Steven Rodas

exclusive for @njdotcom, I obtained audio of a @camdencountynj official saying Friday’s huge EMR fire could have led to flooding of half-a-million homes with raw sewage or caused a spill into #NewJersey waterways. It could have easily “made national news.” nj.com/camden/2025/02…

He learned that Venezuelans inside the same #Texas immigration detention center were sent to #Guantanamo. He asked his wife to record in case something happened. A month later, he was among the 230+ men the U.S. sent to the Salvadoran prison #CECOT. youtu.be/UHBmbQCOYzQ

Why did this seem to take Texas by such surprise? "Everybody got the NWS forecast," Nim Kidd says. "It did not predict the amount of rain that we saw." Says state emergency ops center began briefing yesterday on the possibility of floods and was in contact with local officials.

Chicago has a lead pipe problem. Not only does Chicago have more lead pipes than any other city in the country, it's plan to get them all out is behind federal targets. This is the first story is a series from @keerti_gopal and I. More on the way! grist.org/accountability…

A con man’s luxury car scam was ruining lives, she said. Then she took him down. nj.com/hudson/2025/06… #nj #cars #fraud

Last year, @mina_bloom_ and I found that many migrant kids settling down on Chicago's South and West sides often weren't getting the help they needed. This year we wondered: How well resourced are schools that are supposed to have bilingual ed programs? chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/0…

Via @stevenrodasnj: Elon Musk has N.J. drivers fearing for their safety — and their image nj.com/middlesex/2025…

In small communities around Louisiana, water is a “ticking time bomb.” My story on how decades of deferred maintenance is reaching an inflection point: nola.com/news/louisiana…