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After DTE Energy sold consumer debt, thousands of Detroiters faced default judgments and garnished wages. The utility only reaped pennies on the dollar.

The National Press Club named three ProPublica projects — including one with the Miami Herald, a Local Reporting Network partner, and another in collaboration with PBS FRONTLINE and Retro Report — winners of two of its Consumer Journalism awards and the Edwin M. Hood Award.

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To accommodate the West Virginia senator, Democratic leadership agreed to legislation streamlining permits for the often-stalled Mountain Valley Pipeline and removing jurisdiction from a court that keeps ruling against the project.

Damming the powerful waters of the Columbia River was a boon for cheap, clean electricity. But the fish that swam those waters are dying out. And the agency in charge isn’t stopping that.

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After a Nashville Public Radio and ProPublica investigation, a Tennessee judge said she was retiring. The candidate who takes her job will have to restore confidence in the system.

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