Chicago Tribune: LOFS fire service wants 2026 budget increase https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/lofs-fire-service-wants-2026-budget-increase/

The Marshall Project: Women Are Sent to This Federal Prison for Dialysis. They Say It’s Killing Them. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/16/women-texas-health-care-prison-dialysis

LA Times: 'I'm where I want to be.' UCLA's Mick Cronin got a new five-year contract this summer https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/story/2025-12-14/uclas-mick-cronin-got-new-five-year-contract-this-summer

Chicago Tribune: Records reveal husband who shot and killed Berwyn assistant principal had his firearm license revoked by Illinois State Police https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/14/berwyn-principal-foid-shooting/

LA Times: No charges for 'Capt. Hollywood'; detectives claim LAPD mishandled CBS exec case leak https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-12/cory-palka-lapd-captain-hollywood-case

The Marshall Project: Missouri Journalists: How to Access the State Prison System’s Comprehensive Death Data https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/12/missouri-state-prison-death-data-access

The Intercept: ICE Prison’s 911 Calls Overwhelm a Rural Georgia Emergency System https://theintercept.com/2025/12/12/stewart-911-calls-ice-ambulance-emergency/

HuffPost: Judge Allows Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Trafficking Case Records To Be Unsealed https://www.huffpost.com/entry/judge-allows-ghislaine-maxwells-sex-trafficking-case-records-to-be-unsealed_n_693833fbe4b013f1f7d315f6

Chicago Tribune: Justice Department can unseal Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case records, judge says https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/ghislaine-maxwell-sex-trafficking-case-records/

Chicago Tribune: Experts: From shooting to Slim Jims, immigration agents’ poor tactics made for needless safety risks https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/experts-immigration-agents-poor-tactics-unsafe-policing/

ProPublica: Sick in a Hospital Town https://www.propublica.org/article/sick-in-a-hospital-town

LA Times: To protect underage farmworkers, California expands oversight of field conditions https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-05/underage-farmworkers-california-expands-oversight-of-field-conditions

Chicago Tribune: Advocate warned city that feds might target rideshare drivers at O’Hare weeks before airport raids, emails show https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/04/ohare-airport-raids-rideshare-drivers/

The Marshall Project: In New York Prisons, Lack of Medical Care Led to Preventable Deaths https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/03/new-york-prison-healthcare-deaths

ProPublica: Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight https://www.propublica.org/article/politicians-help-ranchers-dodge-oversight

Chicago Tribune: Hanover Park police officer busted by ICE back to full duty, village says https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/hanover-park-police-immigration-blitz-trump/

LA Times: Robert Silverstein, who fought City Hall over Hollywood development and won, dies at 57 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-02/robert-silverstein-who-fought-city-hall-over-hollywood-development-won-dies-at-57

Chicago Tribune: Elon Musk is building out his next company town with science center, gym https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/elon-musk-science-center-company/

ProPublica: Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab. https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing-ranchers-public-lands-trump

Chicago Tribune: Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/operation-midway-blitz-criminal-record/

404 Media: 404 Media's Cyber Monday Sale! 25% Off! https://www.404media.co/404-medias-cyber-monday-sale-25-off/

The Marshall Project: An Overlooked Source of Information in Missouri Prison Deaths: The Coroner https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/01/st-louis-coroner-missouri-prison-death-investigation

ProPublica: A Loophole Allows Ranchers to Renew Grazing Permits With Little Scrutiny of the Environmental Impact https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing-environment-public-lands-oversight

Chicago Tribune: Daywatch: Illinois soybean farmers struggle with trade war and rising costs https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/daywatch-illinois-soybean-farmers-struggle-with-trade-war-and-rising-costs/

Chicago Tribune: Evanston police bodycams show chaos after Halloween clash between Border Patrol agents and community https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/evanston-halloween-border-patrol-video/

Chicago Tribune: Students at Lincoln-Way West apply to form Club America, a Turning Point USA affiliate https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/lincoln-way-west-turning-point-usa/

404 Media: Here's the Video for Our Seventh FOIA Forum: Flock https://www.404media.co/heres-the-video-for-our-seventh-foia-forum-flock/

LA Times: Inglewood Police Department 'systematically' violated state public records law, judge rules https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-25/inglewood-police-department-systematically-violated-state-public-records-law-judge-rules

ProPublica: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Long a Defender of States’ Rights, Embraces Trump’s Push to Expand Presidential Power https://www.propublica.org/article/greg-abbott-donald-trump-presidential-power-state-rights

The Intercept: How Corporate Partnerships Powered University Surveillance of Palestine Protests https://theintercept.com/2025/11/24/gaza-student-protests-surveillance-uconn-houston/

HuffPost: Border Patrol Is Monitoring U.S. Drivers And Detaining Those With 'Suspicious' Travel Patterns https://www.huffpost.com/entry/border-patrol-monitoring-drivers-detaining-suspicious-travel-patterns_n_6920cbe9e4b0536e01acf19d

The Intercept: How U.S. Universities Used Counterterror Fusion Centers to Surveil Student Protests for Palestine https://theintercept.com/2025/11/21/fusion-centers-gaza-student-protests-surveillance/

Chicago Tribune: What to know about the Justice Department’s Jeffrey Epstein files https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/justice-department-epstein-files-explainer/

Chicago Tribune: Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/border-patrol-monitoring-us-drivers/

LA Times: California's child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-20/children-farmworkers-california-little-oversight-from-state

ProPublica: Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget. https://www.propublica.org/article/sexual-abuse-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-minnesota

LA Times: Border Patrol agent died of cocaine overdose a month after Long Beach arrest, autopsy says https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-19/border-patrol-agent-cocaine-overdose-long-beach-arrest-autopsy-shows

LA Times: Some California landfills are on fire and leaking methane. Newly proposed rules could make them safer https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-11-19/some-california-landfills-are-on-fire-leaking-methane-these-rules-could-help

ProPublica: Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out. https://www.propublica.org/article/greg-abbott-releases-elon-musk-emails-redacted

The Intercept: How California Spent Natural Disaster Funds to Quell Student Protests for Palestine https://theintercept.com/2025/11/19/cal-poly-humboldt-university-palestine-wildfire-funds/

LA Times: House set to vote to release Epstein files following months of pressure https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-11-18/house-set-to-vote-to-release-epstein-files-following-months-of-pressure

LA Times: Could Trump destroy the Epstein files? https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-11-18/could-trump-destroy-epstein-files

The Marshall Project: How We Got Comprehensive Death Data From the Missouri DOC https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/18/missouri-prison-missing-death-records

The Marshall Project: There Was No Way to Know How Many People Died in Missouri Prisons — Until Now https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/18/st-louis-missouri-prison-deaths-data

ProPublica: How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland https://www.propublica.org/article/methodology-bird-flu-outbreak-ohio-indiana

ProPublica: What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic https://www.propublica.org/article/bird-flu-airborne-usda-pandemic

ProPublica: Connecticut Towing Companies Frequently Value Cars Low, Allowing Them to Sell Vehicles Quickly https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-law-data-dmv

LA Times: Indictment of ex-Newsom aide hints at feds' probe into state's earlier investigation of video game giant https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-15/indictment-of-ex-newsom-aide-hints-at-feds-probe-into-state-investigation

The Marshall Project: ICE Raids Kept On During the Shutdown, But the Detention Data Stayed Hidden https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/15/data-ice-chicago-shutdown-immigration

LA Times: Foul-mouthed, brash and savvy: What to know about ex-Newsom aide tangled in a corruption probe https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-14/dana-williamson-newsom-aide-profile-federal-indictment