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C&BP Files Ethics Complaint Against Judge Who Ruled in Favor of Sentara Healthcare, a Former Private Practice Client
2021-03-2
Update: Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission rejects our complaint against Judge Hall, saying it “does not intervene in pending cases…. You may refile, with a copy of the final order, “and the Commission will consider your allegation at that time.”
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Hatch Act Unit: C&BP Complaint Against Former Ed. Sec. DeVos Still Under Investigation
2021-02-23
On Feb. 16, Hatch Act Unit Chief Ana Galindo-Marrone responded to our inquiry and affirmed the case against Betsy DeVos was still open. She promised to send us a letter with her determination once the investigation was complete.
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Judge Hall
Judge Ruled for Sentara, Once Represented the Company with Sentara’s Lawyer
2021-02-22
While in Private Practice as an Attorney, Judge Mary Jane Hall and Lawyer Jamie B. Martin Had Co-Represented the Powerful Healthcare Giant  
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Merrick Garland
C&BP Calls on Senate Judiciary Committee to Query Garland About Investigating Gross Election Interference by Trump, Graham
2021-01-14
Committee members should commit to probing President Donald Trump and Senator Lindsey Graham for gross election interference in Georgia.
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Howard Kern
Asked About Compensation for Life Scheme, Sentara CEO Kern Won’t Comment… Then Hangs Up
2021-01-5
It seems to be an unusual arrangement for a nonprofit health care system – especially one based in Hampton Roads, Virginia, where health disparities with minority and low-income populations are among the greatest in the nation.
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FirstEnergy
Randazzo Secretly Bought 5 Ohio Properties Starting in 2013
2020-11-24
FirstEnergy Corp. admits to paying $4 million to end a consulting contract with “an entity associated with an individual who subsequently was appointed” as utilities regulator. The contract began in 2013, when Randazzo began buying properties.
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Sentara
Records Suggest Sentara Pushing EVMS Funding Onto Virginia Taxpayers To Ease $11.5B Merger
2020-11-20
Sentara Healthcare is a tax-exempt nonprofit with net assets estimated at $6 billion; $5 billion more than the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Sentara Healthcare
Will Sentara Healthcare’s Expansion Plans Hurt Eastern Virginia Medical School’s Ability to Serve Southeast Virginia?
2020-11-13
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s alma mater — Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) — is the subject of a compelling tip from a reader about Sentara Healthcare.
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Randazzo
Ohio PUC Chair Randazzo’s Ties to Players in $61M FirstEnergy Scandal Raise Questions
2020-11-2
C&BP launches “The Randazzo Accountability Project,” building upon several years of our previous investigative work into various players in Columbus’s culture of corruption.
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Betsy DeVos's yacht
Sec. Betsy DeVos’s $40M Yacht Flies a Cayman Islands Flag, Yet Summers on Lake Michigan
2020-10-11
A tracking service reveals the “Seaquest” often summers in Lake Michigan, winters in the Caribbean. Is it tax avoidance or tax evasion?
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