The other foreclosure menace

By Fred Schulte, Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Mortgage paid off, woman loses home - over a small water bill

Wall Street quietly creates a new way to profit from homeowner distress

By Fred Schulte

Large bank, hedge fund bundle small tax debts into private investments

One House seat in Kentucky embodies how outside groups dominate politics — with money

By Anne Farris Rosen

Candidates become mere pawns as big-money groups duke it out with attack ads

Excerpts from this story referencing "Lawyer":

"… ed in with a series of “Pants on Fire” ads calling Barr a “Lobbyist. Lawyer. Convicted criminal.” Barr said those ads went too far because they were …"

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Deaths at ‘model workplaces’ missing from list of federal overseers

By Chris Hamby

OSHA unaware of some deaths at 'model workplaces'

Excerpts from this story referencing "Lawyer":

"… en a lot of time and a lot of resources,” McMurray said.So they settled. Lawyers for Eastman and the state signed an agreement, and about 80 percent of th …"

Town divided over major employer's permission to pollute the air

By Howard Berkes and Sarah Harris

Community in turmoil over cement plant's permission to exceed emissions of hazardous waste incinerators — all perfectly legal

Where regulators failed, citizens took action — testing their own air

Citizens concerned about toxic emissions near Buffalo tested the air themselves - forcing complacent regulators to act.
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ANALYSIS: Keeping an eye on insurance rates in the Golden State

By Wendell Potter

California watchdog group wants to require regulatory approval for rate hikes

Carrying concealed weapons just keeps getting easier

By Rick Schmitt

A multitude of states have eased requirements to carry concealed weapons

A long wait yields expansive new freedoms in Wisconsin

By Bill Lueders

NRA calls state's new concealed-carry law 'one of nation's strongest'

In smelter town, decades of dirty air, disease — and bureaucratic dawdling

By Jim Morris and Emma Schwartz

In smelter town, decades of dirty air, disease — and bureaucratic dawdling

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