Path 01
Start With Live Pages
Use the live metric pages first. Low Wages and Housing Crisis already carry current official figures with source links attached.
PUBLIC TOOLS
Action
Center
This page is for the reader tools that can grow out of the reporting: downloads, briefs, alerts, and public-use materials. It should make clear what exists now and what may come next.
Release clean datasets
Package partner toolkits
Stand up real public alerts
Reader Utility
What Readers Can Do Right Now
A news and records site feels more useful when it tells people exactly where to start. These are the concrete public pathways that already exist.
Path 02
Follow The Reporting
Use the source-guided investigations when you want to see the reporting map, source stack, and publication rule before a quantified claim goes up.
Path 03
Read The Standards
Use Operations when you want the site's standards, privacy rules, and source-handling notes in one place.
Launch Paths
Interaction Modules
These are the most useful public additions to build next. Each one should help readers do something concrete with the reporting.
Data Export
The most credible first release here is a versioned export layer: CSV, JSON, and PDF packets that mirror the live public metrics and say exactly when they were refreshed.
Take Action
Readers should be able to move from an investigation page into a short civic brief: what the record says, what remains under review, and what questions are worth pushing locally or publicly.
Support Independent Auditing
Support should eventually mean mirrored hosting, community verification help, or research underwriting. The public page has to explain the use clearly before it asks for anything.
Emergency Alert
If alerts ever ship, they should be limited to actual publication events or verified public-interest incidents. This page should never become a vague urgency machine.
Design Rule
No Dead-End Buttons
An action page should never bluff. Every button needs a real destination, a clear scope, and someone responsible for keeping it current.
What Comes Next
Recommended Sequence
Versioned public exports for sourced indicators and investigation summaries.
One-page investigation briefs that explain what is published, what is held, and what records matter next.
Partner-ready civic or media packets built from already published investigation material.
A public release cadence that says exactly what changed and when. Current review date: March 31, 2026.