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Search results for "fares" ...
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Undue Influence
"Cops confronted with drunk driving arrest fare far better than the average citizen," according to the Post-Intelligencer investigation.
Tags: drunk driving; alcohol; police department; police officer; law enforcement
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Executive Pay and Perks series
In a time when employee pensions and benefits are being cut, top corporate executives are not feel any of the pain. They have multimillion-dollar pay packages, corporate jets to use for fun, and other benefits, while they evade paying their fare share of taxes.
Tags: corporate executive; salary; benefits; executive perks; tax evasion
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Little Court of Horrors
This investigation examined how well juvenile courts handle child protection matters and how the children, whose plight has just recently become a matter of public record, are faring. The investigation found that the reform intended to strengthen the state's child protection system has dramatically increased the rate at which children are being taken from their parents ---permanently. The law was intended to fast-track cases, but it does not allow the time or provide the services families need to address the matters that landed them in court to begin with.
Tags: child abuse; child court; foster care; sunshine law; open records; social services
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Justice on the Grass
Temple-Raston investigates the events leading to the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, and how Rwanda has fared in the aftermath. She details the United Nations' trial of three Rwandan journalists charged with inciting the murder of Tutsis. She follows their convictions for helping to start the RTLM hate radio station in Rwanda. She conveys how ordinary Rwandans felt during the three month-long genocide. She refers to her study as "the most notorious media trial since Nuremberg."
Tags: genocide; Rwanda; United Nations; Tutsi; RTLM; Hutu; prejudice; UN Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; journalist; freedom of the press
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Taken For a Ride
This investigation "exposed significant flaws in the systems used to license and regulate taxicabs in the District of Columbia." The reporter found that taxicabs often fail inspections and that consumer complaints are typically ignored. When reporters from the Washingtonian tested the cab system, they found that they were charged an incorrect fare almost fifty percent of the time.
Tags: cabs; taxis; transportation; fares
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Tax on Living
This two week series looks at the overwhelming state and federal taxes that Connecticut residents pay everyday. The report explores the number of different taxes which families struggle to pay each month, including sales taxes, income taxes, gasoline and fuel taxes, hidden utility taxes, and the misleading Social Security Trust Fund, which is not a trust fund at all. The articles explain that the trust fund is actually deposited directly into the federal Treasury. Reporters also looked into how Connecticut families fared compared to other states.
Tags: personal income taxes; hidden taxes; liquor tax; business tax; gasoline and fuel tax; inflation; social security; Social Security Trust Fund
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Holding on to Hope
Georgia started the HOPE scholarship program in 1993 to give high school students of lower-income families a chance to go to college. But now it's in danger of breaking the bank. HOPE receives funding from the state's lottery, but the demand is outweighing the supply. Georgia lawmakers changed the standards for scholarship availability, and now scholarships are given to any student, regardless of need. This story examines how high school students fare in college with their HOPE scholarships, how HOPE money sometimes goes to other projects, and how the lottery money that goes to HOPE comes mostly out of pockets of the poor.
Tags: HOPE scholarship; college students; tuition
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Ticket Shock. Business fares increase even as leisure travel keeps getting cheaper. Technology, obscure science make it easy for airlines to manipulate pricing. Fear of undercutting rivals.
This article talks about advances in the airline industry and explains why the industry was becoming increasingly profitable in 1997. It also includes some information about "yield management," the computer system that allows airlines to predict how many last-minute business travelers will show up at the last minute looking for a flight.
Tags: airlines; flight; planes; airport; airline industry; money; yield management
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The Zombie: No. 19603 Still Flies After 27 Years' Service To a Number of Airlines
The Wall Street Journal reports on the extraordinary life expectancy of planes model Boeing 737. As for many years the industry has trained pilots ways to fly to keep planes running longer, this has caused for old planes to remain in service and accumulate. The story finds that, in the long run, "a jet surplus undermines airline stability" and leads to ticket pricing wars.
Tags: business; United Airlines; air-fare; maintenance and repair costs; aircrafts; finances; competition
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Port Authority Waste
WTAE-TV reports on Allegheny County port authority's extravagant spending. At times of budget woes, when the agency had to cut bus routes and raise fares for the poorest segment of the community, its executives "were treating themselves with trips to Europe; gifts of silver, crystal and perfume for board members and contractors; and overnight stays in hotels with room rates of more than $300 per night."
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; transportation; buses; trains; expense vouchers; public records; audits; Pennsylvania Right to Know Act