Deep Dives
Long-form data investigations into systemic financial patterns — utility regulatory capture, political donor networks, and the financial architecture behind public institutions.
Status indicates publication readiness. Published investigations are complete and peer-reviewed. In Progress investigations are actively being built from public records.
Federal Contractor Vintage Baseline
How much federal contract money goes to recently incorporated entities? A government-wide baseline FY2022–FY2026 joining USASpending awards to OpenCorporates incorporation dates.
Read investigation →Water & Environmental Justice
289,767 EPA-regulated facilities tracked across 3,120 counties
Read investigation →ER Access & Mortality Risk
County-level risk profiles measuring emergency room access failure — drive time, overcrowding, closures, and shortage designations
Read investigation →Nursing Home Accountability
Registry covers 14,710 nursing home facilities across 53 states
Read investigation →Police Settlement Tracker
Tracking taxpayer-funded police misconduct settlements and their connections to campaign finance
Read investigation →Subsidy Clawback Tracker
1,657 companies received public subsidies and later filed WARN Act mass layoff notices, affecting 145,000 workers across 48 states. $39.2B in subsidy exposure.
Read investigation →Opioid Settlement Spending Tracker
Tracking $5.36B in opioid settlement allocations across 42 states (KFF-supplemented, expected) and $2.28B in documented spending to recipients. 1,329 mission-drift flags.
Read investigation →Faith & Public Services
Mapping the $34.5 billion overlap between religious hospitals, federal social service grants, and the lobbying campaigns that protect the arrangement.
Malpractice Accountability
2,873 federally excluded physicians still maintain active provider records. Cross-referencing OIG exclusion lists against the national provider registry.
NYS Power: Who Pays for Regulatory Capture
New York electricity rates are 49.7% above the national average. Clean energy mandates account for just 4.7% of rate increases. We traced where the other 95.3% went — and who lobbied to get it.