The U.S. Response to COVID-19ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.Back in April, when public health officials were still helping lead Utah’s response to the coronavirus, the spread of the disease had slowed, stabilizing at fewer than 200 reported cases a day.Then came a shift in power, and priorities.State legislators who felt Gov. Gary Herbert was not moving quickly enough to lift restrictions on businesses to set guidelines to reopen. “It’s not meant to give economic outcomes a higher weight, but it is time...…The U.S. Response to COVID-19ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.Back in April, when public health officials were still helping lead Utah’s response to the coronavirus, the spread of the disease had slowed, stabilizing at fewer than 200 reported cases a day.Then came a shift in power, and priorities.State legislators who felt Gov. Gary Herbert was not moving quickly enough to lift restrictions on businesses to set guidelines to reopen. “It’s not meant to give economic outcomes a higher weight, but it is time...WW…

SHARESHAREThis story is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that .ProPublica is working with , / and  to report on how allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers in New York are investigated and to examine and analyze police disciplinary records that have recently been made public.Last summer, New York City police officers drove by two friends sitting on a bench outside a Brooklyn school. The officers stopped, later telling investigators that they suspected the two — a 16-year-old and 21-year-old, both male and Black — of carrying...…SHARESHAREThis story is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that .ProPublica is working with , / and  to report on how allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers in New York are investigated and to examine and analyze police disciplinary records that have recently been made public.Last summer, New York City police officers drove by two friends sitting on a bench outside a Brooklyn school. The officers stopped, later telling investigators that they suspected the two — a 16-year-old and 21-year-old, both male and Black — of carrying...WW…

Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This story is with THE CITY.ProPublica is working with , / and to report on how allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers in New York are investigated and to examine and analyze police disciplinary records that have recently been made public.Last summer, New York City police officers drove by two friends sitting on a bench outside a Brooklyn school. The officers stopped, later telling investigators that they suspected...…Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This story is with THE CITY.ProPublica is working with , / and to report on how allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers in New York are investigated and to examine and analyze police disciplinary records that have recently been made public.Last summer, New York City police officers drove by two friends sitting on a bench outside a Brooklyn school. The officers stopped, later telling investigators that they suspected...WW…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.It has been almost two months since a Los Angeles Police Department patrol car accelerated into Brooke Fortson during a protest over police violence. She still doesn’t know the name of the officer who hit her or whether that person is still policing the city’s streets. The officer did not stop after hitting Fortson and instead turned around, nearly hitting other demonstrators in the process, and sped off.The LAPD almost surely knows who the officer is. The squad car’s number...…ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.It has been almost two months since a Los Angeles Police Department patrol car accelerated into Brooke Fortson during a protest over police violence. She still doesn’t know the name of the officer who hit her or whether that person is still policing the city’s streets. The officer did not stop after hitting Fortson and instead turned around, nearly hitting other demonstrators in the process, and sped off.The LAPD almost surely knows who the officer is. The squad car’s number...WW…

The U.S. Response to COVID-19ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.As reports emerge across the country of health facilities throwing out unused and spoiled COVID-19 vaccines, some state governments are failing to track the wastage as required by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, leaving officials coordinating immunization efforts blind to exactly how many of the precious, limited doses are going into the trash and why.In Washington, a health facility allegedly some COVID-19 vaccine doses at the...…The U.S. Response to COVID-19ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.As reports emerge across the country of health facilities throwing out unused and spoiled COVID-19 vaccines, some state governments are failing to track the wastage as required by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, leaving officials coordinating immunization efforts blind to exactly how many of the precious, limited doses are going into the trash and why.In Washington, a health facility allegedly some COVID-19 vaccine doses at the...WW…

Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.The chair of New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board is calling for a fundamental shift in how NYPD officers are disciplined for abuse of civilians.The Rev. Fred Davie, who has led the board since April 2018, said last week the police commissioner should no longer be the final arbiter of discipline in cases investigated by the CCRB.“I’ll go where others dare not tread and hope I still have my position tomorrow morning,”...…Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.The chair of New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board is calling for a fundamental shift in how NYPD officers are disciplined for abuse of civilians.The Rev. Fred Davie, who has led the board since April 2018, said last week the police commissioner should no longer be the final arbiter of discipline in cases investigated by the CCRB.“I’ll go where others dare not tread and hope I still have my position tomorrow morning,”...WW…

The Climate Crisis is Setting the State on FireProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.Monday morning, Sept. 28, California woke up sweaty, devastated, even shocked to find the state burning again. But if we’re honest, and to our great shame, no one was surprised. We’d seen this horror movie in this town. Three years ago, wildfire killed 25 people in Sonoma County. Now the Glass Fire was there, again, burning toward Santa Rosa. At 12:30 a.m., a string of seniors stood in line, many in pajamas, waiting to board an...…The Climate Crisis is Setting the State on FireProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.Monday morning, Sept. 28, California woke up sweaty, devastated, even shocked to find the state burning again. But if we’re honest, and to our great shame, no one was surprised. We’d seen this horror movie in this town. Three years ago, wildfire killed 25 people in Sonoma County. Now the Glass Fire was there, again, burning toward Santa Rosa. At 12:30 a.m., a string of seniors stood in line, many in pajamas, waiting to board an...WW…

(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Gov. Gary Herbert at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Thursday, May 28, 2020.This story was originally published by .Back in April, when public health officials were still helping lead Utah’s response to the coronavirus, the spread of the disease had slowed, stabilizing at fewer than 200 reported cases a day.Then came a shift in power, and priorities.State legislators who felt Gov. Gary Herbert was not moving quickly enough to lift restrictions on businesses to set guidelines to reopen. “It’s not meant to give economic outcomes a higher weight, but...…(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Gov. Gary Herbert at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Thursday, May 28, 2020.This story was originally published by .Back in April, when public health officials were still helping lead Utah’s response to the coronavirus, the spread of the disease had slowed, stabilizing at fewer than 200 reported cases a day.Then came a shift in power, and priorities.State legislators who felt Gov. Gary Herbert was not moving quickly enough to lift restrictions on businesses to set guidelines to reopen. “It’s not meant to give economic outcomes a higher weight, but...WW…