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NEW: After the @northdakotamonitor.com and ProPublica reported on how oil companies take millions in royalties from mineral owners, more than a half-dozen lawmakers are now proposing a committee to study the issue and suggest solutions. “Something has to be done,” one legislator said.

NEW: Federal funding for organizations that help students with hearing and vision loss across eight states will stop at the end of the month, according to letters sent by a top Education Dept. official and obtained by ProPublica. By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

BREAKING: Trump’s Education Dept. cancels grants that help students who are both deaf and blind. “How low can you go?” said one person who works with DeafBlind students and their families. W/ @jsmithrichards.bsky.social for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Why some Illinois farmers have “one foot stuck in the mud, the other in government bureaucracy.” Impressive story, with impressive photographs published by @propublica.org and @capitolnewsil.bsky.social Part 1 of 2: www.propublica.org/article/illi...

A billboard to recruit Proud Boys members has popped up above the cornfields in rural Illinois — and next to a high school. capitolnewsillinois.com/news/billboa...

North Dakota doesn’t protect its private mineral owners from losing their royalty income. Other states do. Here’s the latest @northdakotamonitor.com and @propublica.org story. www.propublica.org/article/nort...

NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public. By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social

1/ Early on in President Trump’s second term, I spent a few weeks observing Chicago’s immigration court to get a sense of how things were changing. One afternoon in March, the case of a 27-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker caught my attention. I want to tell you his story 👇

NEW: Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a way that could result in cartel-like behavior. By @heathervogell.bsky.social

Frustrated North Dakota mineral owners asked their lawmakers for help with a decade-old issue: Companies taking their royalty income. Lawmakers gave them a program that hasn’t helped. The latest @propublica.org and @northdakotamonitor.com story on the issue: www.propublica.org/article/nort...

NEW: Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change. Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fails to address the issue it was created to solve. With @northdakotamonitor.com

“It’s a matter of fairness.” In North Dakota, mineral owners feel “cheated” by oil companies. Check out this thoroughly-reported story and stunning visuals in a @propublica.org and @northdakotamonitor.com collaboration www.propublica.org/article/nort...

NEW: Oil companies are holding back a large portion of revenue payments to the people they lease drilling rights from, often with little explanation. But the industry has an outsize influence in the state, and public officials have refused to take action. With @northdakotamonitor.com

ND mineral owners have sought the state’s help as the oil industry takes deductions from royalty payments. Public officials have refused to take action, which some attribute to the industry’s outsize influence on the state. With @propublica.org buff.ly/zOs8iTi

The U.S. Supreme Court just gave the Trump administration the go-ahead to slash the Education Department. I have been reporting on eduction for decades. If you have been impacted by this news, please reach out to me on Signal at jodireporter.88 www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Education Dept. can carry out mass firings it began in March. So I'm here to remind you that we're continuing to report on changes at ED, including to its civil rights division. If you have been affected, we're listening: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

Thrilled that @lastweektonight.com featured our @propublica.org reporting on Grace as part of a segment on juvenile justice. You can read the entire series about Grace and Michigan’s failures here: www.propublica.org/series/grace

@lastweektonight.com also cited the July 2020 story by @jodiscohen.bsky.social on Grace, the Michigan teen who was sent to juvenile detention for failing to do her schoolwork: www.propublica.org/article/a-te...

NEW: North Dakota lawmakers wanted an ethics commission but then they made it essentially toothless. Very good story from Jacob Orledge and Mary Steurer of the @northdakotamonitor.com, with editing from @propublica.org's @jodiscohen.bsky.social. www.propublica.org/article/nort...

1/ We got government data showing that the Trump administration knew the majority of Venezuelan men it sent to a prison in El Salvador had no criminal record in the U.S. - and that only a handful had been convicted of violent crimes - before calling them all terrorists and deporting them.

It took 12 stories from 2022 to 2023. (And, a couple of follow-up stories too, right?) Now, there's a law that protects kids. Excellent work @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social!

BREAKING: Illinois lawmakers ban police from issuing tickets and fines to students at school. This comes 3 years after our @propublica/chicago tribune investigation into the practice. W/@jsmithrichards.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/illi...

Here is a video of the student with autism being draged down the hallway on his back after he refused to walk to the gym.

NEW: The school did not contact police about the teacher who dragged the young boy by his ankle until after the boy’s father complained. And yet... This school has regularly called the cops on students for years. By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social @propublica.org

This happened at a school that the Education Department is supposed to be monitoring. The latest from me and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/garr...

NEW: The Great Lakes hold 95% of all the surface freshwater in the United States. Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab. Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people. My story for @propublica.org

The Education Department was deep into an investigation of a school district where students allegedly played whipping sounds from their phones during a lesson about slavery. Then in March, Trump fired all of the employees working on the case. By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social & @jodiscohen.bsky.social

The Education Department’s civil rights office “is the most useless it’s ever been, and it’s the most dangerous it’s ever been.“ Latest story in @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/educ...

**If you work or worked for the Department of Education, use Signal to directly contact reporter @jsmithrichards.bsky.social at jsmithrichards.93 or reporter @jodiscohen.bsky.social at jodireporter.88.

NEW: The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the Education Department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing its own anti-diversity campaign. @jsmithrichards.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social

NEW: If you want to know how the Trump administration is dismantling civil rights enforcement in schools, and how that affects families, read this story from @jsmithrichards.bsky.social and @jodiscohen.bsky.social of @propublica.org. www.propublica.org/article/educ...

The landmark $2.8 billion NCAA settlement, expected to be finalized today, will change college sports. Here is our @propublica.org and @chicagotribune.com investigation about how one Big 10 university has struggled with disclosures of athletes’ NIL deals.

No Oversight: Athletes are supposed to disclose their NIL deals. But at the University of Illinois, that has failed to happen, a violation of state law. @stacystclair.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social w/ @chicagotribune.com

Just in time for the Final Four this weekend, here is our investigation into NIL deals at one Big Ten university: @propublica.org @chicagotribune.com www.propublica.org/article/univ...

“Schools like SIU … in a region that … voted for Trump, may not be the primary targets of his threatened funding cuts, but they—along w/ the communities they serve—stand to lose the most…. It’s easy to destabilize a school. But restoring it? That’s a … challenge.” www.propublica.org/article/regi...

NEW: You can now send us your tips via SecureDrop, the most secure and anonymous way to share information or files with us electronically. Used properly, it shields your identity even from us. Here’s how to use it: www.propublica.org/tips

NEW: Musk announced that Sunday he will “give a talk in Wisconsin. Entrance is limited to those who have voted in the Supreme Court election.” There he will “personally hand over 2 checks for a million dollars each in appreciation for you taking the time to vote.” www.propublica.org/article/wisc...

My latest story: The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations. The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary RFK Jr. www.propublica.org/article/meas...

The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We need your help investigating this. Did you work on a terminated NIH grant? Please get in touch. www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

Grief. Outrage. Hope. This @propublica.org documentary is difficult to watch, especially for those of us who have experienced traumatic births. But it’s so incredibly important. 1 in 4 stillbirths is likely preventable. Watch “Before a Breath” Documentary on America’s Stillbirth Crisis

1/ UPDATE: After ProPublica and @capitolnewsil.bsky.social exposed how Illinois’ lack of homeschooling rules left children at risk, a lawmaker introduced the Homeschool Act. Today, that bill passed its first hurdle: the Education Policy Committee.

Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.

🆕@jillbarshay.bsky.social of @hechingerreport.org has new details about cuts to the dept of edu. "President Donald Trump promises he’ll make American schools great again. He has fired nearly everyone who might objectively measure whether he succeeds." hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

BREAKING: Parents sue the Trump administration for decimating the Education Department’s civil rights office in violation of their children’s rights. @propublica.org reporting: www.propublica.org/article/depa...

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The USDA has reversed its funding freeze at the University of Maine www.bangordailynews.com/2025/03/12/p...

When students have concerns about discrimination in schools, where will they turn? More than half of the Education Department’s civil rights locations are being shuttered, @propublica.org has learned. Chicago. Boston. Cleveland. Dallas. NY. Phila. San Fran. www.propublica.org/article/educ...