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After years of effort, Illinois finds traction in meeting needs of mentally...
Early in 2000, after a groundbreaking study revealed epidemic levels of mental illness among detained youth in Cook County — plus a severe lack of counseling and treatment — the Illinois Department of...
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Report details lives ruined for children put on sex-offender registries
Put on a sex registry for the offense of public nudity as a minor. Harassed by neighbors out of a home and banned from a homeless shelter because of an offense committed at age 15.The New York-based...
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Environmentalists boost ally in Massachusetts special election
Environmentalists invested heavily in Rep. Ed Markey — a champion of climate change issues and their preferred candidate in Massachusetts’ Democratic U.S. Senate special primary — who bested rival Rep....
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Gun lobby's money and power still holds sway over Congress
In the days leading up to last month’s crucial votes on the most significant gun control legislation to come before the Senate in nearly two decades, polls showed that about 90 percent of Americans...
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Mel Watt enjoys close ties to financial industries
Rep. Mel Watt has plenty of friends in the financial services industry: The North Carolina Democrat whom President Barack Obama has appointed to oversee mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie...
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All the presidents' debt
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich dubbed the national debt a "burden for our children for life."Ex-Rep. Dennis Kucinich vilified Republicans for adding, by his calculations, $4 trillion to it.Rep....
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'Retail exemption' shields some fertilizer facilities from stringent safety...
The Texas fertilizer plant that blew up on April 17, killing at least 15 people, appears to have been claiming an arcane exemption that allowed it to avoid targeted workplace inspections and safety...
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Mixed martial arts take fight to Capitol Hill
Once mired in blood and disrepute, professional mixed martial arts now ranks among the world’s fastest growing sports. And its advocates are likewise ramping up their activity in another combative...
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Florida enacts ethics and campaign finance package
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a package of reform bills Wednesday night, bringing final approval for the first major overhaul of the state’s ethics laws in more than three decades. The two bills give...
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Feds 'listen' for sounds of Medicare billing abuse
When news broke last September that some doctors and hospitals could be using electronic health records to overbill Medicare, top government officials swung into action.U.S. Health and Human Services...
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Government auditor challenges White House account of Afghanistan security
Since the United States first sent troops to Afghanistan in 2001, a signature goal of the war has been to increase the size of Afghan national security forces and give their members the skills to...
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EPA adds safeguards to spotlight conflicts on scientific panels
The Environmental Protection Agency announced new safeguards Friday to prevent conflicts of interest or bias from tainting its science, including efforts to assess the dangers of toxic chemicals.The...
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More impact from our watchdog work
Our brand of watchdog investigative journalism generates impact again and again, as demonstrated by the examples that come across my desk nearly every day at the Center for Public Integrity. Each...
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Need political cash? Use the force
Politicians aren't always the most grounded bunch. For Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., he's off in galaxy far, far away.That's not necessarily a knock, however, since the brainy, bespectacled freshman —...
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OPINION: health reform to be political fodder in 2014
Will the implementation of some of the most important provisions of ObamaCare this fall and next year result in the “train wreck” Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) predicted a few days...
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IMPACT: Georgia governor signs bills limiting gifts from lobbyists
Gov. Nathan Deal brought Georgia in line with nearly every other state in the nation Monday by signing into law the state’s first restrictions on lobbyists’ gifts to lawmakers. Deal’s action puts in...
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Colbert Busch backed by D.C.-based groups
Some support Republican Mark Sanford. Far more back Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch.But the political groups that have together poured $1.1 million — 85 percent benefiting Colbert Busch — into South...
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New sexual assault trouble in the Air Force
The chief of the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response branch was relieved of his duties after being arrested last weekend on charges of sexually assaulting a woman in a Virginia parking...
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Negative ad blitz can't stop Mark Sanford in S.C.
In a district much more Republican than average, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford tonight survived an onslaught from allies of Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of comedian Stephen...
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10 years after landmark study, progress and challenges remain for youth...
In 2010, the federal Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention released results from the first-ever nationally representative survey of youth confined in juvenile justice facilities. This...
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