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Illinois Video Gambling Tax Hike Will Be Decided by Lawmakers With Financial Ties to the Industry
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Cruel and Unusual: A Guide to California’s Broken Prisons and the Fight to Fix Them
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Senators Call for Disclosure of Perks and Fees Paid to Health Benefits Brokers
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The bank kept writing checks even after Trump defaulted on loans worth hundreds of millions and sued it. Now Congressional investigators are going to court to uncover the financial records behind their relationship.
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