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Louisiana Wants to Execute Him Anyway.</a></h2> <p class="place__dek place__story-card-dek">Nine prisoners have walked free after evidence presented by members of a forensics team turned out to be wrong — yet one man still awaits execution based on their testimony.</p> <p class="place__byline place__story-card-byline">by <span class="name">Richard A. Webster</span>, <a href="https://veritenews.org/">Verite News</a>, <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-03-11EDT05:00">March 11, 2025, 5 a.m. EDT</time> </p> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card region-local-reporting-network section-articles"> <div class="place__story-card-art"> <div class="lead-art thumbnail"> <a class="aspect-1-1" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250218-Bellet-Pathways-3x2_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=2412a2dc56ef73448cc0ab7f0cb4ce97 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250218-Bellet-Pathways-3x2_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=d6ffcc4a0c61a63e90e9768345528769 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card-info"> <h2 class="place__hed place__story-card-hed"><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles">Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.</a></h2> <p class="place__dek place__story-card-dek">Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.</p> <p class="place__byline place__story-card-byline">by <a class="name" href="https://thecurrentga.org/author/margaret-coker-2/">Margaret Coker</a>, <a href="https://thecurrentga.org">The Current</a>, <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-02-19EST06:00">Feb. 19, 2025, 6 a.m. EST</time> </p> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card region-local-reporting-network section-articles"> <div class="place__story-card-art"> <div class="lead-art thumbnail"> <a class="aspect-1-1" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250205-TN-guns-impact-PROMO_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=b5d0d1059f895387bc07c3be7b519a1e 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250205-TN-guns-impact-PROMO_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=1b076fc7c1e4171f5cc4b5ae834d4a5a 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card-info"> <h2 class="place__hed place__story-card-hed"><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence">Tennessee Lawmakers Push to Change How the State Disarms Dangerous People to Better Protect Domestic Violence Victims</a></h2> <p class="place__dek place__story-card-dek">The GOP-sponsored bill would provide more transparency when a court orders someone to give up their firearms. The move follows WPLN and ProPublica reporting that found the state’s lax gun laws allow weapons to remain in the hands of domestic abusers.</p> <p class="place__byline place__story-card-byline">by <span class="name">Paige Pfleger</span>, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio, <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-02-12EST06:00">Feb. 12, 2025, 6 a.m. EST</time> </p> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card region-local-reporting-network section-articles"> <div class="place__story-card-art"> <div class="lead-art thumbnail"> <a class="aspect-1-1" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-law-mental-health-jailings-data"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/3X0A0297_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true_2025-01-22-185237_addh.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=1c17c1addb5e8c3d1f39c71ca2a8df92 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/3X0A0297_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true_2025-01-22-185237_addh.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=0afc2983e722726fb4d190f95cac9edc 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card-info"> <h2 class="place__hed place__story-card-hed"><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-law-mental-health-jailings-data">Is a New Mississippi Law Decreasing Jailings of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment? The State Doesn’t Know.</a></h2> <p class="place__dek place__story-card-dek">Community mental health centers, counties and a state agency have reported vastly different numbers of people who spent time in jail while waiting to be treated for serious mental illness.</p> <p class="place__byline place__story-card-byline">by <span class="name">Gwen Dilworth</span>, <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/">Mississippi Today</a>, <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-01-23EST05:00">Jan. 23, 2025, 5 a.m. EST</time> </p> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card region-local section-articles"> <div class="place__story-card-art"> <div class="lead-art thumbnail"> <a class="aspect-1-1" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/republican-women-state-legislature-election-losses-south-carolina"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250114-Doughty-WomeninLegislatures-36_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=f1df754b7d8a059319f346f54e38a2a3 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250114-Doughty-WomeninLegislatures-36_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=58b7ff6811d2056521acc95f53474bba 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card-info"> <h2 class="place__hed place__story-card-hed"><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/republican-women-state-legislature-election-losses-south-carolina">Women Made Electoral Gains in Statehouses Across the Country in 2024. The Southeast Is a Different Story.</a></h2> <p class="place__dek place__story-card-dek">All but one state that held legislative elections last fall in the Southeast saw losses of Republican women. In South Carolina, that means the Senate Republican caucus, which will make decisions that directly affect women, is an all-men’s club.</p> <p class="place__byline place__story-card-byline">by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/jennifer-berry-hawes">Jennifer Berry Hawes</a>, <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-01-22EST05:00">Jan. 22, 2025, 5 a.m. EST</time> </p> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card region-local section-articles"> <div class="place__story-card-art"> <div class="lead-art thumbnail"> <a class="aspect-1-1" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-griffin-military-absentee-votes-north-carolina-supreme-court"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/NC-Supreme-Court-Griffin-Ballot-3x2-72dpi_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.2075&fp-y=0.4789&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=926e6fc171fac9e475555ce77041ab12 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/NC-Supreme-Court-Griffin-Ballot-3x2-72dpi_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.2075&fp-y=0.4789&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=a61114235ac479936debaa82926e7e1d 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card-info"> <h2 class="place__hed place__story-card-hed"><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-griffin-military-absentee-votes-north-carolina-supreme-court">North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed. Years Earlier, That’s How He Voted.</a></h2> <p class="place__dek place__story-card-dek">Republican Jefferson Griffin is trying to overturn his election loss by asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to toss 5,500 military and overseas absentee ballots. He used the same method to vote in 2019 and 2020.</p> <p class="place__byline place__story-card-byline">by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/doug-bock-clark">Doug Bock Clark</a>, <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-01-18EST14:00">Jan. 18, 2025, 2 p.m. EST</time> </p> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card region-local section-articles"> <div class="place__story-card-art"> <div class="lead-art thumbnail"> <a class="aspect-1-1" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-demographic-data-private-schools"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20240927_ProPub_Segregation_68_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=bbf583e85dcecc5ea2d2e533d842ea68 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20240927_ProPub_Segregation_68_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=72a5d2f897a1976161df566c7ec15c54 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card-info"> <h2 class="place__hed place__story-card-hed"><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-demographic-data-private-schools">How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools? We Made a Tool to Help You Find Out.</a></h2> <p class="place__dek place__story-card-dek">Our reporters mined a trove of data that revealed detailed demographic information about private schools. That helped us find illuminating stories about how those schools divide communities.</p> <p class="place__byline place__story-card-byline">by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/jennifer-berry-hawes">Jennifer Berry Hawes</a>, <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-01-18EST06:00">Jan. 18, 2025, 6 a.m. EST</time> </p> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card region-national section-articles"> <div class="place__story-card-art"> <div class="lead-art thumbnail"> <a class="aspect-1-1" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-biden-ira-climate-red-states"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250111-Flanagan-Trump-Climate-IRA-Red-States-0060_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.3226&fp-y=0.5607&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=a7dc5c3aaa132cddf5e8aa2759b24a59 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20250111-Flanagan-Trump-Climate-IRA-Red-States-0060_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.3226&fp-y=0.5607&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=92f47fe6764a3646185593bf4053b95d 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card-info"> <h2 class="place__hed place__story-card-hed"><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-biden-ira-climate-red-states">This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump. He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes.</a></h2> <p class="place__dek place__story-card-dek">Donald Trump has said he will overturn a law that helps communities better weather the effects of climate change. If he follows through, he’ll be reversing an initiative that has disproportionately benefited areas that make up his base.</p> <p class="place__byline place__story-card-byline">by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/sharon-lerner">Sharon Lerner</a>, photography by <span class="name">Annie Flanagan</span> for <a href="https://www.propublica.org">ProPublica</a>, <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-01-17EST05:00">Jan. 17, 2025, 5 a.m. EST</time> </p> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card region-local section-articles"> <div class="place__story-card-art"> <div class="lead-art thumbnail"> <a class="aspect-1-1" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-law-lawsuits"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/241025-TennesseeThreatsArrests-0087_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=2d8994e84a9996204421c1bd1cd30dd2 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/241025-TennesseeThreatsArrests-0087_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=87aeb8fbbb974d6584d062673236118f 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card-info"> <h2 class="place__hed place__story-card-hed"><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-law-lawsuits">Two Families Sue After 11-Year-Old and 13-Year-Old Students Were Arrested Under Tennessee’s School Threat Law</a></h2> <p class="place__dek place__story-card-dek">The lawsuits, filed in federal court this month, argue East Tennessee school officials violated students’ rights by calling the police on them under Tennessee’s threats of mass violence law.</p> <p class="place__byline place__story-card-byline">by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/aliyya-swaby">Aliyya Swaby</a>, ProPublica, and <span class="name">Paige Pfleger</span>, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio, <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-01-13EST05:00">Jan. 13, 2025, 5 a.m. EST</time> </p> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card region-local section-articles"> <div class="place__story-card-art"> <div class="lead-art thumbnail"> <a class="aspect-1-1" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-certification-blocked"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/iStock-960311220_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=b68e3a4d050361f3e07dc8f834e2c98f 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/iStock-960311220_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=1278280e2e4e0a62eb79b3611039d65a 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card-info"> <h2 class="place__hed place__story-card-hed"><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-certification-blocked">North Carolina Supreme Court Blocked Certification of a Justice’s Win. Activists Fear It’s “Dangerous for Democracy.”</a></h2> <p class="place__dek place__story-card-dek">The move gives the court time to consider a challenge by Republican Jefferson Griffin, who has cited debunked legal theories in his previous failed attempts to block Justice Allison Riggs’ reelection.</p> <p class="place__byline place__story-card-byline">by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/doug-bock-clark">Doug Bock Clark</a>, <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-01-08EST14:50">Jan. 8, 2025, 2:50 p.m. EST</time> </p> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card region-local section-articles"> <div class="place__story-card-art"> <div class="lead-art thumbnail"> <a class="aspect-1-1" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-griffin-north-carolina-supreme-court-challenge-election-integrity-network"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/EmilyScherer-ProPublica-NCSupremeCourt-Update_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=5c9150e6deda60d60bfe53cf4d75d747 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/EmilyScherer-ProPublica-NCSupremeCourt-Update_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=aaf91744262ff850eaa3489cc2259401 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card-info"> <h2 class="place__hed place__story-card-hed"><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-griffin-north-carolina-supreme-court-challenge-election-integrity-network">A North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate’s Bid to Overturn His Loss Is Based on Theory Election Deniers Deemed Extreme</a></h2> <p class="place__dek place__story-card-dek">Republican Jefferson Griffin narrowly lost his race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. Now he’s asking that 60,000 ballots be thrown out based on a theory that an election denier said amounted to “voter suppression.”</p> <p class="place__byline place__story-card-byline">by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/doug-bock-clark">Doug Bock Clark</a>, <time class="timestamp" datetime="2024-12-23EST12:05">Dec. 23, 2024, 12:05 p.m. EST</time> </p> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card region-local section-articles"> <div class="place__story-card-art"> <div class="lead-art thumbnail"> <a class="aspect-1-1" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-public-schools-amite-county-mississippi"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20240927_ProPub_Segregation_51_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=a87d5b23c613959028a3e04fc6402b2a 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20240927_ProPub_Segregation_51_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=f7f4ba942eda426f50e105473043706f 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card-info"> <h2 class="place__hed place__story-card-hed"><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-public-schools-amite-county-mississippi">The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation</a></h2> <p class="place__dek place__story-card-dek">A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with white students.</p> <p class="place__byline place__story-card-byline">by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/jennifer-berry-hawes">Jennifer Berry Hawes</a>, data analysis by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/nat-lash">Nat Lash</a>, with additional reporting by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/mollie-simon">Mollie Simon</a>, <time class="timestamp" datetime="2024-12-19EST06:00">Dec. 19, 2024, 6 a.m. EST</time> </p> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card region-national section-articles"> <div class="place__story-card-art"> <div class="lead-art thumbnail"> <a class="aspect-1-1" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealthcare-insurance-autism-denials-applied-behavior-analysis-medicaid"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20241204-Flanagan-MentalHealthUnitedAutism-0007_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.4992&fp-y=0.4573&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=c3933e3c99b14c58c60e0c7dd6a48d40 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20241204-Flanagan-MentalHealthUnitedAutism-0007_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.4992&fp-y=0.4573&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=725cf04c2fbf2a0f0d8c09ebfcfa07af 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card-info"> <h2 class="place__hed place__story-card-hed"><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealthcare-insurance-autism-denials-applied-behavior-analysis-medicaid">UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism</a></h2> <p class="place__dek place__story-card-dek">Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. 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srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/ProPublica-EmilyScherer-Schools-Revision-2_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=8b7cde270b7253c1e1bd2f2514df03df 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/ProPublica-EmilyScherer-Schools-Revision-2_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=34d9644af2ffe7b671ff44e2c9bc1270 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="place__story-card-info"> <h2 class="place__hed place__story-card-hed"><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-segregation-academies-taxpayer-dollars-1960s">Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s</a></h2> <p class="place__dek place__story-card-dek">ProPublica identified 20 schools in 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Kennedy Jr. </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/annie-waldman">Annie Waldman</a> and <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/lisa-song">Lisa Song</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-03-10EDT13:45">March 10, 2025, 1:45 p.m. EDT</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="most-read-story"> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art thumbnail"> <a class="aspect-1-1" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/recording-reveals-leland-dudek-thoughts-trump-doge-social-security"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-2199866739_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=3bebd0c465c749f9daee0267baf6d67b 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-2199866739_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=7d43255e03cbf1152729caa546f37c1e 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/recording-reveals-leland-dudek-thoughts-trump-doge-social-security"> “The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > In a recording obtained by ProPublica, acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek portrayed his agency as facing peril, while also encouraging patience with “the DOGE kids.” </p> <p class="story-card__byline"> <span class="story-card__byline-author"> by <a class="name" href="https://www.propublica.org/people/eli-hager">Eli Hager</a>, </span> <span class="story-card__byline-dateline"> <time class="timestamp" datetime="2025-03-12EDT10:25">March 12, 2025, 10:25 a.m. EDT</time> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="most-read-story"> <div class="story-card story-card--standard"> <div class="lead-art thumbnail"> <a class="aspect-1-1" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-dc-trump-musk-federal-government-cutbacks-gloomy-future"> <img alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E" srcset="https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-2201176897_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=105&q=75&w=105&s=fe8ef80c464022eb87d9199ca9efd847 105w, https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/GettyImages-2201176897_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=210&q=75&w=210&s=fefbf3a6f9f7c56760080cacec10e60e 210w" width="105" height="105" loading="lazy" js-autosizes /> </a> </div> <div class="story-card__description"> <a class="story-card__series" href="https://www.propublica.org/series/a-closer-look">A Closer Look</a> <h3 class="story-card__hed" > <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-dc-trump-musk-federal-government-cutbacks-gloomy-future"> Washington Blues: A Government Town Faces a Gloomy Future </a> </h3> <p class="story-card__dek" > For years, Washington, D.C., was insulated from many of the economic forces that decimated many older U.S. cities. 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