Author: Dan Christensen
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Amid intrigue and suspicion, Broward sheriff to award $145 million jail healthcare contract
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel is expected soon to award a contact worth as much as $145 million over the next five years for the delivery of healthcare services to the county’s approximately 5,000 jail inmates. The road to a deal has been full of turns, with intrigue and suspicion around every curve. -
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ObamaCare oversight: Budget squeeze forces HHS watchdog to trim investigative targets
By Fred Schulte
Center for Public Integrity
Facing major budget and staff cuts, federal officials are scaling back several high-profile health care fraud and abuse investigations, including an audit of the state insurance exchanges that are set to open later this year as a key provision of the Affordable Care Act. -
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Syria’s Jihadi migration emerges as top terror threat in Europe, beyond
By Sebastian Rotella
ProPublica
Rachid Wahbi came to Syria from a Spanish slum, rushing toward death. And he didn’t plan to die alone. -
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Nanotechnology: Harmful or benign?
By Sheila Kaplan
Investigative Reporting Workshop
Nanotechnology is a booming industry, with growth an any industry would envy. But reports from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), GAO, academic researchers and manufacturers reveal the downside of such rapid development: Nobody really knows if these wonder products are safe. -
Plans for a new ‘marijuana court’ advance in Broward; addressing racial disparity in arrests
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Since the birth of drug court in South Florida nearly 25 years ago, so-called problem-solving courts have proliferated in courthouses across the country. Now a new idea that would take judicial specialization a step further could debut soon in Broward after its tentative approval Friday by Broward State Attorney Mike Satz. -
Findings of racial disparity in Broward marijuana arrests pits Satz, Finkelstein
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Recent findings that blacks are much more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana possession in Broward has led State Attorney Mike Satz to issue an unusual personal defense of himself, his office and local police.
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