Playing politics with people’s water along the US-Mexico border
Two years after dangerous bacteria was found in the drinking water of communities along the Rio Grande River, little has been done to hold anyone accountable, according to the Center for Investigative...
View ArticlePolice officers with a past can ‘resurrect’ careers in Colorado
Colorado’s relatively loose hiring standards at law enforcement agencies make the state “vulnerable” to officers coming from other states that have faced criminal charges and are “seeking to resurrect...
View ArticleFamily farms are deadliest workplaces
Dangerous workplaces such as factories, coal mines, and construction sites are safer as a result of regulation, but the family farm is an exception. A Minneapolis Star Tribune investigation, which ran...
View ArticleWhat it means when a company ditches worker’s comp
A Texas attorney is leading a national campaign to help companies opt out of traditional workers’ compensation plans and write their own rules. A ProPublica and NPR investigation of 120 companies that...
View ArticleWatchdog Reporting Workshop: November 12
Date: November 12, 2015 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Location: Portland Press Herald, One City Center, Portland, Maine The New England Center for Investigative Reporting is hosting a one-day watchdog reporting...
View ArticleMaine lottery: Profiting from the poor
Lottery spending in Maine's poorest towns is 200 times more per person than in wealthier areas, according to the a study by Cornell University and the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting. Among...
View ArticleBill Clinton White House guests now contributing to Hillary
Many political donors to Bill Clinton’s campaigns who sparked “outrage and investigations,” because they got to stay overnight at the White House in the 1990s are now shelling out for Hillary Clinton’s...
View ArticleTesting methods at e-cigarette companies don’t reveal real risk
Despite claims that e-cigarettes are less detrimental to one’s health than traditional cigarettes, “the method typically used to analyze e-liquids for the industry is not sensitive enough to detect...
View ArticlePolice stops in Greensboro, N.C. disproportionately target blacks
Black drivers in the town of Greensboro, N.C., are much more likely that others to be stopped, searched and arrested by local police, The New York Times reported Oct. 24. The Times investigation...
View ArticleSurgery double-booking at Mass. General Hospital: Is it safe?
By examining the cases of a few surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital who practice double-booking of surgeries, a Boston Globe investigation published Oct. 25 asks the question: “Is it right or...
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Driving Schools at head of long line for RMV road tests (+ documentation)
Click here to read this story backed up by primary documents. Neşe Lortlar-Ünlü of Newton showed up early at the Registry of Motor Vehicles Watertown branch for her 9 a.m. road test appointment on a...
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#WaitingToDrive: Share your Massachusetts RMV experience
Our investigation into the Massachusetts RMV found that driving schools have paid more than $4 million over the past five years to reserve desirable time slots for their clients’ road tests. These...
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Driving Schools at head of long line for RMV road tests
Click here to read this story backed up by primary documents. Neşe Lortlar-Ünlü of Newton showed up early at the Registry of Motor Vehicles Watertown branch for her 9 a.m. road test appointment on a...
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Gary Putka joins NECIR as Managing Editor
The New England Center for Investigative Reporting is pleased to announce that Gary Putka will join its newsroom as Managing Editor, effective November 23rd. He’ll guide NECIR’s growing team of...
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Shawn Musgrave joins NECIR as Digital Producer and Reporter
Shawn Musgrave, the former Projects Editor at the government transparency news site MuckRock, is joining the New England Center for Investigative Reporting as its new Digital Producer and Reporter....
View ArticleState neglect of mental hospitals makes them dangerous places for patients,...
Hundreds of millions of dollars in state budget cuts have turned state-funded mental hospitals from refuges for those who need treatment to “treacherous warehouses where violence is out of control and...
View ArticleProstitutes end up in prison more often than sex traffickers in Florida
Despite efforts at the state level in Florida to enforce harsher punishment for sex-trafficking crimes, very few facing related charges end up behind bars, the Florida Center for Investigative...
View ArticleTurkish religious movement behind free trips to Turkey for members of congress
A moderate Islamic movement started by a Turkish scholar has secretly financed “as many as 200 trips to Turkey for members of Congress and staff since 2008, apparently repeatedly violating House rules...
View ArticlePolitical affiliation amounts to extra cash for South Carolina lawmakers
State legislators in South Carolina are making money from their government connections, the Center for Public Integrity reports. An analysis by CPI and The Post and Courier revealed that “20 current...
View Article“Good Deeds. Great Deals.” slogan overstates charitable contributions of...
Rapidly expanding thrift store chain Savers, Inc., offers shoppers charitable claims that “appear to be vastly overblown,” InvestigateWest reports. Despite the slogan of Savers’ Value Village...
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