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Texas Lawmakers Pull Funding for Child Identification Kits Again After Newsrooms Report They Don't Work

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Texas Lawmakers Push to Enforce Election Transparency Law After Newsrooms Found School Districts Failed to Comply

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North Carolina Lawmakers Ask for Investigation Into Funding Disruptions for Sexual Abuse Survivors

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A User's Guide to Democracy: -- Congress Works For You. Here's How to Be a Better Boss.

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At a Great Price: -- The True Cost of the Sears Headquarters Deal

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Big Jim: -- West Virginia's Conflicted Governor

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Buying Your Vote: -- Dark Money and Big Data

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Free the Files: -- Help Unlock Election Spending

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ProPublica and Other News Organizations Fight to Unseal Texas AG Ken Paxton's Divorce Records

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The Texas Redistricting Fight Has Been the Testing Ground for the Trump Administration's Latest Legal Strategy

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ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

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How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies

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How We Tracked Workforce Reductions at Federal Health Agencies

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These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.

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The IRS Says Churches Can Now Endorse Candidates. That Could Give Texas Pastors More Power Than Ever.

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Fort Worth Report and Report for America

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office's Work to Costly Private Lawyers

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Why Gov. Greg Abbott Won't Release His Emails With Elon Musk

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Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West's Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.

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Elon Musk Hired a Dozen Texas Lobbyists This Year. State Law Keeps the Extent of Their Influence Under Wraps.

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Inside Elon Musk's Stellar Year at the Texas Capitol

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North Dakota Ethics Commission Has No Authority to Punish Officials Violating Ethics Laws, State Leaders Argue

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Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.

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Texas Lawmakers Are Again Pushing to Spend Millions on Kits to Find Missing Kids. Experts Say They Don't Work.

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The Untold Story of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge — and Still Became a Top Trump Prosecutor

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Won't Face Federal Corruption Charges as He Gains Momentum for Likely Senate Run

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How Elon Musk, George Soros and Other Billionaires Are Shaping the Most Expensive Court Race in U.S. History

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A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina's Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.

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How Texas Conservatives Use At-Large School Board Elections to Influence What Students Learn

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How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power

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Secretive D.C. Influence Project Appears to Be Running a Group House for Right-Wing Lawmakers

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Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst's Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee

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Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor's Secretive Influence Campaign

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"We Feel Terrorized": What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump

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ProPublica's Coverage of Donald Trump's Appointments — and How They Could Reshape Federal Agencies

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North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He's Set to Run the Agency.

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Women Made Electoral Gains in Statehouses Across the Country in 2024. The Southeast Is a Different Story.

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A Trump DOJ Could Bring an End to the Yearslong Investigation of His Ally Ken Paxton

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Gretchen Whitmer's Chance for Wide-Ranging Legacy Derailed by Botched Legislative Session

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Despite Trump's Win, School Vouchers Were Again Rejected by Majorities of Voters

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Trump's Near Sweep of Texas Border Counties Shows a Shift to the Right for Latino Voters

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What to Expect From ProPublica in a Second Trump Administration

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El sheriff fronterizo pro armas y provida que perdió la lealtad de sus vecinos por ser tachado de "blando" con la inmigración

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Trump Claims "Illegal Alien" Voting Is Rampant. His Own Party Disagrees.

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Watch: How the Race for Sheriff in Del Rio, Texas, Became a Referendum on Immigration

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A Pro-Gun, Anti-Abortion Border Sheriff Appealed to Both Parties. Then He Was Painted as Soft on Immigration.

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Trump Media Outsourced Jobs to Mexico Even as Trump Pushes "America First"

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ProPublica's Coverage of the Election Issues That Matter to Voters

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Trump Says He'll Fight for Working-Class Americans. His First Presidency Suggests He Won't.

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In Minnesota, the Mayo Clinic Sometimes Called the Shots With Gov. Tim Walz

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The Small Midwestern Cities That Could Play a Pivotal Role in This Year's Elections

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Without Knowledge or Consent

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Who's Mailing the Catholic Tribune? It's Not the Church, It's Partisan Media.

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JD Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated Tax and Election Laws, Experts Say

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Opponents of Missouri Abortion Rights Amendment Turn to Anti-Trans Messaging and Misinformation

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Battle Over Ballot Drop Boxes Rages On in Wisconsin as Officials Put Them at Center of Election Integrity Debate

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