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Fixing D.C.’s Schools: The Charter Experiment

December 15, 2008 - 15:56
An investigation by The Washington Post takes a hard look at charter schools in Washington, D.C. Approximately one-third of city's children attend charter schools.

Dramatic improvements in test scores raise questions

December 15, 2008 - 15:29
Some Georgia schools made astonishing improvements when their failing students were re-tested, according to an analysis of testing data by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Aviation accidents on the rise in U.S. Army

December 4, 2008 - 15:34
Over the past decade, there has been a marked increase in the number of Army aviation accidents, according to a report by Michael Fabey of Aviation Week.

Obama found support in Oklahoma’s urban precincts

November 26, 2008 - 15:15
Oklahoma voters gave Republican Sen. John McCain one of his largest margins of victory over Democrat Barack Obama in the presidential election earlier this month. But an analysis of precinct results from across the state by The Oklahoman shows Obama claiming heavily populated urban areas and pockets of support in eastern Oklahoma. McCain outpolled Obama [...]

Safety standards lacking at some Florida day cares

November 24, 2008 - 23:10
A report by the I-Team at CBS-4 in Miami showed many day-care centers in metropolitan South Florida have operated for years without complying with state safety standards, according to public records.  Stephen Stock of WFOR led an investigation that pored through more than 7,000 paper inspection reports. Members of the IRE/NICAR Database Library staff assisted [...]

Lawyers, doctors profiting from farm subsidies in Oklahoma

November 11, 2008 - 17:00
An investigation by Gavin Off of the Tulsa World revealed serious issues in farm subsidy dollars.

Campaigns benefiting from large donors

October 21, 2008 - 15:47
The latest campaign finance disclosures point to a proliferation of large donors supporting candidates and their parties and much of that money is coming from donors with interests in Washington, according to a report by Michael Luo and Griff Palmer of The New York Times.

Know Parking Here series

October 17, 2008 - 16:16
A project by CTV-British Columbia and ESRI Canada mapped parking ticket trends in Vancouver.

The Favor Factory 2008

October 13, 2008 - 19:25
An investigation by The Seattle Times shows that Congressional earmarks remain a problem despite efforts in ethics reform.

Atlanta 911 center mistakes put lives in danger

October 6, 2008 - 14:44
An investigation by D.L. Bennett, Cameron McWhirter, Heather Vogell and data analysts Megan Clarke and John Perry of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has found that the apathy and negligence of workers at the Fulton County 911 call center endangered the lives of emergency workers and of those seeking emergency help.

Urban sprawl remains a problem in Fresno

October 1, 2008 - 15:17
A series by Brad Branan of The Fresno Bee looks at problems with how the city of Fresno, Calif. regulates development.


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