Mitch McConnell: Fueled by tobacco and whiskey

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Caitlin Ginley

Mitch McConnell

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"… ompanies after merger or acquisition. …"

"… er. Tobacco giants Altria Group Inc. and Reynolds American Inc. are two of Mitch McConnell’s top five career campaign PAC contributors. And three of the Senate Rep …"

"… ican Party a check for $50,000 to help rebuild its headquarters — the “Mitch McConnell Building.” UPS spokesman Malcolm Berkley told the Center that …"

"… e data. Totals include individual and political committee contributions to Mitch McConnell’s Senate campaign committee and the Bluegrass Committee, from their ince …"

VA medical centers in hot water for failing to follow sterilization training

By Laurel Adams

GAO says some VA medical centers aren't following strict sanitation guidelines for reusable medical equipment

Ghost soldiers

By Mark Benjamin and Barbara Slavin

The Pentagon sent ill-equipped and poorly trained reservists into harm's way as it scrambled to fill Civil Affairs units to rebuild Iraq and

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"… n ordered creation of a school of military government at the University of Virginia to train senior Civil Affairs officers. According to an official Army hist …"

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'Undetected rapists' on campus: A troubling plague of repeat offenders

By Jennifer Peebles and Kristen Lombardi

A chilling case of sexual assault at Texas A&M

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"… of the Center for Public Integrity’s investigation, former University of Virginia student Kathryn Russell recounted that she was assaulted and that the univ …"

Homeland Security’s billion-dollar bet on better communications

By Sarah Laskow

Interoperability money aids Motorola and other contractors, but are first responders better off?

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"… members how long it took for the planning process to start working well in Virginia, where he became the statewide interoperability coordinator in 2003. “Ou …"

While federal action stalls, a battle rages in Virginia

By Matthew Lewis

As transportation enthusiasts wait for official Washington to hash out a brand new $500 billion transportation bill, a duel just over the Po

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"… , a duel just over the Potomac may provide a glimpse of the debate to come.Virginia’s gubernatorial candidates — Democrat Creigh Deeds and Republican Bob …"

"… ter’s recent report on the Transportation Lobby reveals that at least 74 Virginia-based public and private interests lobbied the U.S. Congress in the first …"

"… ure policy. The number includes 46 national associations based in northern Virginia that work on behalf of the transportation and construction industries as w …"

"… lobbying firms. In addition to those players, 28 locally-minded groups and Virginia companies — including the City of Norfolk, real estate firm Silver Compa …"

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Big coal's big-time lobby

By Matthew Lewis

Convention-goers in Denver and St. Paul won’t be able to miss the $2 million advertising blitz planned by businesses promoting “clean coal”

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"… But among the group’s first acts was working to stop a bill sponsored by Virginia Republican Senator John Warner and Connecticut Independent Senator Joe Lie …"

"Beneficial use" of Coal Ash in question as EPA mulls regulation

By Kristen Lombardi

Nearly every day over the last 32 months, members of a citizens group in Giles County, Va., have paid a visit to a seven-acre stretch of lan

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"… or fill at construction sites and highway embankments across the nation.In Virginia, where state environmental regulators have allowed coal ash to be used as …"

"… hasn’t stopped residents from suing the ash-producing utility, Dominion Virginia Power.Over in Giles County, the Appalachian Power Co., the utility supplyi …"

"… ve would be trucking the coal ash to a landfill across the border, in West Virginia.A photograph of the Cumberland Park Fly Ash Project, taken by a member of …"

"… there are so many such projects in so many states that, John Robertson, a Virginia lawyer who represents the Concerned Citizens points out, “If EPA passes …"

Education Department touts settlement as ‘model’ for campus sex assault policies

By Kristen Lombardi

The U.S. Department of Education says two recent settlements will serve as a new model for how colleges, universities, and the department de

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"… ture progress on legislation introduced last week by Rep. Tom Perriello, a Virginia Democrat. Perriello’s proposed Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act wo …"

Outsourcing Big Brother

By Adam Mayle and Alex Knott

WASHINGTON, December 17, 2002 — The Total Information Awareness System, the controversial Pentagon research program that aims to gather and

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