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Children failed by Los Angeles County child welfare system

A report by Kim Christensen and Garrett Therolf of The Los Angeles Times reveals that the Los Angeles County child welfare system is riddled with problems. In many cases, children […]
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Social service agency failed to protect children

After facing roadblocks from the state-run Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare, reporters Gina Barton and Crocker Stephenson of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel gathered thousands of pages of public records to […]
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Retired state workers collect pension, paycheck

An investigation by The Hartford (Conn.) Courant shows that more than 500 of the 3,856 state employees who participated in the state's Retirement Incentive Program are receiving bi-weekly paychecks in […]
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Clean Water Act violations leave many suffering

Charles Duhigg of The New York Times reports on states' negligence in enforcing clean water laws. In West Virginia, tests found tap water containing "arsenic, barium, lead, manganese and other […]
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Director's pay increased as layoffs and losses mounted

Even as the biggest non-profit affordable housing agency in Tacoma, Wash. spiraled deeper into debt, forcing more than a dozen layoffs and property foreclosures, its executive director continued to be […]
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Lax board, hazardous lending lead to bank's failure

Hazardous lending practices approved by the directors of Cape Fear Bank appear to have contributed to the bank's failure, according to a report by Stella M. Hopkins of The Charlotte […]
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Accidental deaths remain a problem for the medical industry

Hearst Newspapers reveals widespread failure ten years after a federal report implored the medical industry to cut in half the annual death toll from medical errors and hospital-caused infections, estimated […]
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LA fire inspections can't keep pace

A Los Angeles Times analysis of fire inspection reports "show that personnel from the department's Bureau of Fire Prevention and Public Safety have been falling behind in their efforts to […]
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'Historic' budget cuts roughly equal to 2008 payroll growth

The San Diego Union-Tribune found that "San Diego's payroll ballooned by $41 million last year, fueled by unpublicized payouts, labor settlements and costly benefits."  Analysis of spending data  "helps put […]
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Iowa air pollution levels nearing federal limits

"The air across Iowa is so polluted that the state is perilously close to violating new federal limits aimed at protecting human health. Yet Iowans have no way of knowing […]
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