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Court case pushed by think tank could leave uninsured out in the cold
At least four million Americans will rejoin the ranks of the uninsured—and consequently lose access to affordable health care—if the Supreme Court sides with opponents of Obamacare in a case that...
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Governors and oil industry work hand in hand in offshore drilling group
It was a brisk February morning, and the governors of Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia and North Carolina were seated around a ring of tables draped with pleated beige fabric in the ornate Nest Room of...
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Pro-McConnell nonprofit hit with IRS complaint
Watchdog organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition, a conservative nonprofit that spent...
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Election ads were about issues, says 'Carolina Rising' chief
In the bitterly contested race for the U.S. Senate contest in North Carolina, a mysterious “dark money” nonprofit took to the airwaves in an effort to tip the balance in favor of the Republican...
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Exploding the myths about American health care
I don’t agree with Romney and Obama health care advisor Jonathan Gruber that Americans are stupid, but there is abundant evidence that we’re incredibly gullible. And we’re paying a big price for it....
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Peter Bale named new head of the Center for Public Integrity
Peter Bale, former Vice President and General Manager of Digital operations at CNN International, has been named Chief Executive Officer at the Center for Public Integrity, the global nonprofit...
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GOP shelves FEC complaint against Van Hollen
A Republican Party plan to formally accuse Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., of illegally accepting pro bono legal services has fizzled, the Center for Public Integrity has learned.A Republican party...
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Mary Landrieu abandoned on airwaves
At least on the television airwaves, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is facing what's perhaps the end of her political career alone.The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, super PACs and nonprofit...
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Benzene and worker cancers: 'An American tragedy'
Bloated and bed-ridden, his skin browned by blood transfusions, John Thompson succumbed to leukemia on November 11, 2009.A carpenter by trade, Thompson, then 70, had spent much of his life building...
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Internal documents reveal industry 'pattern of behavior' on toxic chemicals
Sixty-six years ago, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health wrote a report linking leukemia to benzene, a common solvent and an ingredient in gasoline. “It is generally considered,” he...
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A dozen dirty documents
The Center for Public Integrity, along with researchers from Columbia University and the City University of New York, on Thursday posted some 20,000 pages of internal oil and chemical industry...
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Don't wait 'til last minute to enroll in Obamacare
Attention shoppers: After today, for those whose employers don’t offer health insurance, there will only be seven shopping days left for coverage that starts on January 1, 2015.December 15 is the last...
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New battlefront for petrochemical industry: benzene and childhood leukemia
ATHENS, Georgia — It was December 29, 1998, six years after Jill McElheney and her family had moved next to a cluster of 12 petroleum storage tanks. Jill was escorting her son Jarrett, then 4, to the...
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Scientist with deep industry ties being considered for key EPA job
A scientist with deep ties to the chemical industry is one of two finalists to lead the office at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that determines which chemicals can make people sick, and in...
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Fired: Texas regulators say they tried to enforce rules, lost jobs
PEARSALL, Texas — During their careers as oil and gas inspectors for the Texas Railroad Commission, Fred Wright and Morris Kocurek earned merit raises, promotions and praise from their supervisors.They...
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Luxembourg tax deals for Disney, Koch brothers empires revealed
A new leak of confidential documents expands the list of big companies seeking secret tax deals in Luxembourg, exposing tax-saving maneuvers by American entertainment icon The Walt Disney Co.,...
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Senate report says CIA repeatedly misled policymakers about interrogation...
Six months after the Central Intelligence Agency first captured a suspected high-level al-Qaida figure in early 2002, it opened a potential can of worms by briefing several Senators about new policies...
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Plant expansions fueled by shale gas boom to boost greenhouse gas, toxic air...
WESTLAKE, La. — Stacey Ryan already knows where he’ll be buried. It will be in Perkins Cemetery, the same place his mother and father were laid to rest after dying from cancer. It’s where his aunts,...
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Koch-linked operative mum on mystery millions
Three years ago, the Center to Protect Patient Rights — a nonprofit grant-making organization fueled by the political fundraising network of conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch — made a...
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Building a tax fairyland in Luxembourg in five not-so-easy steps
The Walt Disney Co., in 2009, moved a bit of its magic kingdom into the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.In a 34-step restructuring of its foreign operations, the parent company of Mickey Mouse and Cinderella...
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