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Veteran Communications Consultant Mike Mikus Joins Checks And Balances Project

2021-07-26

Checks and Balances Project is happy to announce that Mike Mikus, a longtime communications consultant, is joining the news organization as a reporter. During 2020, Mikus served as a frequent contributor on CBC in Canada during the 2020 presidential election. He also provides political analysis and commentary to national publications such as the New York… Read more »

Sentara’s Whine About Unfair Coverage

2021-07-16

As Checks and Balances Project reported on the business practices of Sentara Healthcare, we sought comment from the company’s top spokesperson — Danya Bushey – more than 20 times, so we could get the company’s version of events. Bushey rarely responded. But in recent stories in the Washington Post and Virginian-Pilot, as well as a… Read more »

2021-07-14

Europe’s plan to cut fossil fuel emissions by 55% by 2030 is ambitious, and just around the corner. But it also means a huge shift in trade and consumption patterns, The New York Times reports. Read More … https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/14/world/europe/climate-change-carbon-green-new-deal.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/14/world/europe/climate-change-carbon-green-new-deal.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

Veteran Journalist Ray Locker Joins Checks and Balances Project as Enterprise and Investigative Editor

2021-02-16

Locker has specialized in complex stories involving the intersection of business, government and politics with a focus on exposing injustice.

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.

Is Sentara Trying to Pressure EVMS Board to Flip Its “No Confidence” Vote?

2020-12-4

A new tip alleges that Sentara Healthcare Chair Dian Calderone will try to provide cover for Virginia Governor Northam. Our request for an interview with Ms. Calderone is denied.

Checks and Balances Project Files Complaint Against DeVos for Violating Federal Law

2020-09-14

The 1937 Hatch Act is clear: Officials of the U.S. government must not use their authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election. Nor may they engage in political activity while on duty.

Physicians Against Drug Shortages Get a Pass from 16 Media Outlets in Our Survey

2018-11-16

If they had asked, they may have learned that Physicians Against Drug Shortages Executive Director Philip Zweig has been employed by and has direct financial ties to medical device manufacturing companies.

Will the Visalia City Council Follow Kern County and Bakersfield on PACE?

2017-07-27

Based on another reader tip, Checks and Balances Project has learned the national Realtor lobby is now bringing its misinformation campaign to residents and elected officials in Visalia, California, ahead of an official request to determine the future of PACE for area homeowners.

2017-07-18

C&BP demanded answers to possible collusion by members of the Kern County Board of Supervisors with the realtor’s lobby before the Board killed a popular program that homeowners use to finance improvements.

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