Kyle Hopkins

Anchorage

Alaska Journalist and Special Projects Editor at Anchorage Daily News

Alaska journalist for @adndotcom and @propublica. Holding love and sharing rage. “The first killing weapon was always the Good News.” - Ernestine Hayes

Articles

Will Extreme Spending and Partisanship Undermine Trust in State Supreme Courts?

1 month ago | propublica.org | Megan O’Matz |Kyle Hopkins |Sergio Hernandez |Doug Bock Clark

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. When Susan Crawford, Wisconsin’s newly elected Supreme Court justice, took the stage in Madison on Tuesday night to claim victory, four women flanked her, beaming, hands on one another’s shoulders. One had her fist raised in triumph.
Alaska Supreme Court Places New Limits on Pretrial Delays

1 month ago | ktoo.org | Kyle Hopkins

This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Alaska’s Supreme Court has placed new limits on how long criminal cases can be postponed, part of an effort to reduce the time many criminal defendants wait to face trial in the state.
Alaska Supreme Court Places New Limits on Pretrial Delays

1 month ago | propublica.org | Kyle Hopkins |Eric Umansky |Richard Webster |Jeremy Kohler

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the Anchorage Daily News. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Alaska’s Supreme Court has placed new limits on how long criminal cases can be postponed, part of an effort to reduce the time many criminal defendants wait to face trial in the state.
Alaska Supreme Court places new limits on pretrial delays

1 month ago | adn.com | Kyle Hopkins

This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. Alaska’s Supreme Court has placed new limits on how long criminal cases can be postponed, part of an effort to reduce the time many criminal defendants wait to face trial in the state. The court’s order, which takes effect May 12, directs state judges to allow no more than 270 days of new delays for criminal cases filed in 2022 or before.
How Eric Adams Embraced NYPD’s Community Response Team Despite Misconduct Concerns

2 months ago | propublica.org | Eric Umansky |Kyle Hopkins |Richard Webster |Jeremy Kohler

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has embraced a problematic NYPD unit led by longtime allies. When department insiders raised red flags about the unit, the team’s leaders complained to the mayor. The relationship between Adams and the unit was so tight that the mayor was given access to a special livestream feed from the team’s body-worn cameras.
He Was Convicted Based on Allegedly Fabricated Bite Mark Analysis. Louisiana Wants to Execute Him Anyway.

2 months ago | propublica.org | Richard Webster |Kyle Hopkins |Jeremy Kohler |Vernal Coleman

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Verite News. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Nine prisoners who were convicted in part on inaccurate evidence presented by dentist Michael West and pathologist Dr. Steven Hayne have since been exonerated.
He Was Convicted Based on Allegedly Fabricated Bite Mark Analysis. Louisiana Wants to Execute Him Anyway.

2 months ago | shorturl.at | Richard Webster |Kyle Hopkins |Eric Umansky |Jeremy Kohler

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Verite News. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Nine prisoners who were convicted in part on inaccurate evidence presented by dentist Michael West and pathologist Dr. Steven Hayne have since been exonerated.
Alaska State Troopers seek public’s help as they investigate 2020 killing of Kotzebue woman

2 months ago | adn.com | Kyle Hopkins

This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. Alaska State Troopers are asking for the public’s help to solve the 2020 killing of a woman whose body was found at the home of the former Northwest Arctic Borough mayor. Members of the troopers’ Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons unit traveled to Kotzebue this week to investigate the death of Susanna “Sue Sue” Norton and will remain in the city for a few days, said spokesman Austin McDaniel.
Missouri GOP’s Effort to Take Over St. Louis Police Hearkens Back to Civil War

2 months ago | propublica.org | Jeremy Kohler |Kyle Hopkins |Vernal Coleman |Gwen Dilworth

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. The last time Missouri took control of St. Louis’ police force was just before the start of the Civil War, when the state’s secessionist-leaning leaders were trying to prevent police officers from taking up arms against the Confederacy.
Amid Increasing Domestic Violence, Illinois Struggles to Review Fatalities

2 months ago | propublica.org | Vernal Coleman |Kyle Hopkins |Gwen Dilworth |Lucas Waldron

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. In 2021, the number of people in Illinois killed from acts of domestic violence was growing at an alarming pace, and state legislators acted with a sense of urgency. In a near-unanimous vote, they passed legislation designed to blunt the trend.