Megan O’Matz

1 month ago | omahadailyrecord.com | Kyle Hopkins |Megan O’Matz |Joel Jacobs

Series: Desperate Loans:Tribal Lenders’ Profits Built on High-Interest LoansReporting HighlightsCommunity Divisions: A tribal lending business in Minto, Alaska, is bringing in much-needed revenue but also dividing the community over ethical concerns and questions about who benefits. Legal Issues: Two suits allege Minto’s partners receive the bulk of the lending revenue. Among those named: Jay McGraw — son of Dr. Phil — who is linked to a firm assisting the tribe.

1 month ago | adn.com | Kyle Hopkins |Megan O’Matz |Joel Jacobs

This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. Dr. Phil, the powerhouse TV personality, has long dispensed practical advice to anyone hoping to avoid financial ruin — advice he’s shared with his millions of viewers. “No. 1 is avoid debt like the plague,” he’s said.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Kyle Hopkins |Megan O’Matz |Joel Jacobs

4 hours agoThe US government stole the Black Hills. Now it’s clear-cutting them. The Trump administration wants to fast-track logging in the Black Hills. What could go wrong? A lot, say tribes, scientists, and …2 hours agoA third-generation farmer was barely getting by. Then Trump’s cuts hit. LEAVENWORTH, Kan.

2 months 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.

2 months 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.