Can replacing Illinois’ toxic lead pipes lead to a workforce boon?

Illinois is in the midst of a public health crisis. Nearly 1.5 million service lines — the pipes that carry drinking water to homes and businesses — contain or are suspected to contain lead, a neurotoxin linked to cognitive, reproductive, and cardiovascular problems.

Can America’s Wolves Survive an Onslaught of Political Attacks?

Gray wolves made an uneasy comeback in the Northern Rockies and are struggling to return to the Southwest. But legislation now working its way through Congress is being spurred by misinformation and myth, rather than science, and threatens to end wolf recovery in the U. S.

Nominee for Ambassador to Hungary Co-Owns a Nursing Home That’s Suing the Trump Administration Over Medicare Payments

A month after Benjamin Landa’s nomination, the Health and Human Services inspector general said a nursing home Landa co-owns received at least $31.2 million in Medicare overpayments. Now the facility is suing to stop collection.

Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U. S. Citizen Kids

A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U. S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

ProPublica Adds Ownership Search to Nursing Home Inspect Database

Our database helps you find issues that inspectors identified in more than 14,000 U. S. nursing homes. Now you can search by owner, manager or officer name.

Democrats Might Save Mike Johnson’s Push to Give Trump Domestic Spying Power

Some Democrats are crossing party lines to renew domestic spying via Section 702 of FISA. One opponent says, “What could go wrong with that? ”

The Vulnerability of Trump’s Personality Cult

Trump’s personality cult follows a well-worn historical playbook — but his pathological narcissism ensures he cannot deploy it effectively.

This $400B Biden climate program is surviving the Trump administration

Trump’s Energy Secretary says he's canceled billions of dollars in clean energy loans. A Biden official says the number is “fake. ”