<p>North Carolina Supreme Court Blocked Certification of a Justice’s Win. Activists Fear It’s “Dangerous for Democracy.”<br>—</p><p>The move gives the court time to consider a challenge by Republican Jefferson Griffin, who has cited debunked legal theories in his previous failed attempts to block Justice Allison Riggs’ reelection.</p><p><a href="https://propub.li/3WbuVMy" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3WbuVMy</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a></p>
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<p>Join the Texas Observer in conversation with author Jessica Pishko on February 5th for this FREE event at Alienated Majesty Books.</p><p>We'll discuss Pishko's provocative and important book about the dangers posed by extremist sheriffs in the United States. </p><p>RSVP: <a href="https://buff.ly/4gzkA5r" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>buff.ly/4gzkA5r</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/events/" rel="tag">#events</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/austin/" rel="tag">#Austin</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#extremism</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a></p>
<p>From our magazine: Over 72 hours, Austin police reported more than 70 overdose calls. Records from Travis County, which includes most of Austin, and neighboring Williamson County indicate that as many as 12 may have died. The culprit: a bad batch of crack cocaine. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-war-on-drug-users-austin-overdose-disaster/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/texas-war-on-drug-users-austin-overdose-disaster/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/texas-wa</span><span class="invisible">r-on-drug-users-austin-overdose-disaster/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/warondrugs/" rel="tag">#WarOnDrugs</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#drugs</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/addiction/" rel="tag">#addiction</a></p>
<p>Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.<br>—</p><p>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.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/red</span><span class="invisible">-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/republican/" rel="tag">#Republican</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a></p>
<p>New York Attorney General Launches Investigation of Guardianship Providers<br>—</p><p>Investigators for the state’s top law enforcement official have begun probing the practices of several organizations that serve as guardians to hundreds of New York’s most vulnerable residents. The inquiry follows a ProPublica investigation.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-guardianship-investigation-letitia-james-nygs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/new-york-guardianship-investigation-letitia-james-nygs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/new</span><span class="invisible">-york-guardianship-investigation-letitia-james-nygs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/newyork/" rel="tag">#NewYork</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/care/" rel="tag">#Care</a> <a href="/tags/guardian/" rel="tag">#Guardian</a> <a href="/tags/elderly/" rel="tag">#Elderly</a></p>
<p>For years, a Connecticut towing company sold cars at a deep discount to a firm owned by a longtime DMV employee, Dominik Stefanski.</p><p>In one case, he bought a Cadillac for $1,000 and sold it for $17,500.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-dmv-fires-employee-who-made-thousands-selling-towed-cars?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-dmv-fires-employee-who-made-thousands-selling-towed-cars?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/con</span><span class="invisible">necticut-dmv-fires-employee-who-made-thousands-selling-towed-cars?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/connecticut/" rel="tag">#Connecticut</a> <a href="/tags/cars/" rel="tag">#Cars</a> <a href="/tags/dmv/" rel="tag">#DMV</a> <a href="/tags/towing/" rel="tag">#Towing</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame.<br>—</p><p>The mother of Ravi Coutinho, the subject of a recent ProPublica investigation, is suing Centene for publishing “misleading” information that gave her son a false impression about the kinds of mental health care that were actually available.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/centene-ghost-network-lawsuit-ambetter-ravi-coutinho?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/centene-ghost-network-lawsuit-ambetter-ravi-coutinho?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cen</span><span class="invisible">tene-ghost-network-lawsuit-ambetter-ravi-coutinho?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/therapy/" rel="tag">#Therapy</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#Insurance</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>
<p>A 2023 investigation by WPLN News and ProPublica found that Richard L. Bean was illegally locking kids up alone in cells.</p><p>A new scandal has forced his resignation.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/richard-l-bean-steps-down-detention-center-tennessee?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/richard-l-bean-steps-down-detention-center-tennessee?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ric</span><span class="invisible">hard-l-bean-steps-down-detention-center-tennessee?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/detention/" rel="tag">#Detention</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Defending Texas sovereignty has been central to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s political identity.</p><p>Yet he has helped President Donald Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing and deploying the National Guard.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/greg-abbott-donald-trump-presidential-power-state-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/greg-abbott-donald-trump-presidential-power-state-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gre</span><span class="invisible">g-abbott-donald-trump-presidential-power-state-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/gregabbott/" rel="tag">#GregAbbott</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Two Families Sue After 11-Year-Old and 13-Year-Old Students Were Arrested Under Tennessee’s School Threat Law<br>—</p><p>The lawsuits, filed in federal court this month, argue East Tennessee school officials violated students’ rights by calling the police on them under Tennessee’s threats of mass violence law.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a></p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-law-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-law-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ten</span><span class="invisible">nessee-school-threats-law-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p>
<p>Mass. Governor Proposes Eliminating Statute of Limitations for Rape When DNA Evidence Exists<br>---</p><p>A WBUR-ProPublica investigation found that no DNA match, testimony or even confession could allow a rape to be prosecuted after the state’s 15-year deadline. The governor aims to “help survivors who have had to wait far too long for justice.” <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-rape-statute-of-limitations-dna-healey-proposal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-rape-statute-of-limitations-dna-healey-proposal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mas</span><span class="invisible">sachusetts-rape-statute-of-limitations-dna-healey-proposal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/massachusetts/" rel="tag">#Massachusetts</a> <a href="/tags/rape/" rel="tag">#Rape</a> <a href="/tags/assault/" rel="tag">#Assault</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/dna/" rel="tag">#DNA</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a></p>
<p>State Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed. Years Earlier, That’s How He Voted.<br>—</p><p>Republican Jefferson Griffin is trying to overturn his election loss by asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to toss 5,500 military and overseas absentee ballots. He used the same method to vote in 2019 and 2020.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-griffin-military-absentee-votes-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-griffin-military-absentee-votes-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jef</span><span class="invisible">ferson-griffin-military-absentee-votes-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/election2024/" rel="tag">#Election2024</a></p>
<p>Lawmakers in at least seven states are filing more than a dozen bills to expand abortion access.</p><p>Some were introduced in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/state-lawmakers-seek-expanded-access-to-abortion-care?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/state-lawmakers-seek-expanded-access-to-abortion-care?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sta</span><span class="invisible">te-lawmakers-seek-expanded-access-to-abortion-care?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a></p>
<p>Hours after ProPublica reported on how a federal probe of a drugs-for-votes scheme in Puerto Rico's prisons got quashed after the 2024 elections, some of the territory’s political leaders made public calls for investigations into the allegations.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/puerto-rico-trump-drugs-votes-prisons-elections-jenniffer-gonzalez-colon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/puerto-rico-trump-drugs-votes-prisons-elections-jenniffer-gonzalez-colon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pue</span><span class="invisible">rto-rico-trump-drugs-votes-prisons-elections-jenniffer-gonzalez-colon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/puertorico/" rel="tag">#PuertoRico</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a></p>
<p>Investigators found that leaders of a prison gang in Puerto Rico were selling inmates drugs in exchange for voting for Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican.</p><p>After Trump’s election, prosecutors were told not to pursue charges.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-puerto-rico-election-fraud-prison-drugs-votes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-puerto-rico-election-fraud-prison-drugs-votes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-doj-puerto-rico-election-fraud-prison-drugs-votes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/puertorico/" rel="tag">#PuertoRico</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a></p>
<p>Insurers Failed to Comply With Mental Health Coverage Law, Department of Labor Report Finds<br>—</p><p>The probe found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how health plans and insurers cover mental health care, echoing the findings of a recent ProPublica investigation.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-labor-investigation-health-insurance-doctors-healthcare?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/department-labor-investigation-health-insurance-doctors-healthcare?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-labor-investigation-health-insurance-doctors-healthcare?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#Insurance</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Is a New Mississippi Law Decreasing Jailings of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment? The State Doesn’t Know.<br>—</p><p>Community mental health centers, counties and a state agency have reported vastly different numbers of people who spent time in jail while waiting to be treated for serious mental illness.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-law-mental-health-jailings-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-law-mental-health-jailings-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mis</span><span class="invisible">sissippi-law-mental-health-jailings-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/mississippi/" rel="tag">#Mississippi</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a></p>
<p>More than two years after ProPublica sued the Navy, the Department of Defense is mandating public notice of military preliminary hearings.</p><p>Legal experts say the new guidance still falls far short of what is required under federal law.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/military-courts-access-navy-propublica-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/military-courts-access-navy-propublica-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mil</span><span class="invisible">itary-courts-access-navy-propublica-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/dod/" rel="tag">#DOD</a> <a href="/tags/navy/" rel="tag">#Navy</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#Military</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Texas’ understaffed agricultural, restaurant and elder care sectors rely on workers who are undocumented.</p><p>“If you got serious about applying [E-Verify], you would create even worse problems” with labor shortages, said a former GOP state lawmaker. </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-e-verify-requirements-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-e-verify-requirements-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-e-verify-requirements-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/drunkrapist/" rel="tag">#DrunkRapist</a> <a href="/tags/petehegseth/" rel="tag">#PeteHegseth</a> readies *actions* against <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> “foe” Retired General & former chairman of the <a href="/tags/jointchiefsofstaff/" rel="tag">#JointChiefsOfStaff</a> <a href="/tags/markmilley/" rel="tag">#MarkMilley</a><br>
The retired general, a frequent target of <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, will lose his <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> detail & face an <a href="/tags/inspectorgeneral/" rel="tag">#InspectorGeneral</a> [apparently there’s one left] investigation, said a senior <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#defense</a> official.</p><p><a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> <a href="/tags/jcs/" rel="tag">#jcs</a> <a href="/tags/honor/" rel="tag">#honor</a> <a href="/tags/integrity/" rel="tag">#integrity</a> <a href="/tags/ig/" rel="tag">#IG</a> <a href="/tags/revengepolitics/" rel="tag">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/28/mark-milley-hegseth-trump/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/28/mark-milley-hegseth-trump/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/nationa</span><span class="invisible">l-security/2025/01/28/mark-milley-hegseth-trump/</span></a></p>
<p>ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that DHS rushed a revamped tool to check voters’ citizenship into use while it was still adding data.</p><p>As a result, the tool has made persistent mistakes, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sav</span><span class="invisible">e-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Texas Lawmakers Pull Funding for Child Identification Kits Again After Newsrooms Report They Don’t Work<br>—</p><p>For the second legislative session, lawmakers have withdrawn funding for a company selling kits that promise to help find missing kids after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reported there’s no evidence to support that claim.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-child-id-kits-funding-pulled?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-child-id-kits-funding-pulled?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-child-id-kits-funding-pulled?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/budget/" rel="tag">#Budget</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#Policy</a></p>
<p>The Department of Justice and Texas software-maker RealPage announced this week that they have reached a settlement in a case involving price-fixing allegations in some of the nation’s largest rental markets.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-realpage-settlement-rental-price-fixing-case?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/doj-realpage-settlement-rental-price-fixing-case?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/doj</span><span class="invisible">-realpage-settlement-rental-price-fixing-case?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/rent/" rel="tag">#Rent</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/antitrust/" rel="tag">#Antitrust</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/software/" rel="tag">#Software</a></p>
<p>Three Months After Missouri Voted to Make Abortion Legal, Access Is Still Being Blocked<br>—</p><p>Reproductive rights are now enshrined in the state constitution, but Missouri’s main abortion provider is fighting legal hurdles to resume offering the procedure. Meanwhile, anti-abortion lawmakers strategize to prevent a return of abortion services.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-abortion-ban-amendment-planned-parenthood-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/missouri-abortion-ban-amendment-planned-parenthood-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mis</span><span class="invisible">souri-abortion-ban-amendment-planned-parenthood-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>This one’s just plain <a href="/tags/weird/" rel="tag">#weird</a></p><p>The day after <a href="/tags/seanduffy/" rel="tag">#SeanDuffy</a> was confirmed as <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s transportation secretary, he signed a memo dictating how federal <a href="/tags/transportation/" rel="tag">#transportation</a> funds should be allocated.</p><p>The list of new criteria included one directive that stood out: All of the department’s grant & loan programs should prioritize projects in “communities with marriage & birthrates higher than the national average,” to the extent allowed by <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a>.</p><p>[a buses for pregnant women policy?]<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/politics/trump-transportation-birth-rates.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/politics/trump-transportation-birth-rates.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-transportation-birth-rates.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>