The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that something dangerous will... →
Claude Debussy
Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there's a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage to the... →
Bill Dedman
Even with good maps, there's no guarantee that the public will get the word about landslide hazards, or that state and local governments will... →
Like most other states, Illinois has little regulation of the economic interests of legislators and relies on public disclosure to keep the lawmaking... →
Forty states have sued tobacco companies over the costs of health care for residents on Medicaid and public assistance.
I'm pretty much a documents reporter. I'm a public records geek.
The scientific effort to inform the public about landslide risks often runs head-on into powerful economic interests.
Sammy Sosa grew up without a father in the back of a converted public hospital in San Pedro de Macoris, a dusty seaside town in the Dominican... →
State courts usually rule that correspondence between government officials, about government business, are public records, whether they use their... →
Todd Palin's frequent presence in the governor's office led some in Juneau to call him the 'Shadow Governor.' But it had never been... →