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Grantee uncovers chemical company’s ongoing effort to avoid accountability for toxic hazards in Tennessee

Journalist Ashli Blow has spent three years investigating Velsicol Chemical’s toxic legacy in Memphis for the Tennessee Lookout. The investigation ...

Grantee uncovers high rate of evictions from public housing in Maine

Bangor Daily News reporter Sawyer Loftus has partnered with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network since July to investigate evictions in Maine. ...

Fund for Investigative Journalism Supports 43 New Investigative Projects

WASHINGTON, DC; November 21, 2024 – The Fund for Investigative Journalism today announced that it is providing grants and other ...

Grantee uncovers poor follow-through for program that was supposed to compensate people who were sterilized in prison

A state program to compensate people who were sterilized in California prisons has rejected most applications for compensation, according to ...

California Governor vetoes farmworker heat safety bill after grantee reports that state cut back on enforcement; legislators plan renewed push for reform

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently vetoed a bill intended to protect farmworkers when employers violate state outdoor heat-safety law, Robert ...

Grantees uncover secret system that covers up police misconduct – and ensures problematic officers can get hired again

For decades, police agencies in California have hidden evidence that officers engaged in misconduct and criminality – even paying the ...

Grantee reveals that Rhode Island school district failed to report cyberattack of children’s private information

Rhode Island’s largest school district failed to tell students and parents that their private information was obtained by cyberhackers and ...

Grantee investigation shows poor oversight of homeless shelters in California, sparking action from state officials

Local governments across California are ignoring a state law that was supposed to add oversight to crowded homeless shelters after ...

Puerto Rico has failed to create a registry of people vulnerable during power blackouts; grantee reporting sparks reform

Seven years after the devastation of Hurricane Maria – and with continued blackouts caused by storms and spotty coverage – ...

Grantee investigation finds 100+ Chicago police officers who should have been flagged for dishonest conduct but weren’t

Chicago police officers who knowingly lie or conceal evidence in criminal cases are supposed to be put on a list ...