Information Density: ProPublica – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

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(https://propublica.org) 📸 Data Snapshot: June 19, 2026
Information Density — The Lens

Classify each sentence as substantive or hollow. Grounding markers — numbers, currencies, dates, technical units, named entities — outweigh marketing adjectives. When fluff sits right next to hard evidence, the fluff is forgiven.

Info Density Power-words vs. Substance ratio.
30 Impact Weight: 30 / 100
100% Reputation

The information density is exceptionally high, with a fluff-to-substance ratio near zero. Headings avoid power word saturation, instead using specific nouns and data points such as 770,000 Children, 25-Cent Cancer Pill, and Billionaire Donor. The body text provides granular details, citing specific legislative changes and court-obtained documents rather than generic marketing claims.

Information Density is read straight from the body copy: how much of the text carries grounded, checkable substance versus hollow filler. Below is the clean text the engine analyzed, then the industry’s known generic-claim patterns to weigh it against.

📝 The Narrative — clean text per page (the substance-vs-filler signal)
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[H3] Ken Paxton Wanted to Crack Down on Forum Shopping. Now Lawyers Say He’s Improperly Seeking Out Favorable Courts.
The Texas attorney general has filed at least 30 cases over the past nine years that have a tenuous connection to the counties in which they were filed, a practice that legal experts say pushes the boundaries of the law.

by Zach Despart and Misty Harris, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune
May 20, 2026, 6:00 am EDT
[H3] Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges “Healthy Skepticism” of Climate Science
As congressional Republicans accuse climate scholars and lawyers of colluding to influence the judiciary, a symposium hosted by a center funded by the fossil fuel industry educates judges about free-market views of climate science.

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May 2, 2026, 5:00 am EDT
[H3] “A Punch in the Gut”: After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement
Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against the company for the harm they said its drugs caused. Fewer than half of them will get any compensation.

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[H3] He Compared a Black Child to a Dog and Withheld Evidence in Death Row Cases. Now He’s Running for Judge.
Louisiana prosecutor Hugo Holland has had a career mired in controversy: concealing of evidence, allegations of racism, submission of false paperwork. That hasn’t stopped him from becoming the de facto frontrunner of his judicial race.

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[H2] Are You Waiting for Opioid Settlement Money From Purdue, Mallinckrodt or Endo? Get in Touch.

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[H2] A Black Teen Died Over a $12 Shoplifting Attempt. 13 Years Later, Two Men Plead Guilty in His Killing.

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[H2] Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.

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[H2] “Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America

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[H2] The Texas Redistricting Fight Has Been the Testing Ground for the Trump Administration’s Latest Legal Strategy

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[H2] ProPublica Updates Supreme Connections Database With Newly Released Financial Disclosures

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July 25, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
[H2] Democrats Won a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Control Over the Board That Sets Election Rules.

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May 16, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
[H2] N.C. Lawmakers Move to Stop Votes From Being Discarded Based on Postelection Rule Changes

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April 10, 2025, 3:55 pm EDT
[H2] Will Extreme Spending and Partisanship Undermine Trust in State Supreme Courts?

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April 6, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
[H2] Alaska Supreme Court Places New Limits on Pretrial Delays

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March 27, 2025, 7:00 am EDT
[H2] Alaska Judge Vows to Reduce Trial Delays: “We Must, and We Will, Improve”

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February 14, 2025, 4:30 pm EST
[H2] ProPublica Updates Supreme Connections Database With Previously Missing Disclosures

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February 13, 2025, 5:00 am EST
[H2] North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed. Years Earlier, That’s How He Voted.

by Doug Bock Clark
January 18, 2025, 2:00 pm EST
[H2] The Neverending Case: How 10 Years of Delays Have Prevented a “Horrendous” Sexual Assault Allegation From Going to Trial

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January 9, 2025, 11:00 am EST
[H2] North Carolina Supreme Court Blocked Certification of a Justice’s Win. Activists Fear It’s “Dangerous for Democracy.”

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[H2] Anchorage Police Say They Witnessed a Sexual Assault in Public. It Took Seven Years for the Case to Go to Trial.

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[H2] A North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate’s Bid to Overturn His Loss Is Based on Theory Election Deniers Deemed Extreme

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December 23, 2024, 12:05 pm EST
[H2] Courts Appoint Special Counsel to Oversee Reform of New York’s Troubled Guardianship System

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[H2] A Supreme Court Justice Warned That a Ruling Would Cause “Large-Scale Disruption.” The Effects Are Already Being Felt.

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[H2] Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket

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[H2] Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: “Thank You So, So, So Much”

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[H2] Judge Cannon Should Be Removed From Trump Case, Watchdog Group Argues in New Legal Filing

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[H2] Our Editor Won a 6-Year Legal Battle. It Didn’t Feel Like a Victory.

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[H2] Even When Big Cases Intersect With Their Families’ Interests, Many Judges Choose Not to Recuse

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[H2] North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code

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[H2] Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds

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[H2] Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor

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[H2] New Utah Law Prioritizes Child Safety in Custody Courts

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[H2] Senate Judiciary Committee Has Yet to Subpoena Harlan Crow or Leonard Leo

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[H2] Senate Investigation “Casts Fresh Doubt” About the Validity of Harlan Crow’s Yacht Tax Deductions

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[H2] Supreme Connections: Search Supreme Court Financial Disclosures

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[H2] A “Delicate Matter”: Clarence Thomas’ Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resign

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[H2] The Judiciary Has Policed Itself for Decades. It Doesn’t Work.

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[H2] The Supreme Court Has Adopted a Conduct Code, but Who Will Enforce It?

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[H2] The Scandal That Never Happened

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[H2] Trump’s Court Whisperer Had a State Judicial Strategy. Its Full Extent Only Became Clear Years Later.

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[H2] We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority

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[H2] It’s Not Personal: Why Clarence Thomas’ Trip to the Koch Summit Undermines His Ethics Defense

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October 5, 2023, 6:00 am EDT
[H2] Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events

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September 22, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
[H2] Clarence Thomas Acknowledges Undisclosed Real Estate Deal With Harlan Crow and Discloses Private Jet Flights

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August 31, 2023, 4:25 pm EDT
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