Jennifer Smith Richards
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Investigations in the Midwest at ProPublica. Past: Chicago Tribune by way of OH/GA/NY/WV. Enthusiastic about FOIA + data. Tell me everything.
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How did Illinois school districts become the largest out-of-state feeder to a boarding school in Westchester County, NY? Today, ProPublica published the second part of our investigation into oversight at Shrub Oak International School: propublica.org/article/illino…
Michigan should be preserving freshwater, “not selling it at a nominal price.” Whitmer vowed to do things differently. But 6 years later, well into her 2nd term and with a Legislature controlled by fellow Dems, little has changed. By Anna Clark propublica.org/article/michig…
1/ This week, ProPublica published a story about 3 states now warning against sending students with autism to a residential school in NY. Connecticut is one of the states. Let me tell you about a CT student who went there… propublica.org/article/shrub-…
Today in wild quotes: “It is no longer taxpayer money.” From Cassandra Jaramillo, Sophie Chou, Jeremy Kohler, Jessica Kegu, Kavitha Surana, Caroline Chen (you know it's worth a read with all of those amazing names!!) propublica.org/article/texas-…
Chicago Tribune Guild has been fighting for our first contract for almost SIX years. Today, the bargaining team is back at the table once again. Our message to Alden is simple: Give journalists the fair wages and benefits they need to continue living & reporting in this great city.
HOLD MY CALLS, CANCEL MY MEETINGS Pamela Colloff has a new story out!