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Read MoreAttorney General Greg Abbott has made his office’s prosecution of online child predators a centerpiece of his decade-long tenure as the state’s top lawyer, as well as a promotional sound bite in his run for governor this year. But a detailed review of Abbott’s record in pursuing online solicitation cases — those in which adults…
Read MoreAn analysis of state records found more than 1,800 schools across New York State that have never been tested for radon, including more than 400 schools in areas designated by the E.P.A. to have a high potential for elevated levels of the naturally-occurring gas. New York’s regulations include no requirement that school districts test buildings…
Read MoreMore than 100 Ohio charter schools refused to provide the most basic information about themselves — who’s in charge — despite receiving millions of dollars in public funds, an examination by The News Outlet based at Youngstown State University found. In a story published by The Akron Beacon Journal, reporters documented Ohio charter schools’ lack…
Read MoreDonors linked to contractors, developers and landowners involved with the increasingly controversial rebuilding of Kakaako have contributed more than $680,000 since 2009 to Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s two gubernatorial campaigns, according to a Honolulu Star-Advertiser analysis of state data.
Read MoreWhile the San Diego Opera’s overall financial condition eroded steadily over the past five years, the compensation paid to its leader Ian Campbell and his now ex-wife increased in some of those years, topping $1 million in 2010, a review of publicly filed tax forms for the organization showed.
Read MoreThe 22 aides who work directly for the Cincinnati City Council members handle most of the interactions with the public and do the background grunt work. Yet the city’s system of hiring and overseeing these aides lacks oversight and accountability, according to an Enquirer analysis that found no internal checks and balances for the system.…
Read MoreThe federal ministry responsible for most major uniform and other clothing purchases on behalf of civil servants will begin to disclose the countries where those clothes are made. The policy change comes after the Star questioned the oversight of companies that sell apparel to the Canadian government.
Read MoreLast year, the numbers show, 60 percent of the murders, rapes, robberies, larcenies, auto thefts, burglaries and assaults happened in the districts that contain public housing. A high concentration of drug arrests and drug seizures occurred in those areas as well.
Read MoreIn the land of the poorest poor, less than half of Mississippi’s primary care physicians are willing to see new Medicaid patients. This contrasts with the nation as a whole, where more than two-thirds of doctors open their doors to new Medicaid patients.
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