Where did the deferred appropriations riders actually go?
Tracking the punted riders to their grave or their passage, with receipts.
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Every state's school-funding formula, normalized.
The numbers behind the statehouse fights, made comparable.
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Who funds the three most-cited 'independent' poll shops?
Following the money behind the pollsters the wire cites most.
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