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Five years after a major sex abuse scandal within the Catholic church in Buffalo, New York, the diocese has not paid a penny in damages — despite about 900 claims — and no one involved with the abuse or cover-ups has been charged with a crime, Jay Tokasz reported. THE BUFFALO NEWS
A Tennessee sheriff’s office is reassessing its jail death logs after reporter La Shawn Pagán found two cases where inmates died in custody last year, but were left off official tallies. CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS
Since officials in Columbus, Ohio privatized the city’s housing assistance, there’s been an uptick in terminations of Section 8 vouchers and other delays in processing aid, Peter Gill and Mark Ferenchik reported. THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
The Dallas district attorney called on police to turn over tens of thousands of investigative files after reporters Krista Torralva and Kelli Smith revealed that police had been improperly storing them and the criminal evidence they may contain. THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Texas health officials abruptly shut down a behavioral health facility, citing safety risks to children but without releasing details, and effectively kicked out 40 high-risk teens, meaning a month of chaos and crisis for families, Emily Brindley reported. FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
About 90% of drivers searched or arrested by the NYPD in 2022 were Black or Latino, reporter Samantha Max found after obtaining data the department has never released before. GOTHAMIST
Illinois child welfare officials ignored a state law that allows undocumented survivors of child abuse to seek special visas, allowing the program to languish and illegally blocking their rights to gain legal status, Carlos Ballesteros reported. INJUSTICE WATCH
The Oregon Department of Transportation erroneously marked about 3,000 license suspensions as indefinite, leading some to be wrongfully stopped by police or even jailed, reporter Maxine Bernstein revealed. THE OREGONIAN
Oregon officials flagged problems at a county animal shelter as early as 2016, but reporter Jamie Goldberg found that the shelter failed to act on important recommendations, including ones relating to pet socialization and euthanization records. THE OREGONIAN
Civil liberties lawyers are suing a county in Washington after reporter Sydney Brownstone revealed that six people died last year in custody amid hazardous jail conditions. THE SEATTLE TIMES
A team of reporters in Florida crisscrossed the state and built a database of more than 70 guardrails that were improperly installed, which can turn fatal in the event of a crash. 10 TAMPA BAY
Florida governor Ron DeSantis purged one county’s entire public housing board before the new board named a politically connected Republican as executive director, Jack Evans reported. TAMPA BAY TIMES
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