Comeback for 'legalized money laundering' in party politics?
In 2003, Sen. John McCain declared the federal government’s ban on “soft money” — the unlimited cash donors showered on national political parties — a “victory for the people of America and...
View ArticleCampaign Legal Center requests investigation of Steve Bannon
A leading government ethics group on Friday requested that the White House, Department of Justice and Office of Government Ethics investigate presidential strategist Stephen K. Bannon for using a...
View ArticleFCC packs broadband advisory group with big telecom firms, trade groups
When the Federal Communications Commission went looking this year for experts to sit on an advisory committee regarding deployment of high-speed internet, Gary Carter thought he would be a logical...
View Article1 in 5 Americans drank potentially unsafe water during past decade
This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.WOLFFORTH, Texas – As many as 63 million people – nearly a fifth of...
View ArticleMillions consumed potentially unsafe water in the past 10 years
This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.WOLFFORTH, Texas – As many as 63 million people – nearly a fifth of...
View ArticleSchools fail lead tests while many states don’t require testing at all
This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.WASHINGTON, D.C. – When Ceon Dubose Palmore got thirsty at school,...
View ArticleFarming activity contaminates water despite best practices
This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.CASCO, Wis. – Lynda Cochart did not realize her water was...
View ArticleCenter wins major award from Society of Environmental Journalists
A Center for Public Integrity series detailing battles nationwide over air pollution, climate change and enforcement of environmental laws has garnered a major award from the Society of Environmental...
View ArticleIndustrial waste pollutes America’s drinking water
This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.PHOENIX – In Ringwood, New Jersey, Ford Motor Co. dumped more than...
View ArticleMilitary bases' contamination will affect water for generations
This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.VICTORVILLE, CA - Once a fighter jet training base critical to the...
View ArticleNatural gas building boom fuels climate worries, enrages landowners
They landed, one after another, in 2015: plans for nearly a dozen interstate pipelines to move natural gas beneath rivers, mountains and people’s yards. Like spokes on a wheel, they’d spread from...
View ArticleMilitary bases' contamination will affect water for generations
This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.VICTORVILLE, CA - Once a fighter jet training base critical to the...
View ArticleCrumbling pipes, tainted water plague black communities
CAMPTI, La. – Deep in the winding mass of crumbling back streets in Campti, Leroy Hayes sets a glass of water from his faucet in a patch of sunlight on the railing of his porch and watches specks of...
View ArticleFleecing America’s builders
Like many buildings of its vintage, the century-old headquarters of the United States General Services Administration was once lined with asbestos.The hazardous mineral, used for fireproofing, filled...
View ArticleFraud and billing mistakes cost Medicare — and taxpayers — tens of billions...
Federal health officials made more than $16 billion in improper payments to private Medicare Advantage health plans last year and need to crack down on billing errors by the insurers, a top...
View ArticleSteve Bannon has a shadow press office. It may violate federal law.
In an arrangement prominent ethics experts say is without precedent and potentially illegal, the White House is referring questions for senior presidential adviser Stephen K. Bannon to an outside...
View ArticleCrumbling pipes, tainted water plague black communities
This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.CAMPTI, La. – Deep in the winding mass of crumbling back streets in...
View ArticleFleecing America’s builders
Like many buildings of its vintage, the century-old headquarters of the United States General Services Administration was once lined with asbestos.The hazardous mineral, used for fireproofing, filled...
View ArticleColonias on the border struggle with decades-old water issues
This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program.YUMA, Ariz. – Nestor Alaniz didn’t get a permit to build a well in...
View ArticleRevealed: Trump administration members' personal finances
This summer, the Center for Public Integrity and Reveal joined forces with hundreds of "citizen sleuths" to investigate the personal assets, liabilities, business ties and potential conflicts of...
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