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Monitoring prescription drugs in Maine: ten years later
Ten years after Maine's prescription drug monitoring program was first implemented, Jackie Farwell of the Bangor Daily News takes an in-depth look at the program. The program was launched to curb...
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FDA to regulate Lyme, other diagnostic tests now exempt from oversight
(Lauren Owens/NECIR) By: Beth Daley and Samantha Costanzo New England Center for Investigative Reporting The US Food and Drug Administration, responding to growing concerns that a host of diagnostic...
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FDA to regulate Lyme, other diagnostic tests
FDA oversight will be phased in over nine years, with the first batch of highest-risk tests subject to FDA review a year after the proposed rules are finalized. (Lauren Owens/NECIR) By: Beth Daley and...
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The prosecutor and the snitch: did Texas execute an innocent man?
Willingham home after the fire Photo courtesy of Texas state fire marshall's office and the Marshall Project. The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news...
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A desperate town hands over its DNA
11 years ago, a textile mill in Kannapolis, North Carolina shut down, leaving thousands without a job. The town survived, because of a Walmart and because an eccentric billionaire turned it into a...
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The Unforgotten: Working to identify immigrants in unmarked graves
Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe Maria Sacchetti of the Boston Globe writes about a group of students and professors along the U.S.-Mexico border working to identify the remains of immigrants...
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What happens to migrant children after the Border Patrol detains them?
The Center for Investigative Reporting has been extensively covering the movement of people through the U.S.-Mexico border for years. They've put together a FAQ to explain what happens to children...
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Successes and failures of the Affordable Care Act in Vermont
Photo by Morgan True/VTDigger The Vermont Digger checks in on how the Affordable Care Act is affecting Vermont. Although there are some frustrations with the process, there are some signs it has...
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False Hope: Maine’s crime victims struggling to collect restitution
Kennebec County Courthouse. Photo: John Christie. The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting has released a four-part investigation on the realities of the state's restitution program....
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Fracking is causing earthquakes in Oklahoma
Seismicity in the contiguous United States between 2009 and 2012. Black dots denote earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 3.0. (U.S. Geological Survey) /The Atlantic Oklahoma now rivals California...
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Is wind the future of clean energy in Vermont?
Photo by John Herrick/VT Digger Vermont has slowed its pace on wind energy projects in recent years, but a new report by John Herrick at the VT Digger shows the state may be poised on the brink of...
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Suspicious prescriptions for HIV drugs abound in Medicare
David Sleight /ProPublica A new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows that Medicare Part D paid for over $30 million in questionable prescriptions for HIV drugs in 2012....
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Beyond the Border: The humanitarian crisis in Texas
Texas is the deadliest state for undocumented immigrants trying to make it from Central and South America to the United States. Hundreds are dying in the wilderness. The majority don't die at the...
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Ten major findings from the Center of Public Integrity
Amy Temple/Center for Public Integrity The Center for Public Integrity recently published a roundup of ten major findings from investigations they've published in the first half of 2014. They include a...
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In aftermath of gun tragedies, radically different responses in Conn., Ariz.
A Newtown, Conn., memorial honors the Sandy Hook victims. In all, there are 26 crosses, one for each of the students and teachers who died in the 2012 shooting. (Photo by Morgan Spiehs/News 21) By...
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The tools of war are making their way to America’s police departments
Darren Hauck/The New York Times Many have criticized police in Ferguson, Mo. for their response to protests after an officer shot a young black man. In June of this year, Matt Apuzzo investigated how...
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Inside the Dark, Lucrative World of Debt Collection
Jonno Rattman/NY Times Millions of Americans owe billions in debt that have been sold to debt collectors. The New York Times published an article by Jake Halpern detailing the shadowy world of debt...
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From Reagan to Obama: The Path of American Education Reform
Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor In 1981, the Reagan administration commissioned a report on America's public schools. The report harshly critiqued the education system, drawing the ire of many...
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Are brokers luring soldiers out of the federal retirement plan?
Ryan Donnell/Bloomberg News Federal employees, including veterans and soldiers, get the benefit of a "top-flight" retirement plan from the government. Called the Thrift Savings Plan, it offers some of...
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NECIR and WGBH named 2014 Clarion Award Winners
The New England Center for Investigative Reporting and its partner WGBH News recently were named winners of a 2014 Clarion Award for a two-part series on sex trafficking demand, called “Johns.” The...
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