Doug Bock Clark

3 weeks ago | propublica.org | Phoebe Petrovic |Doug Bock Clark |Erin Rhoda |Jennifer Smith Richards

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Wisconsin Watch. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Lawyers said Wisconsin’s public name-change process creates a dataset of likely transgender people, exposing them to risks of discrimination, harassment or violence.

1 month ago | pressreleasepoint.com | Doug Bock Clark

Submitted by ProPublica on Fri, 04/11/2025 - 02:01 Spurred by ProPublica’s reporting, Democrats have introduced a measure designed to block a right-wing strategy to disallow ballots after they were cast. It’s being used to try to upend the results of a key state Supreme Court race. Spurred by ProPublica’s reporting, Democrats have introduced a measure designed to block a right-wing strategy to disallow ballots after they were cast.

1 month ago | propublica.org | Doug Bock Clark |Jacob Orledge |Joshua Kaplan |Molly Redden

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting on efforts by right-wing activists to disallow ballots, North Carolina Democrats have introduced a bill designed to prevent votes from being tossed out based on postelection rule changes.

1 month ago | pressreleasepoint.com | Doug Bock Clark

Submitted by ProPublica on Wed, 04/09/2025 - 03:22 In response to ProPublica’s reporting, a bipartisan committee of senators is asking the state auditor to investigate how $15 million intended to stop human trafficking had been spent and managed. In response to ProPublica’s reporting, a bipartisan committee of senators is asking the state auditor to investigate how $15 million intended to stop human trafficking had been spent and managed.

1 month ago | propublica.org | Doug Bock Clark |Ginny Monk |Kayla Guo |Megan O’Matz

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Members of a bipartisan committee of North Carolina senators are asking the state auditor to investigate how money intended to stop human trafficking had been spent and managed, in response to ProPublica’s reporting.