Stephen Stock

New Orleans

Chief Investigative Reporter at WVUE-TV (New Orleans, LA)

Contributor at Investigate TV

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Articles

St. Bernard officials may have broken law in audit citing Fox 8 findings, DA reviewing report’s findings

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Stephen Stock

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A new report by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor cites findings in a Fox 8 investigation and ultimately concludes former St. Bernard Parish officials may have broken state law. The audit found that former St. Bernard Parish president Guy McInnis and his former CAO Ronald Alonzo may have broken the law. The 31-page report concludes that more than $80,000 in taxpayer funds were misspent or not collected.
St. Bernard officials may have broken law in La. Legislative audit citing Fox 8 findings

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Stephen Stock

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A new report by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor cites findings in a Fox 8 investigation and ultimately concludes former St. Bernard Parish officials may have broke state law. The audit found that former St. Bernard Parish President Guy McInnis and his former CAO, Ronald Alonzo, may have broken the law. The 31-page report concludes that more than $80,000 in taxpayer funds were misspent or not collected. The audit outlines four main violations.
Descending: The cost of sinking airports

2 months ago | fox5vegas.com | Stephen Stock

(InvestigateTV) - If you’ve flown in or out of major airports on the East Coast or West Coast, you’ve likely seen evidence of a problem that’s costing millions of dollars to address. Researchers have found more than a dozen airports across the country are sinking. What’s called “subsidence” can lead to delayed or canceled flights, increase wear and tear on runways, taxiways, and aircraft, and raise questions about airplane safety.
Descending: The cost of sinking airports

2 months ago | actionnews5.com | Stephen Stock |Dannah Sauer

(InvestigateTV) - If you’ve flown in or out of major airports on the East Coast or West Coast, you’ve likely seen evidence of a problem that’s costing millions of dollars to address. Researchers have found more than a dozen airports across the country are sinking. What’s called “subsidence” can lead to delayed or canceled flights, increase wear and tear on runways, taxiways, and aircraft, and raise questions about airplane safety.
Boeing door plug process for 737 Max 9 is "concerning," air safety expert says

Nov 21, 2024 | yahoo.com | Stephen Stock |Amy Corral |Jose Sanchez |Jose Sánchez |José Sánchez

A former National Transportation Safety Board member tells CBS News he's concerned that a failure in the process of manufacturing and inspection of Boeing's 737 Max 9 aircraft led to a near disaster in the skies over Oregon last Friday. That's when a panel on the side of the aircraft commonly referred to as a "door plug" blew out of the Alaska Airlines flight out of Portland as the plane climbed through 16,000 feet on its way to Ontario, California.
Life-saving emergency alerts often come too late or not at all

Nov 21, 2024 | yahoo.com | Laura Geller |Stephen Stock |Jose Sanchez |Jose Sánchez |José Sánchez |Aaron Munoz | +1 more

Jessica Tunis doesn't understand why emergency officials have not learned from her mother's death. The Santa Rosa, California, woman said her mother, Linda, did not receive an evacuation alert to warn her the fast-moving Nuns-Tubbs wildfires were raging nearby. The 69-year-old's body was found in the burned rubble of the Journey's End Mobile Home Park in October 2017. Evacuation alerts didn't go out to the neighborhood where Linda Tunis lived, until after she was already dead.
Schools focus on "hardening" buildings against mass shootings. Data show they're missing where most gun violence is happening.

Sep 12, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Laura Geller |Stephen Stock |Jose Sanchez |Jose Sánchez |José Sánchez |Rachel L. Gold | +1 more

"Pure chaos" is how students at Garfield High School in Seattle described the shooting scene they encountered when they returned to campus from lunch in June. 17-year-old Amarr Murphy-Paine died after he was shot while trying to break up a fight near the school steps. "I mean, people were running that way, this way," Nate Cook recalled. Garfield High School has been the scene of five shootings since 2021.
Most school shootings happen outside school walls

Sep 12, 2024 | yahoo.com | Laura Geller |Stephen Stock |Jose Sanchez |Jose Sánchez |José Sánchez |Rachel L. Gold | +1 more

"Pure chaos" is how students at Garfield High School in Seattle described the shooting scene they encountered when they returned to campus from lunch in June. 17-year-old Amarr Murphy-Paine died after he was shot while trying to break up a fight near the school steps. "I mean, people were running that way, this way," Nate Cook recalled. Garfield High School has been the scene of five shootings since 2021.
U.S. seeing record turnover among elections officials

Sep 9, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Stephen Stock |Laura Geller |Taylor Johnston |Grace Manthey

Turnover trend acceleratesData from the Bipartisan Policy Center, which tracks top elections officials around the country, shows 36% of all elections officials are new, compared to the last presidential election. "You're seeing a mass exodus of institutional knowledge with election directors and elections administrators who have done this for 30 years, 40 years that are leaving this field," Cook said.
Majority-Black school districts have far less money to invest in buildings

Aug 13, 2024 | yahoo.com | Chris Hacker |Amy Corral |Stephen Stock |Jose Sanchez |Jose Sánchez |José Sánchez

Cracked walls, mold, sewage backups, even the risk of electric shock. That's what students at Druid Hills High School outside Atlanta faced for years — and they wanted the world to see. Chronic under-investment left school buildings and facilities there in disrepair. The problem got national attention after a video the students posted to social media went viral. In the video, one student shows walls peeling from water damage. Another points to holes in the ceiling.