Vernal Coleman
Reporter at ProPublica
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1 day ago |
propublica.org | Brandon Roberts |Vernal Coleman |Eric Umansky |Hannah Allam
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When an AI script written by a Department of Government Efficiency employee came across a contract for internet service, it flagged it as cancelable. Not because it was waste, fraud or abuse — the Department of Veterans Affairs needs internet connectivity after all — but because the model was given unclear and conflicting instructions.
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propublica.org | Brandon Roberts |Vernal Coleman |Eric Umansky |Hannah Allam
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. As the Trump administration prepared to cancel contracts at the Department of Veteran Affairs this year, officials turned to a software engineer with no health care or government experience to guide them.
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5 days ago |
propublica.org | Max Blau |Margaret Coker |David Armstrong |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. The mother of an Arizona man who died after being unable to find mental health treatment is suing his health insurer, saying it broke the law by publishing false information that misled its customers.
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3 weeks ago |
propublica.org | Margaret Coker |David Armstrong |Vernal Coleman |Eric Umansky
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Current. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Last summer, as political debate swirled over the future of Georgia’s experiment with Medicaid work requirements, Gov. Brian Kemp held a press conference to unveil a three-minute testimonial video featuring a mechanic who works on classic cars.
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3 weeks ago |
propublica.org | Margaret Coker |David Armstrong |Vernal Coleman |Eric Umansky
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Current. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. When the state of Georgia handed Deloitte Consulting a $10.7 million marketing contract last July to promote the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program, the initiative was in need of serious PR.
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A response to recent tweets.
THREAD: We’ve reported that Veterans Affairs officials have warned that Trump’s cuts are hurting veterans. @SecVetAffairs Doug Collins called our story a “false narrative,” but did not say anything was inaccurate. Here’s what our story revealed and how we engaged with the VA. https://t.co/bnInc1FRbe
RT @tracyweber: When ProPublica’s reporter David Armstrong got cancer and the drug that keeps it at bay cost $1k a pill (but cost 25 cents…
