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Obama takes star turn in state political ads
Editor’s note: The Center for Public Integrity is tracking political advertising in races for the U.S. Senate and state-level offices. Use these two, interactive features — with new data every Thursday...
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Eyeballs burn in North Carolina, Iowa ahead of U.S. Senate elections
Editor’s note: The Center for Public Integrity is tracking political advertising in races for the U.S. Senate and state-level offices. Use these two, interactive features — with new data every Thursday...
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Center wins 2014 Online Journalism Award for 'General Excellence'
The Center for Public Integrity was honored for its exemplary use of technology as digital storytellers with the award for “General Excellence in Journalism” in the “small” category from the Online...
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Controversial Republican telemarketer forms super PAC
A conservative telemarketer accused of flouting federal election laws — and spamming legions of people with unsolicited anti-Barack Obama text messages — has created a new super PAC.Gabriel S. Joseph...
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Prison bankers cash in on captive customers
Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series examining how financial companies charge high fees to the families of prison inmates. The second part, which will run Thursday, focuses on no-bid...
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Megabanks have prison financial services market locked up
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series examining how financial companies impose high costs on the families of prison inmates. Part One, which ran on Tuesday, focused on the explosive...
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Open pits offer cheap disposal for fracking sludge, but health worries mount
NORDHEIM, Texas — School Superintendent Kevin Wilson tugged at his oversized belt buckle and gestured toward a field less than a mile from Nordheim School, where 180 children attend kindergarten...
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Obama takes star turn in state political ads
Editor’s note: The Center for Public Integrity is tracking political advertising in races for the U.S. Senate and state-level offices. Use these two, interactive features — with new data every Thursday...
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Eyeballs burn in North Carolina, Iowa ahead of U.S. Senate elections
Editor’s note: The Center for Public Integrity is tracking political advertising in races for the U.S. Senate and state-level offices. Use these two, interactive features — with new data every Thursday...
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Controversial Republican telemarketer forms super PAC
A conservative telemarketer accused of flouting federal election laws — and spamming legions of people with unsolicited anti-Barack Obama text messages — has created a new super PAC.Gabriel S. Joseph...
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Investigators find Islamic State used ammo made in 21 countries, including...
Correction, Oct. 6, 2014: An earlier version of this story reported that IS fighters used oxy-acetylene torches to obscure serial numbers on weapons. According to the Conflict Armament Research report,...
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Senator questions Bank of America’s no-bid prison deal
A senior U.S. Senator is questioning the Treasury Department’s decision to award Bank of America Corp. an exclusive contract to provide technology and financial services in all federal prisons.In a...
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Obamacare helps millions, but falls short in many ways
Although there is no shortage of critics of the Affordable Care Act — on the far left as well as the right — it’s hard to dispute that the law has benefited millions of Americans. And not just those...
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Non-candidate spending increases in state elections
Kitchen cabinet magnate Tom Wolf has tapped his own considerable wealth to help blanket Pennsylvania's airwaves with more than $11 million worth of television ads, surging ahead of a crowded Democratic...
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Marine Corps settles dispute with whistleblower
A military scientific adviser whose pay and security clearances were suspended after he exposed the Marine Corps’ disinterest in building lifesaving, heavily-armored, troop carriers settled his...
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Open pits offer cheap disposal for fracking sludge, but health worries mount
NORDHEIM, Texas — School Superintendent Kevin Wilson tugged at his oversized belt buckle and gestured toward a field less than a mile from Nordheim School, where 180 children attend kindergarten...
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Investigators find Islamic State used ammo made in 21 countries, including...
Correction, Oct. 6, 2014: An earlier version of this story reported that IS fighters used oxy-acetylene torches to obscure serial numbers on weapons. According to the Conflict Armament Research report,...
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New air monitor planned for heavily fracked South Texas county
Backed by results of a new air-quality study along with mounting pressure from local officials and the simmering discontent of local residents, Texas regulators have decided to install an air monitor...
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A life-and-death struggle for asylum in America
Editors' note: This story was reported in collaboration with The California Report, a production of KQED Public Radio.LOS ANGELES — While other kids enjoyed summer break, a teenager with more on her...
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Sunshine state uses fees to prevent sun from shining on judicial records
When the Center for Public Integrity last summer requested records from Florida’s 17th judicial circuit regarding the procedures and policies surrounding foreclosure cases, officials were more than...
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