Journalists and researchers regularly use TAP to background and draw connections between people and organizations. We also support newsrooms' analyses of our data for deeper investigations. Below are are some recent stories that have used TAP data:
States ditched an election partnership. Voters will feel the consequences. From the Center for Public Integrity (2/29/24)
How a data wrinkle led me to a story about disinformation and our democracy From the Center for Public Integrity (3/20/24)
Who’s Buying Nebraska? From Flatwater Free Press (11/16/23)
UNGUARDED: How a tight-knit network of Miami real estate players bought and sold Guardianship homes for profit TAP data helped reveal WhatsApp story WhatsApp founder Jan Koum has quietly become one of the largest donors to Jewish causes How Ohio became the No. 1 state for nursing home assistant shortages Nursing Homes Scramble for Solutions Watchdog group asks Wake DA to investigate political contributions by former employees of Louis DeJoy Why Safety-Net Hospitals Serving Low-Income People May Be “On the Brink of a Precipice” PPP Changes Open the Door for More Mississippi Businesses
A piecemeal repeal
TAP expands, includes more federal spending
Industry lobbying left nursing home patients at risk
1 billion records and counting: The Accountability Project reaches new milestone
SBA releases details on PPP loans
Treasury agrees to release names of some PPP recipients
Dark Money Dominated Ohio’s Nuclear Subsidy Saga Oregon Public Broadcasting, launched a series of charts and maps for public access to a range of data on the status of COVID-19 in their communities. As number of virus cases grows, Oregon has lowest hospital bed rate in U.S. Long before coronavirus, local nursing homes were struggling with infection control rules How hospital capacity varies dramatically across the country Send us your stories tap.data.cpi@gmail.com
WLRN (7/28/23) .
Investigative Reporting Workshop (6/24/22) .
Jewish Telegraphic Agency (6/15/22) .
Eye on Ohio (9/16/21) .
Maine Monitor (7/25/21) Republished by several outlets across Maine.
NC Policy Watch (7/8/21)
Frontline (5/18/21)
Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting (5/2/2021)
A surgical repeal of parts of the 2019 bailout law means utilities, fossil fuel interests and nuclear plants still benefit, Eye on Ohio and Energy News Network (4/19/2021)
IRW (5/6/2021)
IRW and Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting (3/3/2021)
IRW (2/17/2021)
IRW (12/5/2020) IRW also made state-by-state PPP data available for download.
IRW (6/23/2020)
In July, the state’s Speaker of the House was arrested for a bribery scheme connected to the deal.
Eye on Ohio (3/5/2020)
Portland Tribune (3/15/2020)
Monterey Weekly (3/25/2020)
Industry Dive (3/30/2020)