A California regulator’s curious crusade to remake the Clean Air Act
FRESNO, Calif. – The 250-mile-long San Joaquin Valley is an economic powerhouse, producing everything from crude oil to grapes, cotton to pistachios.It’s also a pollution-trapping bowl, bounded on...
View ArticleTrump seeks to spend more on nuclear weapons but buys little added capability
President Trump’s proposed budget for 2018 aims to pump an extra $589 million into building nuclear bombs. What will he get for that sum? Pretty much the same results that President Obama expected a...
View ArticleTrump country trade-off: Tariffs could trigger U.S. job losses
DALTON, GA. — Beneath the “Buy American” roadside signs here, a globalist heart beats in this mostly rural corner of Northwest Georgia.In the late 1980s, factories began eagerly hiring Mexican...
View ArticleAmerica's biggest greenhouse-gas polluter, and the place that relies on it
Editor's note: This story was produced in collaboration with weather.com.QUINTON, Alabama — Up close, the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the United States isn’t as big as you’d expect it to be....
View ArticleDatabase of Trump administration officials' personal finances grows
The Center for Public Integrity today added more than 100 new Trump administration officials’ financial disclosures to a searchable, sortable database first launched in April.The database allows anyone...
View ArticleSupreme Court a millionaire's club
Members of the nation’s highest court are as wealthy as ever.At least six — and possibly all nine — Supreme Court justices are millionaires, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of new...
View ArticleComcast shareholders reject lobby disclosure resolution for the fourth...
Comcast Corp. shareholders have for the fourth time rejected a proposal that would require the cable giant to report how much money it spends lobbying state legislatures and local governments.The...
View ArticleCommentary: Mexico must protect its journalists!
In Mexico, it's been called a "crisis of freedom of expression.”That’s a modest assessment. For Mexican journalists, this crisis can mean death for those who investigate one of the country’s biggest...
View ArticleCenter for Public Integrity wins seven Dateline Awards
The Society of Professional Journalists’ Washington, D.C., chapter on Tuesday awarded the Center for Public Integrity seven 2016 Dateline Awards in its online journalism category — more than any other...
View ArticleVermont creates first-ever ethics commission in wake of Center stories
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has signed legislation creating the Green Mountain State’s first-ever ethics commission — a direct response to low grades from the Center for Public Integrity’s State Integrity...
View ArticleOil’s pipeline to America’s schools
Jie Jenny Zouhttps://www.publicintegrity.org/authors/jie-jenny-zouhttps://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/06/15/20914/oil-s-pipeline-america-s-schools
View ArticleCenter for Public Integrity sues Federal Election Commission
For the third time in two years, the Center for Public Integrity has sued the Federal Election Commission— an agency that touts“transparency” in its mission statement — for refusing to release...
View ArticleA near-disaster at a federal nuclear weapons laboratory takes a hidden toll...
Patrick Malonehttps://www.publicintegrity.org/authors/patrick-malonehttps://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/06/18/20854/near-disaster-federal-nuclear-weapons-laboratory-takes-hidden-toll-america-s
View ArticleCenter for Public Integrity hires three political reporters
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Center for Public Integrity has hired three journalists to bolster its investigations into the Trump administration, big-money politics and secretive political influence...
View ArticleSafety problems at a Los Alamos laboratory delay U.S. nuclear warhead testing...
R. Jeffrey Smithhttps://www.publicintegrity.org/authors/r-jeffrey-smithPatrick...
View ArticleGeorgia’s special congressional election proves all politics aren’t local
Georgia’s 6th congressional district is absorbing an abnormal amount of out-of-town cash — and it’s not because of its music scene or southern hospitality.Since the start of Georgia’s special election...
View ArticleTrump appointee is a Saudi government lobbyist
One of President Donald Trump’s newest appointees is a registered agent of Saudi Arabia earning hundreds of thousands of dollars to lobby on the kingdom’s behalf, according to U.S. Department of...
View ArticleJack Abramoff is back — as a registered lobbyist
Felonious former lobbyist JackAbramoff is officially a lobbyist again.Or, at least, Abramoff was for several months during late 2016 and early 2017, as he attempted to schedule a meeting between Donald...
View ArticleLight penalties and lax oversight encourage weak safety culture at nuclear...
Peter Caryhttps://www.publicintegrity.org/authors/peter-caryPatrick Malonehttps://www.publicintegrity.org/authors/patrick-maloneR. Jeffrey...
View ArticleCenter for Public Integrity wins national reporting prize for opioid series
A Center for Public Integrity collaboration with The Associated Press examining the politics behind epidemic levels of opioid abuse has won a National Press Club Award.The Politics of Pain series was...
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