Taxpayer advocates, more data and a halt to license suspension over tax debt help states better serve low-income taxpayers.

It’s a big election year with an imposing backdrop: swirling misinformation, changing laws around voting and deep concerns about the health of American democracy. On top of a monumental presidential ...

Note: This article was produced in partnership with Columbia Journalism Investigations and the Center for Public Integrity. It was co-published by Futuro Investigates, a division of Futuro Media. The ...

Maryuri embarked on her three-month journey from Venezuela to the U.S. in July 2022, crossing nine borders on crutches with a broken foot. She traveled with her son, now 9 years old. Their path ...

A Public Integrity podcast about one woman’s quest to chip away at an enduring American injustice has been nominated for a Peabody Award.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Dozens of public records enthusiasts gathered Saturday to kick-off an annual Chicago tradition: FOIA Fest, a public records conference created to celebrate Sunshine Week, which ...

How Washington loses out Washington state has made a strong push to identify more of its homeless students in the past decade. And it has worked. Washington has become a leader nationwide in ...

A court decision finding no explicit right in Pennsylvania to “cure” absentee ballots rejected due to minor paperwork mistakes, along with state Republicans’ aggressive attempts to roll back ...

Nevada has broadly expanded access to voting in recent years, restoring rights for individuals convicted of a felony, establishing universal access to mail-in ballots and increasing the number of ...

Newsrooms around the country joined the Harm's Way collaboration to report on the issue of climate change relocation in their own communities.

To investigate the impact of climate-driven disasters on communities, we compiled disaster data from federal agencies.

Reparations are an old argument, fought mostly on the national stage. In recent years, however, state and local governments have been focusing on descendants of specific latter-day policies.