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Youth charity fails to deliver on promise

Collins Conner and Bridget Hall Grumet of The St. Petersburg Times investigated the Florida Youth Conservation Corps, which receives a state no-bid contract to help maintain highway rights of way […]
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Private contractors pour $2.5 billion into city

L.A. Lorek of the San Antonio Express-News used federal contracts data to examine the largest military contractors in San Antonio. Lorek found the Pentagon's reliance on private companies has let […]
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Getty chief's high compensation, management style under fire

Jason Felch, Robin Fields and Louise Roug of the Los Angeles Times investigate Getty Chief Executive Barry Munitz and his handling of the nonprofit. Declining stock markets helped in the […]
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City fails to enforce refuse policy

Kevin Rothstein of the Boston Herald obtained city data through public records request showing that "trash-disposal scofflaws owe Boston $3.1 million in fines dating back to 2000 ... and the […]
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Police deny access to records

Debra Erdley of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that police agencies in Western Pennsylvania don't always comply with the state's public records laws: "About 40 percent of 217 police agencies surveyed […]
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Lobbyists use nonprofits to finance congressional travel

Bob Williams and Stephen Henn of the Center for Public Integrity investigate lobbyists who sit on the governing boards of nonprofits. Lobbyists are not supposed to pay for congressional travel, […]
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Problems plague state's biotech partnership

Clint Riley of The (Hackensack, N.J.) Record investigates New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey's plans to promote biotechnology in the state in a four-part series. The investigation found problems with New […]
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Private interests pay for state officials' trips

David White of The Birmingham News used state records to show that since November 2002, more than 20 state lawmakers and executive officials have taken trips paid for by private […]
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School crime numbers higher than reported

Liz Chandler, Peter Smolowitz, Melissa Manware and CAR specialist Adam Bell from The Charlotte Observer report on their findings that more crime in being committed in Charlotte schools than is […]
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City pays private attorneys millions

Steve Neavling of The Bay City Times has a six-part series on Bay County government spending on private attorneys. "Between 2001 and 2004, the county paid private lawyers nearly $1.13 […]
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