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Maricopa County employees shuttled in luxury buses

During the past three years, Maricopa County has paid more than $1.2 million to two private companies that shuttle county employees from parking lots to their office buildings in luxury […]
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Problems plague Georgia's foster care system

An investigation by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed widespread problems in Georgia's foster care system.  "The newspaper reviewed more than 1,500 reports of state inspections and investigations, which provide an astonishing […]
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Nursing homes collected million yet cut staff, wages

An investigation by Christina Jewett and Agustin Armendariz of California Watch shows that 232 nursing homes in California "either cut staff, paid lower wages or let caregiver levels slip below […]
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Personality disorder used to discharge soldiers, strip them of benefits

A report by Joshua Kors in The Nation explores the Army's fraudulent use of personality disorder diagnoses to discharge soldiers, thus stripping them of their disability benefits and long term […]
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Pension obligations strain budgets throughout California

A collaboration by the five McClatchy newspapers in California examines how pension obligations are hurting local governments at a time of diminished resources throughout the state. "The initial logic of […]
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Politically-connected subcontractor profits at the District's expense

Hunter L. Gorinson, of The Hill Rag (Washington, D.C.), exposed how Sinclair Skinner, a politically connected subcontractor, bilked the city out hundreds of thousands of dollars in overcharges for contract […]
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Developers abuse loopholes in Brownfield Cleanup Program

Rick Moriarty of The Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) reports on abuses of loopholes in the state's Brownfield Cleanup Program, a law meant to encourage development on contaminated property through tax credits […]
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Hawaii's long-term-care system for elderly fraught with problems

In a four-part series, Rob Perez of the Honolulu Advertiser found Hawaii's long-term-care system for the elderly is fraught with problems, including a placement system tainted by kickbacks and fraud. […]
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Over 51,000 hired after state imposed hiring freeze

Using electronic payroll records, Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y) reporter Delen Goldberg found that New York state officials hired 51,000 people at a cost to taxpayers of more than $1 billion in […]
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Identity revealed in fatality at CIA secret prison

The name of the only known fatality from a secret prison network that the CIA operated overseas after the 9/11 attacks is finally known, due to an Associated Press investigation […]
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