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US secretly built ‘Cuban Twitter’ to stir unrest
The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Agency for International Development was behind the creation of a “Cuban Twitter,” a social network designed to undermine the communist government and push Cubans toward dissent. The project – called ZunZuneo – drew tens of thousands of subscribers in the more than two years in operated. American contractors…
Read MoreFewer Mississippi physicians accepting Medicaid patients
In 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.
Read MorePublic housing complexes source of drugs, crime in Wilmington, N.C.
Last 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 MoreCanadian government clothing supplier purchasing goods overseas
The 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 MoreLittle oversight for Cincinnati City Council aides
The 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 MoreSalary for leaders of San Diego Opera under scrutiny
While 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 MoreDonors with Kakaako ties spending big on elections
Donors 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 MoreOver 100 Ohio charter schools defy transparency
More 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 MoreRadon testing not required in New Your City schools
An 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 MoreWith online solicitation cases, Attorney General Greg Abbott has a preference for Williamson County
Attorney 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…
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