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PlainBankruptcy is an independent data-journalism portal that analyzes bankruptcy filings using public government data. The team produces content that is compiled by our editorial process, and it does not accept payment from entities it covers to ensure impartiality. Through visualizations and reports, PlainBankruptcy provides accessible insights into filing trends and statistics for the public.
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PlainBankruptcy is a data-journalism publisher: we compile public datasets, verify them against their official sources, and present them in plain language. Editorial standards, sourcing, and how we handle corrections are described on our about and methodology pages.
Download the AOUSC state-filings extract cited on this page: aousc-state-filings.csv (same CSV as /statistics/, CC0).