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Chasing a phantom to Cincinnati
Carrie Levine is typical of the Money & Politics team’s approach — dogged, determined and leaving no stone unturned. Her work also speaks to one of Chuck Lewis’ original missions for the Center:...
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White House race has already sparked $1 million in negative ads
The 2016 presidential election has already unleashed more than $1 million in negative ads, according to a Center for Public Integrity review of federal campaign finance filings.Only 515 more days until...
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12 things to know about Jeb Bush
Republican Jeb Bush is finally going to answer to "candidate."After months of playing a coy, will-he-or-won't-he game over declaring a formal bid for the presidency, Bush is set to formally announce...
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For-profit hospitals mark up prices by more than 1,000 percent because...
If you think costs would come down if hospitals were all owned and operated by big for-profit corporations like Hospital Corporation of America, you might want to take a look at a study published last...
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Obama steps back from sweeping nuclear security goal
As President Obama prepares for the last of the global summits he organized to lock down or eliminate nuclear explosive materials around the globe, his aides are hoping for modest achievements rather...
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9 things to know about Donald Trump
Donald Trump built a real estate empire.He’s owned an eponymous airline, luxury vodka brand and clothing line.Reality television show? Check.He’s has even grappled his way into the WWE Hall of Fame,...
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FDA's trans fats ban bucks hands-off approach
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruledonTuesday that artificial trans fats are not safe to eat, it stripped the food additives of their “generally recognized as safe” status.Such a move is...
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Audit: Feds overpaid for half of patients in UnitedHealth Medicare Advantage...
Federal officials spent years locked in a secret legal battle with UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s biggest Medicare Advantage insurer, after a government audit detected widespread overbilling at one...
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Center CEO elected president of global news organization
Peter Bale, chief executive officer of the Center for Public Integrity, was elected president of the Global Editors Network at the organization’s board meeting in Barcelona Wednesday.Global Editors...
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Florida pols boost Bush’s super PAC
The earliest donors to Republican Jeb Bush’s pre-presidential campaign machine include prominent Florida politicians, the state’s chamber of commerce and even a labor union, according to a Center for...
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Political profiteers push Ohio's pot vote
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Thousands of hastily scribbled signatures fill boxes in the basement of Ian James’ 7,800-square-foot restored Victorian home in the historic Franklin Park neighborhood. James needs...
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Probes started into potential U.S. spending on “ghost schools” in Afghanistan
Nils Kauffman, who served as an education officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Afghanistan, said he noticed irregularities at a vocational training institute the agency was...
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Industry lobbies hard to snuff out tax on medical devices
If there ever was a piece of legislation influenced by campaign contributions and lobbyists, the bill to repeal a 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device manufacturers, which the House passed last...
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Dental chain violated New York law, settlement says
One of the nation’s largest dental management chains, Aspen Dental, violated New York law by making decisions that should have been left to dentists and sharing profits with dental clinics, according...
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What you need to know about big money in Election 2016
Center for Public Integrity reporter Michael Beckel appeared on C-SPAN's popular "Washington Journal" program on June 20 to detail the money already flowing into the 2016 presidential election and who...
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White-nationalist group that influenced alleged Charleston shooter is...
Alleged Charleston gunman Dylann Roof wrote that he was never the same after discovering a website with “pages upon pages of these brutal black on white murders.”The pages that left Roof in disbelief...
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9 things to know about Bobby Jindal
Republican Bobby Jindal’s resume includes more accomplishments than most people will experience in their lifetimes.The current governor of Louisiana is a former Rhodes Scholar, former McKinsey &...
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Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsidies, but statehouse fights will continue
Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling means 6.4 million people won’t lose subsidies that helped them afford health insurance.But the historic ruling in King v. Burwellmay be far from the last word on...
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Insurers' arguments key to Supreme Court decision
It is clear from both the first paragraph and closing comments in the Supreme Court’s decision upholding Obamacare subsidies that the justices listened more closely to the insurance industry than...
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The campaign to weaken worker protections
America’s flimsy workplace health and safety protections are no accident.Problems that contribute to the daily toll of illnesses, injuries and deaths — from outdated chemical-exposure standards to tiny...
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