Justin Elliott

4 weeks ago | propublica.org | Molly Parker |Jake Pearson |Joshua Kaplan |Justin Elliott

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. CARBONDALE, Ill. — I grew up off a gravel road near a town of 60 people, a place where cows outnumber people. Southern Illinois University, just 40 miles north, opened up my world.

4 weeks ago | propublica.org | Kavitha Surana |Cassandra Jaramillo |Joshua Kaplan |Justin Elliott

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Texas Republicans have proposed changes to the state’s strict abortion ban they say would make clear that doctors can terminate pregnancies for serious medical risks without having to wait until a patient’s condition becomes life-threatening.

4 weeks ago | propublica.org | Jake Pearson |Joshua Kaplan |Justin Elliott |Jesse Coburn

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Since the Trump administration moved to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last month, the bureau has dropped nine lawsuits that it had brought on behalf of consumers.

4 weeks ago | nerdvana.co | Joshua Kaplan |Justin Elliott

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Elon Musk’s aerospace giant SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the company as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs, according to previously unreported court records. The rare picture of SpaceX’s approach recently emerged in an under-the-radar corporate dispute in Delaware.

4 weeks ago | propublica.org | Joshua Kaplan |Justin Elliott |Jesse Coburn |Vernal Coleman

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Elon Musk’s aerospace giant SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the company as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs, according to previously unreported court records. The rare picture of SpaceX’s approach recently emerged in an under-the-radar corporate dispute in Delaware.