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Will Evans is a reporter at the Center for Investigative Reporting. For more on tracking Payne and other federal judges, visit CIR’s resource page. The Open Society Institute supports the Center’s reporting on the federal judiciary.

Shiloh Treatment Center, shown in an aerial photograph, is in the same area and run by the same person who operated the Daystar Residential Inc. facility, which the state of Texas shut down in 2011. State officials allowed Clay Hill to continue running Shiloh, even though state law should have stopped him from operating any residential child care centers for five years. (Brandon Wade for Reveal)

Federal agency sent immigrant kids to dangerous youth facility, despite serious warning signs

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Injury at Tesla solar business draws company’s biggest safety fine

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This kind of civil rights lawsuit may be endangered under Trump

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PayPal gains in diversity but top managers still mostly white, male

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Another Bush judge on the hot seat

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Money trails lead to Bush judges

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Embattled Bush judge disputes Salon report

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Bench warfare

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Key Bush judge under ethics cloud

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Controversial Bush judge broke ethics law

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Bush withdraws nominee

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Bush judge under ethics cloud

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Bush nominee broke law

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