Charlie McGee

Independent journalist | past ✍🏼 @WSJ @business @RollingStone @USATODAY @VICE etc | Tar Heel | all tips get an open-minded eye at [email protected]

[Charlie McGee @bycharliemcgee]

The UNC System paid the Sons of Confederate Veterans $74,999 in an agreement $1 short of needing state approval. Both parties have been hiding the deal's larger purpose -- to facilitate a third-party payoff crucial in a larger plot of legal collusion:

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[Report Local @report_local]

💻 #Florida wrongly cut people from Medicaid due to ‘computer error,’ bad data, reports @bycharliemcgee @TheJaxTrib via @Report4America

#localnews
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[Joan Alker @JoanAlker1]

Summary of Medicaid unwinding problems in Florida from the trial last week @bycharliemcgee

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[Samantha Liss @samanthann]

Deloitte plays a vital role in state Medicaid systems, including in Florida. The reporting from @bycharliemcgee adds to what we know:

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[The Florida Trib @TheFloridaTrib]

A 'computer error' and bad data led Florida to wrongfully strip Medicaid coverage from residents, including new mothers denied postpartum care, federal testimony revealed.

Reporting by @bycharliemcgee:
https://t.co/3N1cuJeny8
@Report4America

[Ricardo Delgado 🇨🇱 @radaempanada]

important work being done at the @Report4America conference

[The Florida Trib @TheFloridaTrib]

A federal trial that could potentially restore Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of Floridians kicked off Thursday with testimony from a Jacksonville mom.
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Reporting by @bycharliemcgee @Report4America

[The Florida Trib @TheFloridaTrib]

A federal judge has allowed a lawsuit to proceed. One of Northeast Florida’s largest landlords is accused of using faulty algorithms that discriminate against Black renters.
@bycharliemcgee @Report4America
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[The Florida Trib @TheFloridaTrib]

A federal trial that could potentially restore Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of Floridians was delayed due to a death in the judge's family.

Reporting by @bycharliemcgee. @Report4America @GroundTruth
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[Charlie McGee @bycharliemcgee]

A federal trial next week could force Florida’s government to reinstate Medicaid for hundreds of thousands of people and overhaul the way it cuts enrollees from the program, at a cost of potentially billions of dollars @TheJaxTrib @Report4America: https://t.co/4TxlUrZpHx

[Charlie McGee @bycharliemcgee]

More than 700 people gathered Monday night to call for an end to Jacksonville’s decades-long epidemic of shooting deaths tied to gangs and poverty, but the man with the power to act on their ideas — Sheriff T.K. Waters — was noticeably absent: https://t.co/qvSn3gdeKn

[Nichole Manna @NicholeManna]

When I started digging into Dexter Barry's death, our @TheJaxTrib newsroom was literally just @apantazi and I.

It's truly such an honor to see our work recognized alongside this dream group of journalists.

Here's some background on the series:

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[The Florida Trib @TheFloridaTrib]

Councilman @jimmyforjax proposed the resolution that acknowledges "wealth disparities in homeownership, if left unaddressed, will entrench racial disparities for future generations."
@Report4America @bycharliemcgee
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[Nichole Manna @NicholeManna]

Tonight, the Jacksonville City Council voted in favor of legislation that adds a layer of authorization to how the city handles certain lawsuits against employees -- against the advice of the city's top lawyer.

4 council members voted no. Story:

https://t.co/Gz03LotQJk

[The Florida Trib @TheFloridaTrib]

The Dollar General where a man with a swastika-painted rifle killed 3 Black people in Jacksonville has reopened.

As for new safety/security measures? The retailer that’s racked up violations nationwide isn’t saying much.

@bycharliemcgee/@Report4America

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[The Florida Trib @TheFloridaTrib]

Northeast Florida’s largest hospital and central caregiver for its neediest patients is in dire straits due to a deepening hole of debt, according to the Jacksonville Council Auditor’s Office.

@bycharliemcgee/@Report4America

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[Nichole Manna @NicholeManna]

Relatives of 3 Jax residents who were killed at a Dollar General in August are suing the corporate retailer, alleging the company’s negligence made the store “a criminal’s safe haven."

via @bycharliemcgee/@Report4America

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[The Florida Trib @TheFloridaTrib]

We're near our fundraising goal to sustain high-impact investigative journalism, but we need your help. This #GivingNewsDay, help us meet our $50,000 goal. Today, #NewsMatch and @duPontFund will match our readers' donations dollar for dollar.

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[The Florida Trib @TheFloridaTrib]

A federal judge has put a temporary pause on the settlement between the U.S. DOJ and Ameris Bank, which was aimed at resolving allegations of discriminatory lending practices in Jacksonville's Black-majority neighborhoods.
@bycharliemcgee/@Report4America
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[Nichole Manna @NicholeManna]

NEW: Armor Health Management, one of the nation’s largest jail medical providers and the Duval jail's former provider, can’t pay its debts and has turned assets over for liquidation.

It still holds contracts in in St. Johns, Baker and Lee counties:

https://t.co/k7OSPSopdZ

[The Florida Trib @TheFloridaTrib]

‘The shooting has to stop’

Jacksonville faith group calls on Sheriff T.K. Waters to treat shooting deaths as an issue rooted in poverty that requires the engagement of all voices citywide, not just police.

Reporting by @bycharliemcgee/@Report4America

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