Photo: Mike Bitzenhofer (Getty Images) It’s no secret that most cities rely on traffic tickets to generate revenue and cover gaps in the municipal budget. Fines account for 10 percent of the budget in 730 municipalities, according to the New York Times. However, some cities are worse than other. To assess which cities made the … Read more
It would seem Supreme Court corruption is untouchable, but last week Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced a formal request to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland for the opening of an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Separately, this week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York filed articles of impeachment … Read more
Newly released audio reveals that conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito disparaged ProPublica’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of ethical issues on the court as trying to “make something out” of “any little thing they can find.” The recording was captured by Ally Sammarco, a colleague of liberal documentary filmmaker Lauren Windsor, at a June 3 event … Read more
Former President Donald Trump used a dubious accounting maneuver to claim improper tax breaks from his troubled Chicago tower, according to an IRS inquiry uncovered by The New York Times and ProPublica. Losing a yearslong audit battle over the claim could mean a tax bill of more than $100 million. The 92-story, glass-sheathed skyscraper along … Read more
