Mar 11
2013
Database by Pro Publica tracks how industry money funnels to doctors in all states, with updated reports from 2012. Scores of doctors and medical institutions in the Buffalo area are receiving big money from the pharmaceutical industry.
Mar 7
2013
Two employees of Tonawanda Coke testified Wednesday in federal court that they were instructed to mislead regulators so that the plant would pass environmental inspections. A report from Tonawanda News.
Mar 7
2013
A Boston Children’s Hospital study found that states with strong gun laws have less gun-related deaths by about 40 percent. A report by USA Today.
Mar 4
2013
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his administration created a special website to track media interviews with state agencies. Some press interviews are monitored. Press releases, and in some cases interviews, must be pre-approved. A report by the Albany Times-Union
Mar 1
2013
ProPublica has put together a nifty package of graphics from news organizations that show the impact of the federal budget sequester.
Feb 26
2013
Congress suspended research into gun violence in the mid-1990s under pressure from the National Rifle Association. ProPublica talks to researchers who say their work showed that houses with guns are much more prone to murders and suicides.
Feb 25
2013
How the junk food industry puts profits over public health. An investigation from The New York Times Magazine.
Feb 25
2013
The UB Specturm has published a devastating investigation into the university’s indifference towards the unsafe housing and neighborhoods many of its students live in. UB’s position, in the words of one tone-deaf administrator: “We’re not in the protection business.”