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Homicides on the rise in Milwaukee

John Diedrich and Bob Purvis at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel detail a sharp rise in the number of murders in Milwaukee this year, finding that "through Friday, 72 people have […]
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Failed oversight helps surge in air ambulance crashes

Alan Levin and Robert Davis of USA Today reviewed hundreds of documents on air ambulance crashes and analyzed a database they created from the documents. They found that since "2000, […]
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Medicaid fraud plagued by lack of oversight

Clifford J. Levy and Michael Luo of The New York Times used state Medicaid data to find that "the program has been misspending billions of dollars annually because of fraud, […]
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Leaders, volunteers used charity money to finance events for themselves

John W. Allman and Michael Fechter of The Tampa Tribune investigated the activities of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Sarasota/Tampa Bay, finding that: "For much of that time, it used money […]
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Disability program plagued with problems

Maxine Bernstein and Brent Walth of The Oregonian investigated Portland's police and firefighter disability progam, finding that "the city's system is an open checkbook, with rules that allow injured police […]
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Many businesses not inspected, study shows

Reporter Christina Murphy and Assistant City Editor Jennie Coughlin of The Daily News Leader analyzed five years' worth of Department of Labor and Industry inspections obtained from the federal Occupational […]
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School district loses big by investing locally

Joel Rutchick of The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer used local school financial records to show that "the Cleveland Municipal School District has lost out on as much as $14 million in […]
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Possible conflicts abound in South Carolina legislature

Jeff Stensland of The State reviewed financial disclosure forms from South Carolina state legislators to find that "about 20 lawmakers raked in more than $2.4 million in attorney fees by […]
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Human smuggling networks linked to terrorist groups

Pauline Arrillaga and Olga R. Rodriguez of the Associated Press reviewed court records from Mexico and the United States as part of an investigation into "the many pipelines in Central […]
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City denies request for records

David Madrid of The Arizona Republic reports on the results of a public records request the paper made asking council members in Surprise, Ariz., "to verify the miles and percentage […]
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