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Site tracks candidates statements, claims in race for California governor

California Watch launched Politics Verbatim, a site that "collects and categorizes the promises, proposals, arguments and attacks" made by Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman in their race for […]
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Little done to deter violations of Clean Air Act

Through analysis of Clean Air Act data kept by the Environmental Protection agency, The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.) found government regulators have a list of more than 200 facilities […]
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Pension obligations strain budgets throughout California

A collaboration by the five McClatchy newspapers in California examines how pension obligations are hurting local governments at a time of diminished resources throughout the state. "The initial logic of […]
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Special probabtion protects dangerous drivers

Joe Mahr and Gerry Smith of the Chicago Tribune did a computer analysis of state police speeding tickets and driving records. They found that nearly two-thirds of the time, people […]
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Loophole in Hawaii's pay-to-play law exploited by donors

An investigation by the Honolulu Advertiser found that donors linked to city and state contractors are giving money to candidates for Hawaii's gubernatorial races. Experts say the donors are exploiting […]
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Parolees clustered in a handful of communities in Utah

An investigation by The Salt Lake Tribune found clustering of probationers and parolees "in specific neighborhoods and even apartment buildings, despite rules prohibiting people on supervision from associating with one […]
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Tracking gang activity in Tennessee

The Tennessean's three-part series on gangs reveals a growing problem across the state, particularly in suburbia and small towns. Law enforcement is overwhelmed and schools are ripe recruiting grounds in […]
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Despite fatalities, many police officers fail to wear seat belts

An investigation by the Houston Chronicle found dozens of police officers across the country have died in car crashes while unbuckled — at least 64 between 2004 and 2008 alone. […]
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Prescription drugs linked to seventy percent of Milwaukee overdoses

In an analysis of prescription drug deaths in the Milwaukee area, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Tom Kertscher found of the 1,200 overdose deaths in an eight-year period, some 70% involved […]
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Database of dangerous caregivers incomplete

Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein of ProPublica reported on big gaps in a federal database that is supposed to alert hospitals to disciplinary actions against health care providers across the […]
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