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Stimulus funds go to troubled corporations

Will Evans of California Watch found large corporations in California are getting hundreds of millions of dollars in federal stimulus dollars despite a history of environmental violations and a host […]
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Legislation proposed to help protect young runaways

Ian Urbina of The New York Times reports that "state and federal lawmakers from around the country are pressing a variety of new laws that would make sweeping changes in […]
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Overtime inflates deputies' pay and pensions

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) used payroll records to show that two trainers at a police academy run by the sheriff have far more than doubled their pay through staggering amounts […]
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Change in ownership allowed controversial gun store to remain open

For two years, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter John Diedrich has been seeking documents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on a local gun store that has […]
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Disabled workers paid cents-per-hour for work at state-run homes

Clark Kauffman of the Des Moines Register reports that more than 300 mentally retarded wards of the state are being paid less than the minimum wage for work performed at […]
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Questions about results, conflict-of-interest surround early-childhood initiative

The Fresno Bee published a two-part series on accountability problems with Fresno County First 5, an early childhood initiative approved by voters in 1998. The first story found that, despite […]
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Regulations crippling commercial fishing industry

A Life at Sea/A Life at Risk, a six-part series by The Press of Atlantic City (N.J.), examined the crushing impact of federal and state fishing regulations on New Jersey's […]
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Stimulus loans scarce for minority-owned businesses

Aaron Glantz of New American Media reports that analysis of data from the federal government's Small Business Association (SBA) revealed racial inequities in small business loans given out as part […]
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Distribution of economic development loans questioned

The Buffalo News analyzed loans and grants data to see how the city "spends the federal funds it receives to promote economic development and urban renewal." The analysis showed that […]
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Human Trafficking in America series

A series by The Kansas City Star explores the problem of human trafficking, and how the U.S. is failing in its promise to end trafficking and other human rights abuses.  […]
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