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Reno housing prices are going up, and some weekly motels are disappearing; where will residents go?

Mar 07, 2022

The median price for an existing single-family home in Reno hit 600-thousand dollars in January. At the same time, homelessness in the Biggest Little City doubled last year.  

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Is The Strip In Danger of Super-Spreading Covid-19? A Contact Tracing App May Be The Answer

Aug 26, 2020

Five months into the pandemic and we’re still figuring out how to stem the spread of COVID-19. 

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The Growing Influence of Sheldon Adelson

Oct 24, 2018

Sheldon Adelson is one of the most recognizable names in the casino industry as the CEO of Las Vegas Sands, and he’s also a powerful political player.  

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Marketing payments to doctors by makers of opioids have declined.

Opioid-Makers Cut Back On Marketing Payments To Doctors

Jun 28, 2018
ProPublica found that drugmakers spent less to market opioids to doctors in 2016 than in prior years. Studies have shown that payments to doctors are linked to more prescriptions for the drugs.
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A screenshot from a video produced by ProPublica about 6-year-old Alison Jimena Valencia Madrid who had just crossed into the U.S. before she was detained and separated from her mother. An audio recording of Alison pleading for someone to call her aunt s

Watch: 6-Year-Old Girl, Alone, Breaks Through Immigration Noise With A Phone Number

Jun 22, 2018
"First, I want to take a bath. A really hot bath," she tells her cousin over the phone.
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ProPublica Story Links Neo-Nazi Group To Las Vegas

Feb 28, 2018

The Atomwaffen group has members all over the country, including in Las Vegas.

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Unnecessary Medical Care: More Common Than You Might Imagine

Feb 01, 2018
An analysis of insurance claims in Washington state found that in a single year more than 600,000 patients underwent testing and treatment they didn't need, at an estimated cost of $282 million.
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"We really don't have good standards and a good discussion going on about who should receive ICU care," said Dr. Dong Chang at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center campus in Torrance, Calif.

A Prescription To Reduce Waste In Health Care Spending

Dec 21, 2017
A ProPublica series has illuminated the many ways the U.S. health care system leaks money. Here are some ideas for plugging the holes.
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Nevada Pardons Commission Gives Full Pardon To Man Who Spent 21 Years In Prison

Nov 21, 2017

This month the Nevada Board of Pardons Commissioners granted a full pardon

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Matthews' prescription drops keep his eye pressure down. Not using the eyedrops could lead to blindness.

Drug Companies Make Eyedrops Too Big, And You Pay For The Waste

Oct 18, 2017
When eyedrops dribble down your face, it's not your fault. Drugmakers have long known that their drops of medicine exceed the capacity of the human eye. Why didn't companies make the drops smaller?
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A Las Vegas Murder, A National Problem

Jun 02, 2017

In 1992, a Las Vegas Strip performer named Gerard Soules was brutally murdered in his trailer.

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President-elect Donald Trump promised to give up legal control of his companies at his Jan. 11th press conference. Next to him was a stack of documents he said would sever his business ties.

Trump Is Yet To Sever Ties With His Business, Despite Promises To Do So, Report Says

Jan 22, 2017
Trump said he would surrender control of his businesses to two of his sons by Friday but ProPublica says there's no sign he has done so.
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Report Finds Metro Uses Faulty Field Drug Tests To Convict

Oct 31, 2016

As party central USA, Clark County attracts more than its share of people doing illegal drugs.

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Senator Introduces Bill That Would Open Red Cross To Outside Oversight

Jul 06, 2016
In response to reporting by NPR and ProPublica, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, investigated the Red Cross. Now he's introduced legislation that would force the charity to open its books.
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The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics earned a high grade on ProPublica's payment scorecard.

Doctors At Southern Hospitals Take The Most Payments From Drug, Device Companies

Jun 29, 2016
A hospital's location and whether it is for-profit make a big difference in the share of its doctors taking industry payments like meals, travel and speaking fees. Check out the ProPublica analysis.
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Mosaic Life Care, formerly Heartland Regional Medical Center, in St. Joseph, Mo.

Nonprofit Hospital Forgives Debts And Stops Suing So Many Poor Patients

Jun 02, 2016
Scrutiny by Sen. Charles Grassley and an investigation by NPR and ProPublica led a Missouri hospital to give $17 million in debt relief. Will other nonprofit hospitals follow suit?
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Lake Mead Expected To Hit Historic Low In June

May 18, 2016

Lake Mead is expected to surpass a historic low in June, dipping below 1,075 feet, and Hoover Dam could be in trouble. 

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"I don't think we can order or require transparency from private-sector companies but I do think that our efforts are having an impact," said Niall Brennan, chief data officer at CMS.

What Feds' Push To Share Health Data Means For Patients

May 09, 2016
ProPublica's Charles Ornstein spoke with Niall Brennan about making health data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services more widely available outside the government.
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Wall Street And Water In The West

Feb 16, 2016

Water is one of our most scarce resources here in the West – and our growing dependence and depleting supply of water is presenting a business opportunity for some.

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Neal Eggeson works out of a tiny office in his suburban Indianapolis home.

Small Violations Of Medical Privacy Can Hurt Patients And Erode Trust

Dec 10, 2015
Breaches that expose the health details of just a patient or two are proliferating nationwide. Regulators focus on larger privacy breaches and rarely take action on small ones, despite their harm.
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Sen. Grassley Gives Red Cross Deadline To Explain Haiti Spending

Jul 09, 2015
Citing reports from NPR and ProPublica that found a string of poorly managed projects after the devastating 2010 earthquake, the senator is demanding answers to how nearly $500 million was spent.
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Power and Water: Combining Forces For Drought

Jun 22, 2015

Hundreds of miles west of Phoenix, Arizona, a power plant consumes 15 tons of coal each minute. Its three smoke stacks spew 44,000 tons of carbon into the air each day.

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NPR Red Cross Investigation Prompts Call For A Congressional Hearing

Jun 09, 2015
The joint NPR/ProPublica probe found that the charity raised nearly half a billion dollars after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti but has little to show for it.
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The Long Odds On The Western Drought

Jun 04, 2015

The odds on how long the current drought will last aren’t posted in the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.

But if they were, one choice would have to be: forever.

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Joel Ramirez climbs back into his wheelchair with the help of Francisco Guardado, a home health aide, at his home in Rialto, Calif.

Workers' Comp: CA Bill Would Stop Insurers From Suspending Care

Apr 30, 2015
A ProPublica/NPR investigation into the case of a paralyzed worker prompted the state to warn insurance companies that they can't arbitrarily change treatment plans.

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