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Congress twists the relevant facts on purpose
If you’re curious about what I used to do as a PR guy for the health insurance industry, how I often took facts and figures and twisted them to advance a specific political or financial agenda, take a...
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American Crossroads revs up attacks on Dems
American Crossroads, the conservative super PAC behemoth that slumbered through 2013, is awakening.In recent days, the group has spent more than $187,000 on negative advertisements targeting Democrats,...
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Newest senator not afraid to e-file
John Walsh, the Montana Democrat who was sworn in as a U.S. senator today, is following in predecessor Max Baucus' footsteps by embracing legislation designed to make campaign funding more...
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Closing a troubled symbol of Texas juvenile justice
When the Texas Juvenile Justice Department released a report in June 2013 recommending the closure of the Corsicana Residential Treatment Facility, the authors presented an arresting image. The campus...
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CDC launches industry-financed studies of deadly kidney disease in Central...
Launching its deepest review yet into a mysterious kidney disease striking Central America, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is organizing three studies exploring the causes of an...
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GOP megadonor Harold Simmons bankrolled liberal causes
Republican megadonor Harold Simmons last year declared President Barack Obama the "most dangerous American alive."And ahead of the 2012 election, the Texas billionaire who died in December had gained...
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Troubled FEC hangs 'help wanted' sign
The beleaguered Federal Election Commission is hiring up in hopes of fixing glaring computer and paperwork problems.A "senior application developer" — who could earn up to $116,901 annually — tops the...
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Nuclear Waste: Cost of South Carolina fuel plant goes up by billions of...
A confidential study by the Energy Department has concluded that completing a controversial nuclear fuel factory in South Carolina may cost billions of dollars more than the department has previously...
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Missouri lawmakers renew cynical efforts to derail Obamacare navigators
To discourage folks from signing up for coverage on the Obamacare exchanges, Republican lawmakers in several states have pushed through bills making it difficult for people to get free help from...
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Center wins Polk award for financial coverage
The Center for Public Integrity has won a prestigious George Polk award for its “After the Meltdown” series, which revealed that many of the major players responsible for the 2008 financial crisis have...
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As drilling ravages Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale, residents 'living in a Petri dish’
Click through to experience the full version of this story.The Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas is the site of one of the biggest energy booms in America, with oil and gas wells sprouting at an...
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Saturated with oil money, Texas legislature saved industry from pollution rule
KARNES CITY, Texas — In January 2011, with air quality worsening in Texas’ booming oil and gas fields and the federal government beginning to take notice, state environmental regulators adopted rules...
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The story behind 'Big Oil, Bad Air'
How does one of America’s biggest oil and gas booms go mostly unrecognized in the national media? Hard to say, but it has. A subject of solid local coverage, the Eagle Ford Shale play in South Texas...
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Netflix stacking deck on Capitol Hill
To be sure, Netflix doesn't have ruthless Frank Underwood advocating for its corporate interests.But the "House of Cards" distributor is nonetheless building itself into a political force in...
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The mysterious online war against a payday lending crackdown
An online campaign waged by a mysterious new nonprofit group claims that an Obama administration effort to curb lending abuses will take away people’s guns, close down charities and destroy the free...
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Retailers band together to fight health reform law
When the Affordable Care Act required that “large employers” offer health care coverage to workers, businesses reliant on part-time, temporary and seasonal workers in the staffing, construction, retail...
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Comcast, Time Warner rivals may see opportunity in mega-merger
When Comcast Corp., a Washington lobbying powerhouse, fires up a campaign to convince lawmakers and regulators to support its $45 billion purchase of Time Warner Cable Inc., don’t expect much...
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FEC to Claire McCaskill: Show us your money
The Federal Election Commission wrote Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., to ask why it hasn't yet received a paper copy of her campaign finance report for final three months of 2013.And it's no love...
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Comcast Foundation's giving to minority groups likely to aid approval of Time...
As Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. roll out a massive lobbying effort to win regulatory approval for the merger of the nation’s two largest cable companies, one key step for the companies will...
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Nuclear Waste: Auditors find continuing mismanagement at nuclear fuel plant
The Energy Department has repeatedly and substantially underestimated the costs of building a South Carolina plant meant to turn surplus plutonium from nuclear weapons into fuel for power plants,...
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