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San Juan, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a decision in the case of the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, in Spanish) against the Fiscal Control Board Thursday, based on the premise that the Board has sovereign immunity, in a controversy that involved the Puerto Rican people’s right of access to public information.

Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for her remarkable investigation “The Backchannel,” which uncovered the depth of the sprawling $77 million welfare scandal, the largest embezzlement of federal funds in the state’s history.

Series Co-Manager Nicole Charley introduces a series of stories about traditional Indigenous knowledge and practices that honor and strengthen the relationship to the plants and animals that sustain all of us.

Grist has won the 2023 National Magazine Award in the category of General Excellence, Literature, Science and Politics.

The YouTube video series is hosted by DC Paul and Roxie E. Wilson, and will air every Friday with recaps of Verite's latest headlines.

Last week, following a story by Verite, NOPD announced it would begin placing temporary barricades along the Royal Street pedestrian mall while the city worked on a longer-term bollard system similar to what’s in place along the Bourbon Street pedestrian mall.

We are living in an exciting era of journalistic experimentation and innovation. A news organization that is producing superb reporting while establishing itself nationally as an exemplar of digital journalism is one of our own: Montana Free Press, founded six years ago by former newspaper reporter John Adams.

Black residents are disproportionately stopped and ticketed for traffic offenses. When they can’t pay fines, it can lead to jail. Activists want change.

Mississippi Today investigative reporter Anna Wolfe won the 2023 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, one of the nation’s most prestigious journalism honors, for her explosive series “The Backchannel.”