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Louisiana authorities are investigating a judge who has been quietly accused in two other states of sexually assaulting a teenage girl, John Simerman and Jim Mustian reported.
THE ADVOCATE
After a seven-year legal battle, a federal appeals court ruled the government must release
food stamp sales records that the local newspaper sued for.
During a long-needed cleanup of a rundown Georgia prison, officials discovered a scourge of toxic asbestos, delaying the project for months and adding tens of thousands in costs, Danny Robbins reported.
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Mobile park owners in Tennessee trick low-income residents with lease-to-own contracts that lead to thousands more in payments than what tenants can afford, Tyler Jett reported.
CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS
The Detroit Lions said they did a background check before hiring their head coach, but didn't mention he had been publicly accused of sexual assault in 1996, Robert Snell reported.
THE DETROIT NEWS
The University of Idaho athletic director lied when he said that the department had not had "any issues" recently with sexual assault. In November, a woman said an athlete raped her, Chadd Cripe reported.
THE IDAHO STATESMAN
Before an infant died, Wisconsin welfare officials received nine warnings about the family, but still entrusted the baby's care to abusive parents, Ashley Luthern reported.
JOURNAL SENTINEL
Hundreds of Minnesota schools, built on soil with some of the highest concentrations of radon in the nation, don't test for the deadly gas despite the thousands of lives it claims each year around the country, a team reported.
KARE 11
Engineers who built the doomed pedestrian bridge at a Florida college knew about cracks in the foundation long before they'd previously acknowledged, a team found after reviewing photographs and an internal email unintentionally released.
THE MIAMI HERALD
A New Hampshire man charged with murdering his ex-fiancee had been convicted of kidnapping a former girlfriend, but was released from prison after the parole board spent 21 seconds discussing his case, Todd Feathers reported.
NEW HAMPSHIRE UNION LEADER
An Ohio protective services agency quietly floated plans to allow abusive caregivers easier access to thousands of children and adults, Ron Regan and Samah Assad reported. Officials dropped the plan after reporters started asking questions.
NEWS 5 CLEVELAND
Philadelphia public schools are covered in asbestos, a team reported after conducting lab testing. But instead of addressing the life-threatening problem, officials criticized reporters' methods and downplayed the findings.
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
A prominent San Antonio businesswoman with ties to the local prosecutor saw her DWI charge quickly dropped and is now requesting to have all records of the case destroyed, Brian Chasnoff reported.
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS
The Florida school district that shuffled around the Parkland shooter has for months misled the public in effort to conceal its lax policies and cycle of second-chances for violent, sometimes criminal, behavior, a team reported.
SUN SENTINEL
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