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New Mexico Has Lost Track of Juveniles Locked Up for Life. We Found Nearly Two Dozen. <[link removed]> New legislation would require the New Mexico Corrections Department to help schedule parole hearings for prisoners given life sentences as children. But the agency wasn’t aware of at least 21 “juvenile lifers” in its custody. by Eli Hager

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Officials Move to Address Problems Facing Immigrant Workers on Wisconsin Dairy Farms <[link removed]> A ProPublica investigation showed how language barriers contributed to authorities wrongly blaming a dairy farm worker for his son’s death. Lawmakers have responded. by Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel <[link removed]>

How to Track Your Tax Refund in 2023 <[link removed]> The IRS offers a few simple ways to track the status of your tax refund. Here’s when and how you can keep an eye on it. by Kristen Doerer for ProPublica <[link removed]>

Inside the “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group That Promises to “Crush Liberal Dominance” <[link removed]> Leonard Leo, a key architect of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, is now the chairman of Teneo Network, a group that aims to influence all aspects of American politics and culture. by Andy Kroll and Andrea Bernstein, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Documented <[link removed]>

How Obamacare Enabled a Multibillion-Dollar Christian Health Care Cash Grab <[link removed]> Capitalizing on the pressure to pass the Affordable Care Act, a conservative lobbyist created an exception for faith-based health coverage, opening the door for “bad actors.” by J. David McSwane and Ryan Gabrielson <[link removed]>

Some Election Officials Refused to Certify Results. Few Were Held Accountable. <[link removed]> A ProPublica review of local officials who refused to certify 2022 election results found that most did not face formal consequences. Experts explain what that means for the future of American elections. by Doug Bock Clark <[link removed]>

Uvalde District Attorney Fights Release of Public Records Against Wishes of Most Families <[link removed]> Joining the Texas Department of Public Safety’s fight against the release of records, the district attorney claims the support of every family who lost a child in the 2022 mass shooting. Attorneys representing many of the families refute that claim. by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune, and Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune <[link removed]>

The Federal Government Is Investigating an Illinois School Where Students With Disabilities Were Frequently Arrested <[link removed]> The civil rights inquiry by the Department of Education follows a ProPublica and Chicago Tribune investigation that found the school regularly called police to arrest students. by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica <[link removed]>

Seeding Hope <[link removed]> They set out to save rainforests — and stumbled upon a way to help prevent the world’s next deadly pandemic. by Caroline Chen, photography by Kathleen Flynn for ProPublica <[link removed]>

A Top UC Berkeley Professor Taught With Remains That May Include Dozens of Native Americans <[link removed]> Despite decades of Indigenous activism and resistance, UC Berkeley has failed to return the remains of thousands of Native Americans to tribes. The university is still discovering more human remains. by Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, and Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News <[link removed]>

Alaska Says It’s Now Legal “in Some Instances” to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Individuals <[link removed]> On the advice of the state’s attorney general, Alaska’s civil rights agency quietly deleted language promising equal protections for LGBTQ Alaskans against most categories of discrimination, and it began refusing to investigate complaints. by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News <[link removed]>

How to File Taxes for Free Without TurboTax <[link removed]> Don’t get tricked into paying to file your taxes this year. Here’s how to find the truly free filing options offered by the IRS Free File program. by Kristen Doerer for ProPublica <[link removed]>

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