Investigations
A nationwide investigation of state lotteries by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland found that stores that sell tickets are disproportionately clustered in lower-income communities in nearly every state.
Capital News Service | July 2022
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At least 9,000 Arkansas workers caught COVID-19 as pandemic overwhelmed regulators, companiesIn working conditions that stress a quick turnaround on products, have close contact between employees and brisk temperatures, poultry workers say they were put at risk for catching the virus.
Capital News Service | May 2021
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Milwaukee evictions spurred by COVID-19, longstanding racism and poverty
States across the country temporarily barred landlords from evicting tenants this year as the coronavirus reached the United States, forcing businesses to shutter and unemployment to spike. Wisconsin was one of the first states to lift its eviction moratorium on May 26.
Capital News Service | September 2020
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