Obama pep talk to donors

By Peter H. Stone

President aims to raise a cool $1 billion for his re-election campaign; GOP will build on 2010 success....

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"… s challenges ahead such as energy, budget and the Middle East.Across town, Wisconsin Republican lawmakers were toasted at a fundraiser hosted by the lobbying s …"

"… ps. AFSCME president Gerald McEntee said unions, now at war in states like Wisconsin with newly elected Republican governors, are determined to do more.“We h …"

"… run ads or launched grassroots campaigns in response to the furor over the Wisconsin legislators who worked with the state’s governor to kill collective barg …"

Children’s health insurance status related to parent’s health coverage

By Laurel Adams

A study reveals children’s health insurance status is closely aligned with that of their parents. The health care reform law would expand he

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"… le for either Medicaid or CHIP but were not enrolled. In some states, like Wisconsin and New Jersey, CHIP offers coverage to parents who are not eligible to re …"

Nine states don’t deploy radiation safeguards

By John Aloysius Farrell and Laurel Adams

Critics in Congress question state claims that quick evacuations make iodine pills unnecessary; Japan is distributing iodine to people in th

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"… y Commission, according to NRC records and a survey by the Center.Only one Wisconsin county participates in the NRC program. Illinois has not joined the federa …"

"… ent Agency spokeswoman Patti Thompson, chose to make its own distribution. Wisconsin left it up to individual counties, and supplies pills to retail outlets in …"

"… y program,” said Paul Schmidt, the chief of radiation protection for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. “We make it available through … pharmac …"

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Obama speech: Ambitious goals overshadow spending restraints

By John Solomon

Center Fact Check of President Obama’s State of the Union Address Incorporates New Technology with Old-Style Journalism...

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"… blican responses had a few of their own omissions. Both Reps. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Michele Bachmann of Minnesota criticized Obama for running up $3.1 tri …"

Big polluters freed from environmental oversight by stimulus

By Kristen Lombardi and John Solomon

In the name of job creation and clean energy, the Obama administration has doled out billions of dollars in stimulus money to some of the na

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"… an health.” Question of Whether Ends Justify Means The case of a Wisconsin ethanol plant with a long history of pollution problems demonstrates how l …"

"… onmental compliance in regard to the stimulus. Documents obtained by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, which collaborated with the Center on …"

"… factor. Didion’s stimulus grant for expanding its ethanol plant in Wisconsin offers a case study. Less than a month before its approval, a federal ju …"

"… n receiving 11 violation notices since 2005 — among the most for any Wisconsin company. The agency has labeled it a “high priority violator.” …"

Senior Dem calls for more oversight of pension entity after Center uncovers weakness

By John Solomon

Senate Aging Committee Chairman Herb Kohl says a Center for Public Integrity investigation that uncovered security, management and procureme

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"… ricans are potentially on the line. This report amplifies our call,” the Wisconsin Democrat said after the Center’s story was published Monday.Kohl held he …"

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The appraisal bubble

By Joe Eaton

In 2004, years before plummeting real estate values turned Fort Myers, Florida, into a top five foreclosure capital, appraiser Mike Tipton f

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"… aisers say, but it still exists. Ray Miller, an appraiser outside Madison, Wisconsin, says the pressure is moving to FHA loans and refinancing as credit for ot …"

The 'curative challenge'

By Joe Eaton

The curative challenge

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"… density housing, said Kurt Paulsen, a land-use expert at the University of Wisconsin who taught formerly at Temple University in Philadelphia.The challenge bal …"

Koch brothers wade into Wisconsin union fight

By Jeremy Borden

Americans for Prosperity, a nonprofit funded in part by the conservative billionaire Koch brothers, has launched a 30-second television adve

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"… onaire Koch brothers, has launched a 30-second television advertisement in Wisconsin that asks, “Who decides Wisconsin’s future: Voters or government union …"

"… 30-second television advertisement in Wisconsin that asks, “Who decides Wisconsin’s future: Voters or government unions?”Charles G. and David H. Koch ar …"

"… e private sector. Governor Walker has the courage to do what’s right for Wisconsin.”The Center reported in October that Americans for Prosperity was one of …"

"… a sister nonprofit.Koch Industries was one of the biggest contributors to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign. Americans for Prosperity was a key Republi …"

A public with lots to tell EPA about coal ash

By Kristen Lombardi

Diane Hofner had a banner full of pictures and a six-minute power point presentation to display what she calls “unsupervised” pollution — bl

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"… right now, the utilities don’t have it." — Barbara Hugier, of Racine, Wisconsin, who lives in a neighborhood polluted with molybdenum that she believes ca …"

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