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Regulators were at the site for pollution and worker safety oversight, but left above-ground tank integrity checks to the company. The post State agencies confirm they inspected Washington mill, but not the tank or its safety records, before rupture killed 11 appeared first on Discrepancy Report .
After a tank rupture killed 11 workers at a Longview paper mill, the Washington Department of Ecology said a public EPA database was wrong about the facility’s pollution record. But neither Ecology nor the EPA will say exactly what was wrong, what was real or when the public record will be fixed. As of publication, [ ] The post EPA, state won’t say what’s true in Washington mill pollution record…
State records show $41,500 in environmental penalties since 2017, recent Clean Air Act violations and prior workplace safety citations at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility. The post Records show repeated violations at Washington paper mill before tank rupture left 11 dead appeared first on Discrepancy Report .
A legal coalition that failed last year to force a Florida Bar investigation into Pam Bondi says it will try again now that she’s out as U.S. attorney general. Bondi, a former two-term Florida attorney general, is licensed by the state’s Bar. The coalition brought together three legal advocacy groups and roughly 70 lawyers, former [ ] The post With Bondi out as AG, legal coalition vows to refile…
His case highlights a broader issue as U.S.-based AI tools block analysis of sensitive public records, including documents from the Epstein files. The post Lawyer says Google shut down his Gmail, Voice and Photos after NotebookLM upload appeared first on Discrepancy Report .
The change forces one-PDF-at-a-time access, while archived captures show bulk ZIP links were available days earlier. The post DOJ drops bulk downloads from Epstein Library appeared first on Discrepancy Report .
Lost income, benefits and a role reversal at home had a ‘significant financial and emotional impact,’ he said. The post Educator fired over butt book says court ruling brought relief appeared first on Discrepancy Report .
The Pentagon’s rewritten credentialing policy hasn’t ended the standoff with journalists. Press advocates say the revised rules still chill newsgathering and could further isolate reporters, even as officials insist the changes merely clarify security procedures. The post Pentagon scales back controversial media pledge, but press groups still concerned appeared first on Discrepancy Report .
Two journalists with longstanding Pentagon access have become the first known reporters to publicly reject the Department of War’s new media pledge, telling me they will not sign it, a significant escalation in response to a policy that, until now, had been widely criticized but not openly defied. An editor at a D.C.-based trade publication, [ ] The post Exclusive: Journalists refuse to sign…
Biting, hitting, and even sexual misconduct didn't get teachers fired in the Sunshine State. But using a student's preferred name did. The post Florida teacher fired for name use, while others kept jobs after abuse appeared first on Discrepancy Report .