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Alternative education fails some students

The Associated Press reviewed alternative education programs in West Virginia, finding that "some children removed from class for discipline problems receive as little as two hours of instruction a week […]
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Ex-con funds retirement with leftover campaign money

Ted Sherman of The (Newark) Star-Ledger reports on how former Essex County Executive Tom D'Alessio, after serving time on political corruption charges, converted leftover campaign funds into a non-profit foundation […]
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Bridge safety ratings drop despite high funding

Bruce Golding, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon and Dwight R. Worley of The Journal-News used state and federal data to show that "safety ratings for the Tappan Zee Bridge have dropped back to […]
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Overpayments, conflict of interest plague juvenile system

The Detroit News investigates a juvenile system plagued with overpayments and conflicts of interest. Using court filings and campaign records, Joel Kurth reports on findings, which include allegations of payments […]
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Private money funds legislators' trips

James R. Carroll of The (Louisville) Courier-Journal examined congressional travel records for Kentucky and Southern Indiana to show that "in a little more than nine years, the cost of privately […]
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Driving after losing your license not uncommon

Andy Nelesen of the Green Bay Press-Gazette used county data to show that driving after losing your license (known as OAR) isn't uncommon: "In 2003 and 2004, more than 250 […]
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Lack of oversight fuels fraud suspicions

Miles Moffeit of The Denver Post used purchasing and accounting records to find that "since 2001, Jefferson County employees have handled millions of dollars in transactions without competitive bidding, close […]
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Officials free gas card raises questions

Hal Marcovitz of The (Allentown) Morning Call used county records to show that Bucks County "Chief Operating Officer David M. Sanko obtains free gas at the county pumps for a […]
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Art collectors go untaxed in Washington

An investigation by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer found that "millions of dollars in purchases by Washington art collectors have gone untaxed, and that an agent's effort to collect that revenue was […]
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D.C. subway system suffers from mismanagement

Lyndsey Layton and Jo Becker of The Washington Post obtained and reviewed documents and data on the performance of the DC-area subway system, finding that "trains break down 64 percent […]
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