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Management positions, salary increase at DPS while state trooper pay raises languish

For the past 10 years, the State Auditor’s Office has recommended that pay for state law enforcement officers be increased to compete with cities such as Austin, where the mid-range […]
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Where LIPA's money went: Billions spent to get power; not enough spent to protect it

“No matter how hot it got on summer's hottest day, with all of the Island's air conditioners at full blast, the Long Island Power Authority wanted to have more than […]
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The story behind Mitt Romney’s loss in the presidential campaign to President Obama

“A reconstruction by the Globe of how the campaign unfolded shows that Romney’s problems went deeper than is widely understood. His campaign made a series of costly financial, strategic, and […]
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Saving Arizona’s Children: A system still in crisis

tate leaders set out last year to reform the agency tasked with protecting Arizona's most vulnerable citizens. Twelve months later, Child Protective Services remains overwhelmed by children in need and […]
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Pot farms wreaking havoc on Northern California environment

“Burgeoning marijuana growing operations are sucking millions of gallons of water from coho salmon lifelines and taking other environmental tolls, scientists say.”
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In Southern Towns, 'Segregation Academies' Are Still Going Strong

“In the 1960s and '70s, towns across the South created inexpensive private schools to keep white students from having to mix with black. Many remain open, the communities around them […]
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The China Letter

“Now the one person who knew the whole truth was dead, leaving a trail of documents and stories on two continents. They provide a few answers. But they raise plenty […]
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Karl Rove’s Dark Money Group Promised IRS It Would Spend ‘Limited’ Money on Elections

“In a confidential 2010 filing, Crossroads GPS — the dark money group that spent more than $70 million from anonymous donors on the 2012 election — told the Internal Revenue […]
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The Burden of Lead: West Dallas deals with contamination decades later

“The low-income neighborhood of older wood-frame homes in West Dallas is a far cry from the suburb of newly built brick houses in Frisco 30 miles to the north. But the […]
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When politicians gamble on developers with taxpayer money, who ends up paying?

“Public agencies often use tax-based resources to partner with private developers. Those deals can help transform blighted areas, but they also can become costly projects with dubious results. In a […]
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