aft-face replica of the DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer deckhouse, complete with operating radar arrays.” The U.S. Navy says the building itself costs $19 million. However, the cost of its “radar-suite” would “dwarf that number.” The building was originally built to house…
Read MoreIranian women share details of prison torture.
“Thousands of Iranians took to the streets in 2009 as part of the Green Movement to protest a disputed presidential election. The government crackdown that followed included some women being imprisoned, tortured and raped. This report shares some of their stories.” Jeffrey Brown with The Center for Investigative Reporting and PBS NewsHour reports on the…
Read MoreRetirement 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 who did nothing out of the ordinary except retire. This investigation reveals that several local governments in Erie County often give police officers hefty “parting…
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