ProPublica /tags/propublica ProPublica en-US Copyright Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:21:29 GMT The people whose ballots have been challenged in the NC State Supreme Court race, and the national implications /show/due-south/2025-02-18/the-people-whose-ballots-have-been-challenged-in-the-nc-state-supreme-court-race-and-the-national-implications Some 60,000 North Carolinians’ ballots are being challenged by the Republican candidate for a state Supreme Court Justice seat. Due South learns who those voters are, and how they feel about their ballots being challenged. Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:21:29 GMT /show/due-south/2025-02-18/the-people-whose-ballots-have-been-challenged-in-the-nc-state-supreme-court-race-and-the-national-implications Leoneda Inge, Rusty Jacobs, Cole del Charco Even when big cases intersect with their families’ interests, many judges choose not to recuse /politics/2024-07-18/pro-publica-phil-berger-judges-families-recuse Ambiguous — and unenforced — recusal standards mean few checks and balances for top judges when cases involve their family members. Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:50:58 GMT /politics/2024-07-18/pro-publica-phil-berger-judges-families-recuse Noah Pransky, Brooke Williams and Andrew Botolino for ProPublica NC Supreme Court secretly squashed discipline of 2 GOP judges who admitted to violating judicial code /politics/2024-06-19/nc-supreme-court-secret-discipline-gop-judges-propublica The decisions came despite the Judicial Standards Commission’s recommendations to publicly reprimand the judges, and these are likely the only times in more than a decade in which the court didn’t follow the commission’s guidance. Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:23:13 GMT /politics/2024-06-19/nc-supreme-court-secret-discipline-gop-judges-propublica Doug Bock Clark | ProPublica Burr’s brother-in-law called stock broker, one minute after getting off phone with the NC senator /news/2021-10-28/burrs-brother-in-law-called-stock-broker-one-minute-after-getting-off-phone-with-the-nc-senator According to the SEC, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, then chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, had material nonpublic information about coronavirus impact. He and his brother-in-law dumped stock before the market dropped in March 2020. Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:17:07 GMT /news/2021-10-28/burrs-brother-in-law-called-stock-broker-one-minute-after-getting-off-phone-with-the-nc-senator Robert Faturechi | ProPublica Near Misses At UNC-Chapel Hill’s High-Security Lab Illustrate Risk Of Accidents With Coronaviruses /health/2020-08-19/near-misses-at-unc-chapel-hills-high-security-lab-illustrate-risk-of-accidents-with-coronaviruses This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to… Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:22:37 GMT /health/2020-08-19/near-misses-at-unc-chapel-hills-high-security-lab-illustrate-risk-of-accidents-with-coronaviruses Alison Young & Jessica Blake for ProPublica Land Speculators Are Legally Forcing Black Southerners Off Family Land /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-16/land-speculators-are-legally-forcing-black-southerners-off-family-land For generations, Black landowners in the South relied on informal agreements, instead of wills, to keep property in the family. In a new article from… Tue, 16 Jul 2019 17:04:25 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-16/land-speculators-are-legally-forcing-black-southerners-off-family-land Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao Land Speculators Are Legally Forcing Black Southerners Off Family Land /race-demographics/2019-07-16/land-speculators-are-legally-forcing-black-southerners-off-family-land For generations, Black landowners in the South relied on informal agreements, instead of wills, to keep property in the family. In a new article from… Tue, 16 Jul 2019 17:04:25 GMT /race-demographics/2019-07-16/land-speculators-are-legally-forcing-black-southerners-off-family-land Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao Built On The Backs Of The Vulnerable: Inside Case Farms Chicken Company /show/the-state-of-things/2017-05-10/built-on-the-backs-of-the-vulnerable-inside-case-farms-chicken-company Case Farms chicken company produces nearly one billion pounds of meat each year. It supplies food for customers including Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco… Wed, 10 May 2017 16:35:53 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-05-10/built-on-the-backs-of-the-vulnerable-inside-case-farms-chicken-company Anita Rao, Frank Stasio Built On The Backs Of The Vulnerable: Inside Case Farms Chicken Company /business-economy/2017-05-10/built-on-the-backs-of-the-vulnerable-inside-case-farms-chicken-company Case Farms chicken company produces nearly one billion pounds of meat each year. It supplies food for customers including Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco… Wed, 10 May 2017 16:35:53 GMT /business-economy/2017-05-10/built-on-the-backs-of-the-vulnerable-inside-case-farms-chicken-company Anita Rao, Frank Stasio ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾Politics Podcast: A Conversation With ProPublica's Jessica Huseman /politics/2017-04-28/wuncpolitics-podcast-a-conversation-with-propublicas-jessica-huseman On this episode of the ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾Politics podcast, a conversation with Jessica Huseman, senior reporting fellow at ProPublica.It's been a busy few days in state… Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:42:55 GMT /politics/2017-04-28/wuncpolitics-podcast-a-conversation-with-propublicas-jessica-huseman Jeff Tiberii