The Monitor in McAllen, Texas, has already posted a searchable database of who has voted so far during the early voting period of the general election, using data released daily by the Hidalgo County elections department. Users can find out who voted, where they voted and the date they voted. Staff writer Ryan Holeywell noted, [...]
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Dellums calls for review of police in Bailey murder
October 31st, 2008 
Meganm Mayor Ron Dellums said late Tuesday he is asking state Attorney General Jerry Brown to conduct an independent probe of the police department’s handling of journalist Chauncey Bailey’s killing in August 2007. Read the Chauncey Bailey Project’s online story or see the related video story from KTVU-Oakland, Calif..
‘The System is the Crime’
October 31st, 2008 Meganm For JudicialReports.com, Mark Lagerkvist examined the “paradox cloaked in robes” that allows New York judges to accept large campaign gifts from lawyers who have pending cases in their courts. The initial story focused on one law firm that gave $157,000 candidates for Supreme Court – including five-figure contributions to nine sitting justices. The follow-up explored [...]
Mortgage crisis fueled by financiers’ lack of liability
October 28th, 2008 Beth Kansas City Star looks into police department’s secret complaints file
October 27th, 2008 Beth An analysis of Kansas City police department complaint records by Michael Mansur of The Kansas City Star revealed that the vast majority of complaints result in no action. Four percent of complaints referred to Internal Affairs were sustained against officers, a number far below the national average of 10 percent. In response to The Star, [...]
Atlanta-area school districts fail to enforce vaccination requirements
October 27th, 2008 Beth While most schools in the Atlanta area meet the Georgia state standard for vaccination requirements, Alison Young of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution found that at least 99 schools’ kindergartners and 81 schools’ sixth-graders failed to meet that standard during the 2007-2008 school year, with many of the schools in Atlanta’s Fulton County. Before Young’s investigation, the [...]
Detective accused of ignoring evidence in Bailey case
October 27th, 2008 Beth Thomas Peele, Bob Butler and Mary Fricker of The Chauncey Bailey Project — a collaboration of those continuing the work of murdered Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey — report that that the lead homicide detective assigned to the slaying ignored evidence that pointed to a broader conspiracy to kill Bailey.
Deceased voters cast ballots in Harris County, Tex.
October 23rd, 2008 Beth Trial lawyers offer continued support to Biden
October 22nd, 2008 Beth Jonathan D. Salant of Bloomberg News reports that trial-lawyer firms are among the biggest lifetime donors to Senator Joe Biden. Biden has been a reliable vote for them in the Senate even when fellow Democrats Barack Obama and Edward Kennedy went the other way.
Large firms awarded small business contracts by U.S. agencies
October 22nd, 2008 Beth 
