Over the past four months, I documented the lives of five families whose sons had been imprisoned in El Salvador, including their long-awaited reunions.

This is how CECOT left a mark on my countrymen, their loved ones and Venezuela.
https://www.propublica.org/article/cecot-released-family-reunions-photos?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Trump #Immigration #Family #Photography #Photo #Venezuela #ElSalvador

“I hope that the people in North Dakota wake up and realize how much money should be in their pockets instead of industry’s pockets,” said Tom Huber, leader of West Virginia’s royalty owner association.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-mineral-rights-comparison?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#NorthDakota #Oil #Gas #Mineral #Energy #Law #Government

Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
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An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-vouchers-private-schools-conflicts-of-interest?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Education #Texas #School #Law #Ethics #Students #Teaching

America’s Largest Landlord to Stop Using RealPage Rent-Setting Software, Makes Deal With DOJ
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Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a way that could result in cartel-like behavior.

https://www.propublica.org/article/greystar-realpage-doj-settlement-landlords-apartments-software?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Rent #Housing #Algorithm #DOJ #Law

Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change.

Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fails to address the issue it was created to solve.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #NorthDakota #Oil #Gas #Energy #Government #Law

Trump’s War on Big Law Means It’s Harder to Challenge the Administration
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Some of America’s largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and police accountability.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-firms-accountability-environment-police-lgbtq?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Law #Trump #LGBTQ #Environment #CriminalJustice #Nonprofit

“You Feel Like You’re Being Cheated”: Oil Companies Unfairly Take Millions, North Dakota Mineral Owners Say
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Oil companies are holding back a large portion of revenue payments to the people they lease drilling rights from, often with little explanation. But the industry has an outsize influence in the state, and public officials have refused to take action.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-mineral-owner-royalty-deductions?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #NorthDakota #Oil #Gas #Law #Energy #USPolitics

The DOJ has halted lawsuits accusing Louisiana of keeping prisoners locked up long after they were meant to be released and South Carolina of institutionalizing thousands of mentally ill people — sometimes for decades — in violation of federal law.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-civil-rights-lawsuits-halted-louisiana-south-carolina?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Law #DOJ #CivilRights #Prison #Louisiana #SouthCarolina #MentalIllness #News

Appeals Court Overturns Murder and Kidnapping Conviction in Etan Patz Disappearance
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The judges’ decision echoed ProPublica’s reporting from 2013 that raised questions about the veracity and legality of suspect Pedro Hernandez’s confessions in one of the most famous missing child cases in U.S. history.
https://www.propublica.org/article/etan-patz-pedro-hernandez-conviction-overturned-murder-kidnapping?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Crime #TrueCrime #Law #Police

Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But ProPublica found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clients, including the Justice Department.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-tech-support-government-cybersecurity-china-doj-treasury?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Technology #Tech #Microsoft #Pentagon #Cybersecurity #Defense

Want to learn about the Supreme Court justices’ financial connections to companies and people?

We’ve updated our database with the latest filings from eight justices, detailing millions in book income, almost 40 trips and one gift:
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-2024-filings?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#SCOTUS #Law #Transparency #Data #Journalism #Research

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas.

One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #Law #KenPaxton #AttorneyGeneral

NEW: Despite being caught in a 2021 video ripping out Shantel Arnold’s hair, sheriff’s Deputy Julio Alvarado failed to report the incident.

A new law authored by Arnold’s attorney will mandate excessive-force reporting for all law enforcement agencies.

https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-police-shantel-arnold-law?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Louisiana #Law #Police #Accountability #Report

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?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #KerrCounty #Flood #Law #Emergency #Disaster

A ProPublica investigation revealed how a little-known Microsoft program could leave some of the U.S. government’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary.

Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escort-china-government-data-takeaways?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Tech #Technology #Microsoft #Cybersecurity #Cybercrime #Government

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?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #Floods #TexasFloods #History #Community

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE
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ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Data #Privacy #ICE #Deportation #Immigration #IRS #Tax #Trump

A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers
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The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack expertise to identify malicious code.

https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Tech #Cybersecurity #Technology #Microsoft #Government #Data

Our reporting revealed that Anchorage dropped more than 250 domestic violence assault cases and more than 270 drunken driving cases between May 1 and Oct. 2 last year.

Now, the city says it has hired a full staff of 12 “frontline” prosecutors who will take cases to trial.
https://www.propublica.org/article/anchorage-alaska-prosecutors-criminal-case-dismissals?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Alaska #Law #Crime #DomesticViolence #Assault

Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.
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Last month, Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump’s policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres. It did little to address the challenges of building affordable housing on public land.
https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-mike-lee-public-lands-sell-off?amp%3Butm_medium=social&amp%3Butm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Utah #Housing #PublicLands #Conservation #Law