Corey Johnson

2 weeks ago | propublica.org | Jake Pearson |Joel Jacobs |Byard Duncan |Corey Johnson

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Connecticut Mirror. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. This year, the head of Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles made a startling public admission, telling lawmakers that the agency, which regulates the towing industry, has never enforced a century-old law meant to protect drivers whose cars are towed.

1 month ago | propublica.org | Corey Johnson |Byard Duncan |Ginny Monk |Dave Altimari

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Connecticut Mirror. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. The Connecticut legislature is working to overhaul the state's towing laws to protect consumers and lengthen the time before a towed vehicle can be sold.

1 month ago | projects.propublica.org | Corey Johnson |Anna Donlan

How Cambridge Analytica Used Intimate Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private Lives Change Appearance For years, some of America’s most iconic gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information on customers — without their knowledge or consent — to the gun industry’s main lobbying group. Political operatives then employed those details to rally firearms owners to elect pro-gun politicians running for Congress and the White House. The strategy remained a secret for more than two decades.

2 months ago | propublica.org | Corey Johnson |Byard Duncan |Jesse Coburn |Dave Altimari

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Four and a half years ago, a newly formed corporate entity purchased a low-income housing complex with 264 apartments in Phoenix. The property had received more than $4 million in federal tax credits and, in exchange, was supposed to remain affordable for decades.

2 months ago | propublica.org | Corey Johnson |Byard Duncan |Paige Pfleger |Dave Altimari

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with WPLN/Nashville Public Radio. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Two Republican state lawmakers in Tennessee have filed legislation that aims to protect domestic violence victims by requiring more transparency from people who’ve been ordered by a court to give up their guns.