Tracy Jan

Some happy news! After 8 years at @washingtonpost.com as a reporter and editor, I am excited to join @propublica.org as a senior editor collaborating with local news outlets on investigative projects. Basically, my dream job. I will miss my Post peeps deeply. www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

“When you hamstring the IRS, it’s just a tax cut for tax cheats.” Great story by @andykroll.bsky.social

As Congressional Republicans push for Medicaid work requirements, here’s how it’s going in Georgia: Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to manage the country’s only Medicaid work requirement program — and sell it to the public. Only 3% of those eligible have enrolled.

Many of the federal workers being forced out by Trump are Black women who spent decades building a career of government service, only to see those careers shattered in a sudden purge. By @davidmcswane.bsky.social

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil & gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground & threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water. MUST READ @nickbowlin.bsky.social's dive into one of OK's largest, most powerful industries

Pérez feels trapped in a country that doesn’t want her. She’s afraid of leaving her apartment, afraid that she will be detained and that her children will be taken away from her. “I feel so scared, always looking around in every direction. I was trying to leave voluntarily, like the president said.”

Ozturk had committed no crime, yet her detention was a priority for the new Trump administration. The govt assigned a special team to target pro-Palestinian activists. U.S. officials used the immigration system in unprecedented ways to covertly research and detain noncitizen students.

Welcome to @propublica.org's latest Local Reporting Network partners! So excited to continue working with @richardawebster.bsky.social at @veritenews.org investigating Louisiana's criminal justice policies and beyond And to collab with Holly McDede at @kqednews.kqed.org, my hometown public radio!

Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by @propublica.org detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from families if one household member is in the country illegally. By @jessecoburn.bsky.social

My @propublica.org colleague @tilleckert.com filmed the ICE officer who shoved a distraught mother to the floor inside a New York courthouse. ICE says the officer has been “relieved of current duties as we conduct a full investigation.”

Kristi Noem has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by @propublica.org point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask.

Utah’s dentistry board urged the state to revoke Nicholas LaFeber’s license after repeated reports of poor dental work. Instead, regulators reinstated it. Now new patients say they’ve been hurt by his practice. Read @jessicamiller.bsky.social latest investigation for @propublica.org + @sltrib.com

Entering the high school choice process with our 8th grader and you know what he’s taking into considering when ranking schools? Whether he can jump out the window and run home in the event of a school shooting. That’s fucked up.

GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s experiment as a model for the federal Medicaid work requirements set to take effect in 2027. A new report by a government spending watchdog found that the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.