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Emily ed the InvestigateTV team as an investigative producer in 2021. Before that, Emily was an investigative reporter and multimedia journalist at WECT News in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she focused on local government, election istration, healthcare and business stories. She came to television from the print world, having worked as an award-winning community journalist in Birmingham, Alabama. Emily is a graduate of Samford University with both a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a Master of Business istration. 29734g
Officials Agree: Use Settlement Funds to Curb Youth Addiction. But the ‘How’ Gets Hairy. 1n1t5e
Parents, educators, and elected officials agree that investing in school-based prevention efforts could help curb the rising rate of youth drug overdoses. The well-known D.A.R.E. program is one likely choice, but its effectiveness is in question.
Permission to Practice: Doctors, patients say insurance prior-authorizations put profits over people 5c3g2l
Insurance companies say these reviews lower costs and protect patients, but what requires advance permission varies plan to plan, and critics argue the policies get between a patient and their doctor.
Secret Subsidies: Program meant to help farmers in trade war overspent, lacked transparency and compliance checks e1n3i
Experts say $23 billion USDA program set a precedent for spending without Congressional oversight and had a concerning mix of political influence and limited compliance monitoring.
Growing Concern: Thousands of farms across U.S. damaged by ‘dicamba drift’ that devastates crops 1v132v
A popular herbicide ingredient some farmers say is vital to business has devastated other farms because of the chemical's ability to drift under certain conditions. Enforcing the rules is in the hands of states, but there is a growing concern over whether federal action needs to be taken.
Democratic lawmakers push U.S. Transportation Secretary for faster changes to crash test dummy standards 256g6r
The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act requires research into the gender gap in vehicle crash testing, but lawmakers want Secretary Pete Buttigieg to take action now to close the Collision Division.
