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District's travel practices prove costly

A Texas Watchdog review of three years of the Houston Independent School District's travel records shows a penchant for pricey, last-minute tickets, and a toothless travel policy that allows teachers […]
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Regulatory issues on the rise with TARP banks

According to an investigation by Ryan Holeywell of BailoutSleuth.com, "At least one of every nine banks that got taxpayer investment through the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program was later cited […]
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Psychiatric hospital strained by patient needs, funding shortfalls

An investigation by The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer found that some dangerously ill patients who visit Charlotte’s psychiatric hospital are instead given medicine and sent home - sometimes with disastrous results. […]
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Assemblyman cashes in on disability pension

Mark Lagerkvist launches New Jersey Watchdog with an investigation of a state assemblyman who collected $570,000 in disability payments after retiring as a police officer with a bad back at […]
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Data shows little violence at U.S.-Mexican border

The Associated Press reported that the US-Mexico border is one of the safest parts of America, and getting safer even as politicians say more federal troops are needed to fight […]
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24-plus hour days billed by home health workers

Glenn Howatt and Pam Louwagie of the Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minn.) revealed that the state paid a home health care worker who billed for three 32 hour work days.  The […]
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Gun-rental loophole for felons, others

Felons may be prohibited from buying, owning or carrying guns, but a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation by reporter John Diedrich revealed a loophole in the law allows them to rent […]
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Wayne County, Mich. evasive with public records

This WXYZ-Detroit report exposed the tactics employed by officials in Wayne County, Michigan's largest county to avoid releasing public information. The story featured a 20-year Wayne County official whose own requests […]
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Drilling in Gulf of Mexico allowed without requisite permits

Ian Urbina, of The New York Times, reports that the "federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP and dozens of other oil companies to drill in the Gulf of […]
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Stimulus jobs in New Jersey fewer than projected

Juliet Fletcher of the Press of Atlantic City (N.J.) reports that the number of reported stimulus-funded jobs have dropped in the state of New Jersey since they have stopped using […]
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