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Retreat pay a costly perk in UNC system

Dan Kane and Eric Ferreri of The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) took a look at a little known perk for University of North Carolina administrators known as "retreat rights" […]
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A look at the influence of foreign lobbyists on Capitol Hill

Analysis of foreign lobbying disclosure records by ProPublica and the Sunlight Foundation provide insight into foreign influence on Capitol Hill.  "More than 280 lobbying firms collected $87 million in fees […]
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University of Wisconsin linked to ghostwritten articles

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters John Fauber and Meg Kissinger reviewed unsealed court records and found that at a time when fears were growing about the link between hormone therapy and […]
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Backlog overwhelms U.S. Patent and Tradmark Office

John Schmid and Ben Poston of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel found that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office “has become overwhelmed by the growing volume and complexity of the applications […]
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Records show California lawmakers increased staff pay

Despite a huge budget deficit, an Associated Press review of legislative pay records showed that many California lawmakers had given pay raises to their staff in the first half of […]
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Health care lobbyists number six per lawmaker

Jonathan D. Salant and Lizzie O’Leary of Bloomberg.com report that there are approximately 3,300 lobbyists currently working on the issue of health care. "That’s six lobbyists for each of the […]
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Many Dallas-Fort Worth graduates struggle in college

Holly Hacker of The Dallas Morning News looked at new data compiled by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board that showed how Texas public school students from the Class of […]
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Accused killer had history of arrests, parole violations

The accused killer of Los Angeles teenager Lily Burk "was set free in June 2009, despite failing to report to his parole agent for weeks, being a wanted fugitive on […]
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Governor's former staff skirt law through indirect lobbying

Jeremy Finley of WSMV-Nashville, Tenn. tracked the former staff of the governor’s office and found many of them active in “indirect lobbying” for special interests. A state law says no […]
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Military suicides a mounting problem

An article by Erica Goode of The New York Times reports on the mounting number of soldiers committing suicide, detailing the stories of four soldiers from the 1451st Transportation Company.  […]
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