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Virginia's new ethics legislation would close some loopholes, skip others
Virginia legislators last week took another stab at reforming the state’s ethics laws by passing a new limit on gifts to public officials. But while the move was a response to the conviction last year...
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Biden cites progress on campus sexual assault, but says there's 'so much...
Vice President Joe Biden paid a visit to the University of Illinois Thursday to spotlight the Obama administration’s latest campaign to combat campus sexual assault — the topic of a groundbreaking...
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Prison bankers documentary wins Sigma Delta Chi award
The Center for Public Integrity’s documentary Time is Money has won a Sigma Delta Chi Award for digital video, the Society of Professional Journalists announced Thursday.As part of the Profiting from...
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Analysis: Failure of Comcast-Time Warner deal may spark new wave of mergers
The demise of the Comcast Corp.-Time Warner Cable Inc. merger doesn’t mark an end to the consolidation of the cable and Internet-provider market — analysts are saying it’s likely the beginning of what...
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Former Rep. Allyson Schwartz's new group, The Better Medicare Alliance, is...
The health insurance industry took advantage of Washington’s infamous revolving door last week when it named former Rep. Allyson Schwartz of Pennsylvania, perceived by many to be a liberal Democrat, as...
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U.S. reach, worldwide impact
At a recent health conference for non-profits run by Media Impact Funders I was struck by the effort devoted to campaigns on what we eat and how much. One of the best-funded schemes was a documentary...
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On Workers' Memorial Day 2015, an appeal to control toxic substances
The Center for Public Integrity will be covering worker safety throughout the year and we need your help. Head over to our Facebook Community to join a conversation around this topic.Each year in...
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Billions of dollars in U.S. assistance to Afghan soldiers and police is still...
The U.S. government’s subsidies for Afghan security forces are allocated on a per capita basis, with the amounts reasonably pegged to the number of police and military personnel authorized to be on the...
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Labor Dept. proposes rule to keep coal companies from hiding evidence in...
The U.S. Department of Labor wants to stop coal companies from withholding medical evidence from miners seeking financial benefits after being disabled by black lung disease.The rule, proposed Tuesday,...
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ALEC-based restrictions on city-run Internet at risk after FCC ruling
States that restrict municipalities from offering Internet service to residents could see their laws overturned if they based the bills on a model offered by a conservative legislative group.Many of...
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12 things to know about Bernie Sanders
Conventional wisdom says he’s a long shot, but Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., today will announce he’s running for president.Sanders, known as a populist liberal and a self-described socialist, will run...
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How did New Jersey rank tops in integrity?
This week’s news from New Jersey was, let’s be honest, probably no surprise to any veteran of Garden State politics. Some 19 months after the infamous Bridgegate scandal broke, three one-time Chris...
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Buffett sticks up for mobile-home business at shareholder meeting
Editors Note: This story is part of joint investigation between the The Center for Public Integrity and The Seattle TimesOMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett opened his shareholder meeting Saturday with a...
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Michigan ballot measure fight attracts more than $8 million
Michigan voters will decide on Tuesday whether the state should raise its sales tax from 6 percent to 7 percent to pay for repairs for the state’s roads and bridges.The measure has attracted more than...
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Health insurers 'may go the way of Blockbuster'
Remember Blockbuster?In its heyday—which wasn’t so long ago—Blockbuster had 60,000 employees and 9,000 locations. For most Americans, for a minute anyway, it was the place to rent a movie. Then along...
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'Good use of philanthropic money'
To Berkeley for the #logansymposium2015, an investigative journalism conference funded by the Reva & David Logan Foundation, which has been a major historic backer of the Center for Investigative...
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9 things to know about Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee threw his hat into the ring for the White House today, the second time the Republican from Arkansas has sought the presidency.The former governor of Arkansas ran in 2008, winning the Iowa...
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U.S. military personnel have been convicted of $50 million worth of crimes in...
U.S. Army Specialist Stephanie Charboneau sat at the center of a complex trucking network in Forward Operating Base Fenty, near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, that daily distributed tens of thousands...
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Arrest of Senate President latest New York indignity
Another day, another jolt to the precarious credibility of New York’s political system. State Senate President Dean G. Skelos of Long Island was arrested Monday morning, marking the latest in a steady...
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New super PAC takes moon shot
No space rock is so political as the moon.President John F. Kennedy vowed to land a man there and return him safely to Earth.President Richard Nixon presided over humanity's first successful moon...
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