This White House Plan Threatens Funding for Disabled VotersA new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restrict voting access.ProPublica7d agoWhole story →JusticeEconomyvoter registration funding threat
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus’ Business-Friendly MoveDebt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped publishing the narratives.ProPublica13d agoWhole story →CommerceEconomycfpb complaint database change
Oregon Lawmakers Seek to End Secrecy Around Housing SubsidiesLeaders of the state’s House and Senate housing committees said they want to eliminate a law that exempts the detailed financials of subsidized housing projects from public disclosure requirements.ProPublica19d agoWhole story →BuildGovernmentoregon housing subsidy transparency
Lawmaker Opens Probe Into Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded WeddingRep. Robert Garcia said the revelations that Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise “serious national security and public corruption concerns” and requested the president’s son provide financial and other records about the arrangement.ProPublica21d agoWhole story →SecurityGovernmentRobert Garciatrump jr wedding probe
