Charles Lane
Charles is senior reporter focusing on special projects. He has won numerous awards including an IRE award, three SPJ Public Service Awards, a National Murrow, and he was a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists.
In 2020 he reported the podcast Everytown which uncovered the plot to evict a group of immigrants from the Hamptons. He also started WSHU’s C19 podcast. Previous projects include investigations into FEMA and continuing coverage of financial regulation.
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The Senate-passed bill sharply reduces the number of banks that have to go through annual "stress tests" to determine whether they could survive an economic downturn or financial crisis.
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The Department of Justice and 45 states allege that generic- drug makers colluded to divvy up customers and set prices. Prosecutors are now looking at potential involvement by drug distributors.
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Men between the ages of 18 and 34 have been a key demographic for marketers for years. That's starting to change, say some marketing experts, who say the economic fortunes of these men have declined.
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Spotify's IPO, slated for this spring, gives investment banks a smaller role in the company's trading. It's been seen as a sign of Spotify's strength, but there are many unanswered questions.
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Cybersecurity experts are worried that political campaigns are still vulnerable to hacking efforts that plagued the 2016 campaign season.
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Being able to deduct local income and property taxes, evens things out — but the House Republican plan in the works eliminates most of those reductions, meaning no tax savings.
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The National Flood Insurance Program has received more than 80,000 claims so far from Hurricane Harvey. Each of these properties will need an inspection. Some inspectors have little training and work in a system that rewards them for doing the inspections as quickly as possible.
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To work all the expected flood claims, insurance companies will rely on hundreds of small processing companies. Some worry that inexperienced claims adjusters will do more harm than good.
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The swift rise of e-commerce is creating new challenges for cities and suburbs in different parts of the country. The big problem is a loss of sales tax revenues as online sales climb.
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New Jersey's bid to offer legalized sports betting is going to the Supreme Court. The state wants to allow legal sports betting in its casinos and racetracks, but major league sports are united in their opposition.