Impact

Alabama Bill Would Increase Workers' Comp Benefits For Amputees

12:49pm April 07, 2015

by Michael Grabell

A proposal to nearly triple the maximum compensation for workers who lose a limb follows an investigation that showed Alabama to have the lowest permanent partial disability benefits in the country.

Arthur H. "Bud" Kelder (left) died in World War II.

Family's Long Fight With Pentagon Returns Name To Unknown Soldier

4:27pm January 27, 2015

by Kelly McEvers

The remains of Arthur "Bud" Kelder, a WWII soldier featured in a NPR/ProPublica investigation, have been identified by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. The move comes after years spent in court.

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Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph, Mo., is changing its name to Mosaic Life Care. It was the focus of an NPR and ProPublica investigation into its billing practices.

Senator 'Astounded' That Nonprofit Hospitals Sue Poorest Patients

3:42pm January 24, 2015

by Chris Arnold

NPR and ProPublica have been reporting about nonprofit hospitals that seize the wages of lower-income patients. Sen. Chuck Grassley says hospitals doing that could be breaking the law.

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National

Regulators Take Action Against Delinquent Mines

2:28pm January 20, 2015

by Howard Berkes

In reaction to an NPR/MSHN investigation, federal regulators, a member of Congress and others are considering ways to crack down on mining companies that fail to pay delinquent mine safety penalties.

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National

Massachusetts Will Limit Practice Of Restraint And Seclusion In Schools

8:15pm January 09, 2015

by Joseph Shapiro

Massachusetts is one of a growing number of states that are putting new restrictions on the practice of restraining and secluding public school students.

National

Senator Asks Red Cross To Explain Its Finances

3:38pm January 09, 2015

by Laura Sullivan

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, wants the Red Cross to explain inaccuracies in how it has said it uses public donations, citing questions raised by an NPR and ProPublica investigation.

An American Red Cross worker stands on an inundated Brooke Avenue following heavy rains and flash flooding Aug. 13, in Bay Shore, N.Y.

Red Cross Misstates How Donors' Dollars Are Spent

5:51pm December 05, 2014

by Laura Sullivan

Red Cross officials have repeatedly said 91 cents of every dollar donated to the charity goes to disaster relief services. But an investigation by NPR and ProPublica found that's just not true.

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Delinquent Mine Fines: 'Clearly Troubling ... More Can Be Done'

10:21am November 20, 2014

by Howard Berkes

"We have tools in place to crack down on these scofflaws, but what's missing is a stronger commitment," says John Kline, a key House Republican.

Red Cross Employee Survey Finds Doubts About Leadership, Ethics

1:08pm November 13, 2014

by Laura Sullivan

The results of an internal survey of more than 14,000 employees found that 4 out of 10 employees have doubts about the charity's commitment to ethical conduct.

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, a former Red Cross official says, as many as 40 percent of the organization's emergency vehicles were assigned for public relations purposes. This photo, which shows one of the trucks on Long Island, N.Y., in January

Red Cross Responds To NPR/ProPublica Report On Storm Response Inefficiencies

6:06pm October 30, 2014

by Alicia Cypress

An NPR investigation revealed how the emergency organization funneled its resources away from storm victims to create an "illusion of mass care." The Red Cross tells PBS NewsHour that's not true.