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2026-03-10 13:30:18 UTC

Under the Trump administration, two of the three major credit bureaus have sharply reduced the share of complaints they resolved in customers’ favor.
In 2024, Experian’s relief rate was 20%. Last year, that figure fell to less than 1%.
Read our full investigation: https://www.propublica.org/article/credit-report-mistakes-cfpb-experian-transunion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Data #Finance #PersonalFinance #Credit #Trump #DataViz #Research #Journalism
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2025-12-06 14:48:23 UTC

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@nprofile…2f63 That's a good question! No, this is not a partner story. Our managing editor and reporter Ginger Thompson spent the last five years reporting in Albany, Georgia, and this series is what came out of her time there.

2025-12-06 00:30:13 UTC

The story of Albany, Georgia, is the story of American health care.
Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series from ProPublica, debuts Sunday, Dec. 7.
Sign up to get it in your inbox: https://www.propublica.org/newsletters/the-big-story
#Health #Healthcare #Georgia #Medicine #Hospital #News #Journalism
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2025-10-23 23:30:11 UTC

Former Veterans Affairs workers: In August, we reported that the VA lost more than 600 doctors and nearly 2,000 nurses this year.
We know that for many of you, the decision to leave the VA could not have been easy. Here’s how you can share your story with us ⤵️
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/help-propublica-report-on-leaving-veterans-affairs
#Health #Medicine #Government #Healthcare #PublicHealth #Journalism

2025-10-17 13:30:55 UTC

From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that insiders say they feel like “he is the commander in chief.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/russ-vought-trump-shadow-president-omb?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #USPolitics #Government

2025-10-02 13:30:10 UTC

Chicago Cop Who Falsely Blamed an Ex-Girlfriend for Dozens of Traffic Tickets Pleads Guilty but Avoids Prison
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Retired officer Jeffrey Kriv acknowledged repeatedly lying under oath to avoid paying dozens of speeding and other traffic tickets. Prosecutors have dropped at least 92 cases in which Kriv was a key witness because of credibility issues.
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-cop-jeffrey-kriv-pleads-guilty-avoids-jail?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Chicago #Police #Crime #Law

2025-09-10 14:32:22 UTC

NEW: Programs for #Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
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Federal funding for organizations that help students with hearing and vision loss across eight states will stop at the end of the month, according to letters sent by a top #Education Dept. official and obtained by ProPublica.
#news #kids #trump #government #DEI
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dei-students-education-deaf-blind-grant-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=9-10

2025-09-10 14:01:28 UTC

“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
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After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necessary.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-suicide-highmark-bcbs-insurance-denials?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #MentalHealth #Psychiatry #Insurance

2025-08-22 14:57:32 UTC

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10/ But documents obtained by ProPublica show that four weeks earlier, Cavanaugh had received detailed records from USIP outlining Halimi’s work.
These records included invoices, project descriptions, and dates and times showing what Halimi was supposed to be doing on specific days.

2025-08-22 14:55:54 UTC

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6/ Halimi and his family were on their own. Maybe, they hoped, this would all blow over if they stayed quiet and laid low.
That’s when Cavanaugh, Musk and other DOGE members made an appearance on Fox News.

2025-08-22 14:55:38 UTC

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5/ Halimi tried his best not to show his panic. He turned to his bosses in Washington to ask for help in clearing his name, but everyone he knew was gone.
DOGE had axed them all. Now USIP was firmly in the hands of someone he’d never heard of: Cavanaugh, who had been installed as interim president.

2025-08-22 14:53:47 UTC

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old #DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the #Taliban took his family. 🧵
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2025-08-12 13:00:05 UTC

In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drugs-banned-foreign-factories-list?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #FDA #Medicine #Health #Diabetes #Cancer #Depression #Anxiety #HIV

2025-08-04 13:00:33 UTC

The IRS Says Churches Can Now Endorse Candidates. That Could Give Texas Pastors More Power Than Ever.
While the IRS move applies across the country, Texas — with more than 200 megachurches — will be the epicenter for pastors and congregations to test out their new influence, one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-churches-endorse-candidates-texas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #Church #USPolitics #GOP #Religion #Elections

2025-07-28 13:00:21 UTC

Middle School Cheerleaders Made a TikTok Video Portraying a School Shooting. They Were Charged With a Crime.
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Social videos, memes and retweets are becoming fodder for criminal charges in an era of heightened responses to student threats. Authorities argue harsh punishment is necessary, but experts say the crackdown won’t make schools safer.
https://www.propublica.org/article/social-media-arrests-school-threats-law-tennessee?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #SocialMedia #Children #Education #School #Crime #Police #Tennessee

2025-07-21 18:07:06 UTC

Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-inaction-state-legislature?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #KerrCounty #Flood #Law #Emergency #Disaster

2025-07-16 14:00:15 UTC

Texas Officials Say They Didn’t See the Flood Coming. Oral Histories Show Residents Have Long Warned of Risks.
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After a tragedy, records from local archives can help us understand how a community understands itself. Here’s some of what we learned following the devastating July 4 flooding in Texas.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-floods-oral-histories?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #Floods #TexasFloods #History #Community

2025-06-29 15:15:12 UTC

“ProPublica’s reporting revealed these cancelled contracts were delivering essential services … and exposed the cruel and dumb AI formulas DOGE bros used to cancel contracts,” Sen. Blumenthal said. “Veterans and all Americans deserve transparency.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#DOGE #Veterans #AI #Health #Government #Technology #Journalism #Transparency

2025-06-26 12:00:27 UTC

Senators Demand Investigation Into Canceled VA Contracts, Citing “Damning Reporting From ProPublica”
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The senators are calling for a federal watchdog to investigate the Trump administration’s killing of hundreds of VA contracts. Among their concerns: ProPublica revealed DOGE used artificial intelligence to mark contracts as “munchable.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DOGE #Veterans #AI #Health #Government #Technology

2025-05-30 14:00:50 UTC

Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.
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In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power to partisan legislatures.
https://www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #GOP #Republican #Law #Democracy #USPolitics #Abortion #Labor

2025-05-29 02:09:10 UTC

Illinois legislators just passed a law to explicitly prevent police from ticketing and fining students for minor misbehavior — such as littering, swearing or vaping — at school.
The legislation comes three years after a ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation into the practice.
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-bans-police-ticketing-students-school-price-kids-pay?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Illinois #Education #Police #Students #School

2025-05-23 19:50:40 UTC

The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy
The #Trump administration is using the claim that #immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process.
A faction of the far right has been building this case for years.
#Immigration #News #Law #HumanRights #government
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-immigration-invasion-rhetoric-courts

2025-04-22 13:00:55 UTC

Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion
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The administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. “It could be corruption, but it could just as easily be incompetence,” one lobbyist said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-tariffs-exemptions-pet-lobbyists-asbestos-confusion-secrecy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Tariffs #Economy #USPolitics #Business #Industry

2025-04-21 13:02:15 UTC

When a firefighter dies, a small team of federal health workers helps pinpoint what went wrong and identify how to avoid similar accidents in the future.
Trump laid off nearly all of them.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cuts-firefighter-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Fire #Trump #DOGE #Musk #Deaths #Health #HHS

2025-04-11 12:00:00 UTC

“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline
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While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s slashing of public health infrastructure.
https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #PublicHealth #Measles #WhoopingCough #Vaccines #Disease #Health #RFKJr #Trump

2025-03-29 16:00:03 UTC

ICE officers arrested 54-year-old Julio Noriega and moved him into a van before he could explain himself, he said. He spent several hours in an ICE processing center before officers checked his wallet and realized he is a U.S. citizen.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-warrantless-arrests-chicago-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Chicago #ICE #Immigration #Immigrants #Migrants #Trump

2025-03-28 14:17:44 UTC

Money is pouring into Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election so fast that political observers now believe it is likely to reach $100 million by Tuesday, election day.
Already, it has become the costliest judicial race in U.S. history.
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-race-most-expensive-us-history-elon-musk?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Wisconsin #SupremeCourt #Election #ElonMusk #Billionaires #Musk

2025-03-17 14:00:06 UTC

An effort to call a convention to amend the Constitution is focused on the national debt but could open the door to other changes — including making it legal for Trump to run for a third term.
https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Congress #USPolitics #Government #Law #History

2025-03-03 22:12:08 UTC

One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated.
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-rubio-usaid-musk-death-toll-malaria-polio-tuberculosis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #USAID #PublicHealth #Trump #DOGE #Aid #Disease #Health #USPolitics

2025-02-27 20:54:06 UTC

Current and former federal workers: We’re here in D.C. sending out our signal 🚨
Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
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2025-02-12 14:30:04 UTC

What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing
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Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/zolgensma-sma-novartis-drug-prices-gene-therapy-avexis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #Healthcare #Medicine #Genetics #Biotech #Science

2025-02-12 13:00:35 UTC

The bill’s introduction follows WPLN and ProPublica reporting that found the state’s lax gun laws and enforcement allow firearms to remain in the hands of abusers, some of whom have gone on to shoot and harm or kill their victims.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Tennessee #Guns #DomesticViolence #Abuse

2025-02-06 22:48:01 UTC

President Donald Trump has given Elon Musk sweeping authority to overhaul the U.S. government bureaucracy and its operations around the globe.
ProPublica confirmed the identities and roles of more than 20 key people affiliated with Musk.
https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Musk #ElonMusk #DOGE #Government #USPolitics

2024-12-04 12:00:09 UTC

Our T-shirt thank-you gifts were so popular yesterday that we’re offering them for a few more hours. Make a donation of $60 or more to get yours: https://propub.li/4fPpxH4
Thank you for supporting nonprofit journalism in the public interest!
#Journalism #GivingTuesday #Donate #Support #Nonprofit #Media #Press
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2024-10-23 18:07:43 UTC

“Not Medically Necessary”: Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest #Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Care
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When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to #EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for #care recommended by #doctors for their #patients.
https://www.propublica.org/article/evicore-health-insurance-denials-cigna-unitedhealthcare-aetna-prior-authorizations
#News #Insurance #Algorithm #AI #Healthcare

2024-05-24 16:08:17 UTC

9 things you need to know about the inside story of how 3M allowed PFOS to seep into all of us while sitting on research that showed the chemical is toxic.
#News #ForeverChemicals #Safety #3M #EPA #PFAS #PFOS
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-3m-pfos-forever-chemicals-investigation

2024-03-12 13:50:43 UTC

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Read our previous report on one woman in NY's guardianship program who lived in squalor while her guardian was paid $450/month from her bank account:
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-one-woman-endured-decade-neglect-new-york-guardianship

2024-03-12 13:49:04 UTC

#NewYork Trusted This Company to Care for the #Sick and #Elderly. Instead, It Left People Confused and Alone.
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Unchanged diapers. Fees collected for care never given. New York Guardianship Services is often tasked with caring for the "unbefriended," but records show more than a dozen cases where it failed to meet the needs of the most vulnerable.
#Health #HealthCare #NYC #NY #News #Law #Crime
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-guardianship-services-care-sick-elderly-confused-alone?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-11-15 11:54:13 UTC

#Insurance Executives Refused to Pay for the #Cancer Treatment That Could Have Saved Him.
This Is How They Did It.
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A #Michigan law requires coverage of cancer drugs. One insurer came up with a “defensible” way to avoid paying for treatments that offered Forrest VanPatten his last chance for survival.
“We crossed the line,” says a former executive.
#Health #HealthCare #Patients #Doctors #HealthInsurance
https://www.propublica.org/article/priority-health-michigan-cart-insurance-vanpatten-denials?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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2023-09-22 16:50:47 UTC

Biden Administration Commits $200 Million to Help Reintroduce #Salmon in Columbia River
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Dams had blocked salmon’s passage, driving them toward extinction and violating tribal fishing rights. The money will fully fund #Native tribes’ plans to bring fish back to the region.
#Oregon #Fishing #Fish #NativeAmerican
https://www.propublica.org/article/biden-administration-commits-200-million-reintroduce-columbia-river-salmon?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-09-15 13:50:26 UTC

Concerned About Your OB-GYN Visit? A Guide to What Should Happen — and What Shouldn’t.
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As we’ve reported on sexual misconduct by OB-GYNs, many women told us they didn’t know what was normal. With the help of providers, patients and experts, we created this guide.
https://www.propublica.org/article/concerned-about-obgyn-visit-heres-what-should-happen?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-09-14 12:49:49 UTC

“Where Is There to Go?”
He Needs Gender-Affirming Surgery, but His State Is Fighting to Deny Coverage.
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A #NorthCarolina policy that denies state employees coverage for gender-affirming care has been on hold pending appeal.
For one #transgender worker still awaiting surgery, the anxiety is “like somebody has got their hands around my neck.”
#Insurance #Lawsuits #Courts #CivilRights #HumanRights #HealthCare #Hospitals #Patients #Doctors #LGBTQ #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-gender-affirming-care-coverage-federal-appeal?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-08-19 10:27:16 UTC

Both Parents Agree: The Child Is Being Harmed. Which One Will the Court Believe?
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A child said he was being sexually and physically abused by his father.
The father alleged the mother was brainwashing the child against him.
One reporter dug into years of case files to understand how courts decided to interpret the facts.
(CW: Contains detailed allegations of physical & sexual abuse of a child and descriptions of injuries that may have been caused by child abuse.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/both-parents-agree-child-is-being-harmed-who-will-courts-believe?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-08-10 09:58:54 UTC

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This is the latest entry in our Friends of the Court series. Catch up here:
https://www.propublica.org/series/supreme-court-scotus

2023-08-10 09:58:14 UTC

Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the #SupremeCourt Justice to Luxury Travel
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The fullest accounting yet shows how Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.
#SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-other-billionaires-sokol-huizenga-novelly-supreme-court?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-08-09 11:14:24 UTC

Unstoppable: This Doctor Has Been Investigated at Every Level of Government.
How Is He Still Practicing?
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Medical boards, a health department and even federal investigators have scrutinized Dr. James McGuckin’s vascular clinics.
Today he still practices, despite a decade-long string of sanctions, fines and lawsuits.
#Health #HealthCare #Doctors #Hospitals #Patients #Insurance #Medicare #DOJ #Pennsylvania #News #McGuckin
https://www.propublica.org/article/pennsylvania-doctor-investigated-at-every-level-why-is-he-still-practicing?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-08-08 11:36:08 UTC

How Social Media Apps Could Be Fueling Homicides Among Young Americans
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As shooting rates among the young remain stratospheric, evidence suggests social media is serving as an accelerant to violence.
Taunts that once could be forgotten now live on before large audiences, prompting people to take action.
https://www.propublica.org/article/social-media-violence-young-americans

2023-08-07 13:02:28 UTC

Bullied By Her Own Party, a #Wisconsin Election Official's #GOP Roots Mean Nothing in Volatile New Climate
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In the face of repeated calls to back Donald Trump's bogus claims that the 2020 #election was stolen, Marge Bostelmann of the Wisconsin #Elections Commission remains resolute: “I’m a #Republican who stands up for the truth and not for a lie.”
#Voting #Trump #Midwest #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-elections-commission-marge-bostelmann-republicans?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2023-08-05 22:33:40 UTC

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This is the latest entry in our ongoing Repatriation Project.
Catch up here:
https://www.propublica.org/series/the-repatriation-project

2023-08-05 22:32:48 UTC

A New #Illinois Law Shifts #Repatriation and Reburial Power to #Tribal Nations
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For the first time, tribal nations forcibly removed from Illinois will have final say in how and when the remains of their ancestors will be returned to them.
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-law-gives-tribal-nations-repatriation-reburial-power?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post