On Friday, Sept. 27, at noon Eastern, the Fund for Investigative Journalism will host a free webinar with the investigative journalists behind two award-winning investigations that exposed abuses in government programs meant to help people who are incapacitated. Reporters from WLRN in South Florida and the Maine Monitor will share how they investigated guardianship and conservatorship programs – and how ...
California sharply cut back its enforcement of outdoor heat-protection laws as extreme heat intensified in recent years, endangering farmworkers and others who toil in scorching temperatures, according to an investigation by Robert J. Lopez, with support from the Fund. The report, co-published in the Los Angeles Times and Capital & Main, found that on-site safety inspections by Cal/OSHA dropped by ...