Joel Jacobs
Data Reporter at ProPublica
Data reporter, @propublica. Past: @PittsburghPG, @washingtonpost, @MedillSchool. Former software engineer.
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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.
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4 weeks ago |
propublica.org | Jake Pearson |Joel Jacobs |Byard Duncan
If you’ve ever felt scammed by a mortgage company, auto lender, credit reporting agency or other financial institution, you might have turned to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for help. In recent years, millions of Americans have filed complaints with the agency. Sometimes they did so after a long, unsuccessful back-and-forth with customer service representatives. In other cases, a friend, family member or advocate referred them.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
myheraldreview.com | Joel Jacobs |Megan O’Matz |Megan O’matz ProPublica
A decade ago, strange billboards started showing up, including in New York’s Times Square. They weren’t advertising a product. They were vilifying Connecticut’s then-governor, Dannel Malloy. kAmp?5 E96J 4@F=5 36 EC2465 E@ E92E DE2E6’D F?FDF2= 677@CE E@ DE@A 2? ~<=29@>2 EC:36 7C@> @776C:?8 r@??64E:4FE C6D:56?ED D9@CE\E6C> 4@?DF>6C =@2?D 2E 6I@C3:E2?E :?E6C6DE C2E6D]k^AmkAm“v@G] |2==@J[ s@?’E E2<6 2H2J >J 5255J’D ;@3[” C625 @?6 @7 E96 3:==3@2C5D[ 2=@?8D:56 2 A:4EFC6 @7 2 }2E:G6 p>6C:42?
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Jan 15, 2025 |
msn.com | Joel Jacobs |Megan O’Matz
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Jan 15, 2025 |
propublica.org | Byard Duncan |Ryan Gabrielson |Joel Jacobs |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. A decade ago, strange billboards started showing up, including in New York’s Times Square. They weren’t advertising a product. They were vilifying Connecticut’s then-governor, Dannel Malloy.
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