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Legislators double salaries with expense checks

Bonna de la Cruz of The (Nashville) Tennessean analyzed state data to find that "twenty-seven Midstate lawmakers double their salaries or better by collecting state expense checks whether they incur […]
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Fines not paid by out-of-state violators

Gregory Korte of The Cincinnati Enquirer analyzed nearly 100,000 parking tickets issued in Cincinnati last year, finding that "Kentucky violators rarely pay anything at all, because the office responsible for […]
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PACs make up large chunk of campaign contributions

Jennifer Talhelm of The (Columbia) State reviewed campaign contributions to South Carolina state lawmakers during the final six months of 2004, finding that "36 cents of every dollar ... given […]
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Expunged records raise concern over judicial fairness

Steve Myers of the Mobile Register reveals the existence of hundreds of court cases where convictions were removed from the public record. "The practice of expunging records came to the […]
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Flaws found in Head Start program

Susan Vinella of The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer used state reports to show that "Ohio's largest Head Start agency has repeatedly failed to enroll the number of children it has been […]
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Police response times longer in certain areas

Paul Goodsell and Lynn Safranek of the Omaha World-Herald examined 911 calls between 2000 and 2004 to find that "police took longest to respond to west Omaha calls. East of […]
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Problem cops keep badges through troubled system

Ron Menchaca and Glenn Smith of the Charleston Post and Courier investigated South Carolina's agency that oversees law enforcement, finding "endemic failures in the state's system for tracking police officers […]
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Investigation uncovers reasons for Devil Ray's failures

Marc Topkin, Damian Cristodero and Louis Hau of the St. Petersburg Times examines the ten-year history of Tampa Bay's major league baseball franchise, finding that the Devil Rays' lack of […]
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Millions misspent by housing authority

Michael Biesecker and Pat Stith of the Raleigh News & Observer reviewed records from the Durham Housing Authority, finding that the agency "improperly spent millions for temporary labor, auto repair, […]
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High toxin levels downplayed by regulators

Keith Matheny of the Traverse City Record-Eagle used state and federal records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act to show that while the public learned about deadly toxins present […]
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