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Our Money, Their Failures
A six-week investigation by The Virgin Islands Daily News into the people and the money connected to the U.S. Virgin Islands governor's proposal for a $55 million sports complex. The investigative report was published on one day across 11 pages and achieved the result of stopping the project and forcing the governor to pledge no further contracts without vetting the principals. In the case of the sports complex that the governor and some V.I. senators were trying to push through, the investigation uncovered misrepresentations and a string of financial failures by a number of the private parties in the deal with the governor.
Tags: Government; governor; Virgin Islands
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Jim Greer: GOP Collateral Damage
An investigation of how the Florida Republican Party including the President of the Senate, The Speaker of the House, and many powerful leaders lied and worked to undermine the Chairman of the Party, Jim Greer, in order to keep Gov. Charlie Crist from getting the U.S. Senate nomination and how it spent millions of dollars in contributions and lied about when it was caught.
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The Blow the Whistle Project
A U.S. senator killed a crucial piece of legislation by using a maneuver known as a "secret hold." This tactic allows lawmakers to act anonymously and evade accountability.
Tags: secret hold; Congress; whistleblower
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R.C.'s Boys
The story investigates the case of former NC state Senator R.C. Soles, showing that Soles sexually assulted numerous young men, and then paid them to keep their silence. The reporters found that the abuse had a profound effect on the lives of the teens, who grew into troubled adults and often turned to drugs and alcohol to ease the pain.
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Bankers Life and Casualty
Bankers Life & Casualty is a 100-year old insurance company based in Chicago that prides itself on serving hte senior citizen community. But Inside Edition exposed a major financial scheme that propted a Senate investigation.
Tags: Bankers Life & Casualty; senior; elderly; Medicare
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Who is Joe Miller?
The ongoing series provided as much information as possible to voters about a newcomer to Alaska state politics -- Joe Miller.
Tags: Joe Miller; Lisa Murkowski; Alaska; senate; state politics
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DA Launches Lawmaker Inquiry
The Oklahoman examines whether a controversial state representative had schemed to get a state senator a newly created state job at the medical examiner's office. The representative's alleged motive was so a buddy could run for the Senate seat.
Tags: medical examiner; senate; state lawmaker; scandal
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Inside the RSOs
Boozer examined the perks afforded undergraduate administration - from paid tuition, parking and stipends for six full-time students totally almost $70,000. The fees came from the University of Memphis' Student Activity Fee. The follow-ups included coverage of a freshman senator who was dismissed for being quoted in the story.
Tags: higher education; student fees; undergraduate administration; tuition
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"Full Disclousure"
In this investigation, ABC Action News revealed a political scandal the included a county commissioner and candidate for the state senate. Commissioner Jim Norman failed to disclose several personal properties, including two boats and a lake front vacation home. As a result of the investigation, Norman was removed from the state senate race.
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Investor's Club
The eight-month investigation found that the University of California invested $2 billion in private equity funds and companies in which several Regents held significant financial interests. The Regents include Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, his personal investment adviser, Paul Wachter, and Richard C. Blum, a Wall Street professional married to Senate Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).