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View ArticleANALYSIS: This just in, insurers required to speak plain English
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View ArticleFour Cabinet members willing to help Democratic super PACs
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View ArticleFACT CHECK: Politicians choose their own definition for 'unemployment'
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View ArticleState Integrity Investigation releases preliminary data on government...
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View ArticleLos Angeles to vote Feb. 22 on ending $250 truancy fines
In a policy debate watched nationally, the city of Los Angeles came closer Monday to getting rid of most — but not all — controversial monetary fines for students who are tardy or truant from...
View ArticleMichigan's budget crisis puts democracy on the chopping block
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View ArticleFCC sends wireless broadband firm LightSquared back to square one
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View ArticleWeekly Watchdog 2/16/12
State CorruptionCrooked politics is a state government specialty. Just look at Illinois. But what about the other 49 states? We’re undertaking an unprecedented look at transparency and accountability...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: Obama’s trillion-dollar exaggeration
President Obama has repeatedly and falsely claimed that “right now, we’re scheduled to spend nearly $1 trillion more” in tax cuts for the “wealthiest 2 percent of Americans.” That’s simply not true....
View ArticleIndian tribes tied to payday lender escape state probe
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View ArticlePAC profile: Majority PAC
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View ArticleFACT CHECK: Gunning down the truth in Michigan
With Rick Santorum polling well in Mitt Romney’s birth state, a high-stakes TV shootout has broken out in Michigan. But some shots are off the mark.An amusing Santorum ad features a Romney look-alike...
View ArticleFlorida alleged teen hate crime: Try them as adults?
Try accused kids as adults?That’s what some are calling for in response to news that three black Florida teens have been charged with beating up an autistic white classmate at a bus stop.While two of...
View ArticlePAC Profile: American Bridge 21st Century
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