FEMA Has So Far Paid Out Less Than 1% of What Congress Allocated for Victims of New Mexico Wildfire
Congress gave FEMA $3.95 billion to compensate victims of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire in northern New Mexico. Seven months later, just $3 million has been paid, and most hasn’t gone to households.
About the Local Reporting Network
ProPublica is supporting local and regional newsrooms as they work on important investigative projects affecting their communities. Topics include sexual violence, conflicts of interest, housing, and workplace safety. Our partner, the Anchorage Daily News, won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for public service for our collaboration.
Meet the People Uprooted by LA’s American Hotel
When the American Hotel converted into a tourist hotel, its long-term residents lost not just their affordable housing but the creative community that long thrived in the iconic building.
TitleMax Demands High-Interest Payments From Borrowers in Bankruptcy
In Georgia, borrowers looking to alleviate debt through Chapter 13 bankruptcy can’t escape their high-interest title pawns thanks to a legal loophole that TitleMax helped secure.
How We Measured the Title Lending Industry in Georgia
No statewide agency monitors Georgia’s high-interest title lenders, so we used a variety of data sources to reveal the scope of the industry and its impact on customers who file for bankruptcy.
Distinguished Fellows
These reporters are pursuing a broad range of important investigative projects in partnership with ProPublica over a three-year period.
-
Kyle Hopkins
Anchorage Daily News
-
Molly Parker
Capitol News Illinois
-
Lulu Ramadan
The Seattle Times
-
Tony Schick
Oregon Public Broadcasting
-
Ken Ward Jr.
Mountain State Spotlight
Partner Newsrooms
These newsrooms and reporters are working with ProPublica on an accountability journalism project.
-
Capital & Main
Reporter: Robin Urevich
-
THE CITY
Reporter: Abigail Kramer
-
The Current
Reporter: Margaret Coker
-
Documented
Reporter: Marcus Baram
-
High Country News
Reporter: B. Toastie Oaster
-
Idaho Statesman
Reporter: Becca Savransky
-
The Maine Monitor
Reporter: Rose Lundy
-
Mississippi Free Press
Reporter: Nick Judin
-
Mississippi Today
Reporter: Isabelle Taft
-
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Reporter: Caleb Bedillion
-
The Salt Lake Tribune
Reporter: Jessica Miller
-
Source New Mexico
Reporter: Patrick Lohmann
-
Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO
Reporter: Brandi Kellam
-
WABE
Reporter: Stephannie Stokes
-
WPLN/Nashville Public Radio
Reporter: Meribah Knight
-
WPLN/Nashville Public Radio
Reporter: Paige Pfleger
-
WVUE-TV
Reporter: Samantha Sunne
Featured Series
-
Lawless
Sexual Violence in Alaska
-
Paradise Lost
Hawaii’s Disappearing Beaches
-
State of Denial
Inside Arizona’s Division of Developmental Disabilities
-
Defenseless
Investigating the Only State Without Public Defenders
-
Birth Rights
Investigating Florida’s NICA Program
-
Critical Condition
Investigating the Business of Oklahoma’s Rural Hospitals
-
Profiting from the Poor
Inside Memphis’ Debt Machine
-
The Cutting
Investigating Industrial Logging in Oregon
-
Desperation Town
How Youngstown Gave Itself Away for the Promise of Jobs
-
Pollution Profiteers
Inside California’s Toxic Hauling Industry
-
Coming to Collect
Investigating Public Housing in Annapolis
-
Lessons Lost
How Federal Schools Are Failing Native American Students
-
Big Jim
West Virginia’s Conflicted Governor
Other Series
-
-
-
-
Homeowner Hell
Investigating Colorado’s Unregulated Homeowners Associations
-
Unequal Discipline
Native Students Face Harsh Discipline in New Mexico
-
Nowhere to Go
New Mexico’s Troubled Foster Care System
-
Culture of Cruelty
Inside Illinois’ Mental Health System
-
Disaster After Disaster
Growing Storms, Faltering Aid
-
Broken Promises
Salmon Disappear From the Pacific Northwest
-
Unguarded
Investigating Risks to the Incarcerated of Illinois
-
Crisis Point
How New York Wrecked Mental Health Care for Kids
-
Flight Risk
Commercial Aviation Safety in Alaska
-
Asset Mismanagement
How the Police Take Money and Keep It
-
Juvenile Injustice, Tennessee
Where Kids Meet the Rule of Law
-
Schoolyard Sheriffs
Policing Kids in Antelope Valley Schools
-
Unwatched
A Louisiana Law Department That Polices Itself
-
Black Snow
Big Sugar’s Burning Problem
-
Gilded Badges
How New Jersey Cops Profit From Police Unions and Avoid Accountability
-
Sunken Costs
Coal Ash in Georgia
-
Promised Land
A Failed Housing Pledge to Native Hawaiians
-
Power Play
The Influence of Virginia’s Biggest Utility
-
At a Great Price
The True Cost of the Sears Headquarters Deal
-
Polluter’s Paradise
Environmental Impact in Louisiana
-
Campus Complicity
Faculty Sexual Misconduct in Illinois
-
The Untouchables
Investigating South Carolina’s Judges
-
Miswired
How Kentucky Missed the Tech Revolution
-
A 911 Emergency
Rhode Island’s Deadly 911 Flaws
-
Invisible Walls
Connecticut’s Separate and Unequal Housing
-
The Real Bosses of New Jersey
How Unelected Officials Run Your Government
-
Locked Down
An Investigation of Mississippi’s Prisons
-
Overcorrection
Crisis in California Jails
-
Accused in Elkhart
Justice in an Indiana County
-
Louisiana’s Ethical Swamp
Lawmakers’ Conflicts of Interest
-
A Sick System
Repeat Attacks After Pleading Insanity
-
The New Power Brokers
West Virginia’s Natural Gas Industry
-
Half-life
Nuke Lab Workers Getting Sick
-
HUD’s House of Cards
Public Housing Failures
-
Trauma After Tragedy
PTSD in First Responders
