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Center News

Is journalism failing its role in democracy?

Center founders John Christie and Naomi Schalit are giving a series of talks across the state about the role of investigative journalism in our democracy. The next talk, entitled “”Is journalism failing its role in democracy?” is at the Camden Public Library on May 21st at 7 PM. For more details on the talk, check out the listing on [...]

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Reporter’s Notebook

Millett on business tax breaks: Expects legislators to question whether “such programs should remain intact”

Last week, the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting published a story headlined, "Risky business tax breaks cost state $100 million per year."

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Great story from New York World on impending doctor shortage

Our friends at the New York World have just published a great story about how a lack of funding threatens the ability of medical students to become doctors.

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Center for Public Integrity

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Virginia super PAC wills its funds to nonprofit in Georgia for reasons unknown. […]
Do nonprofits' names imply political activity?
The names of most social welfare nonprofits don't contain overtly political words. […]
'Tea party' nonprofits rarely endorsed political candidates
'Tea party'-branded nonprofits at heart of IRS scandal rarely endorsed political candidates. […]

OpenSecrets.org

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Conservative Groups Granted Exemption Vastly Outspent Liberal Ones
Conservative nonprofits that received tax-exempt status since the beginning of 2010 and also filed election spending reports with the Federal Election Commission overwhelmed liberal groups in terms of money spent on politics by a factor of nearly 34-to-1. […]
The Real IRS Scandal
The real IRS scandal, Sheila Krumholz and Robert Weinberger write in today's New York Times, is not so much the targeting of tea party groups (though that was bad) but the apparent lack of oversight of tax-exempt groups that were spending major money in the last two election cycles. […]