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Editors note: This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois.

State audits point to troubling conditions in juvenile detention centers, but no agency has strong enough oversight to bring about change.

Editors Note: This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois.

State audits point to troubling conditions in juvenile detention centers, but no agency has strong enough oversight to bring about change.

A 2008 city law intended hotels used as primary residences to be preserved as safety-net housing. But with little enforcement, some landlords had turned their buildings into tourist hotels.

The court’s upcoming ruling could clarify an earlier decision on gun cases. Or it could take away one of the best options to protect domestic violence victims.

In Oregon, many endorse opening the Willamette river dams and letting fish coast the natural current as the best way to avoid extinction. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has other ideas.

Five years after ProPublica and the South Bend Tribune partnered to investigate police misconduct in Elkhart, Indiana, reporter Ken Armstrong reflects on the incremental but powerful impact journalism can have on communities.

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Months after the state’s highest court directed judges to ensure that all criminal defendants have legal representation while awaiting indictment, one justice has acknowledged that the rule isn’t being widely followed.