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How to Hold a Sham Public Hearing
Politicians ask for 'public input' without wanting any public input.
 • Pat Garofalo
Meet the States Fighting Private Equity’s Health Care Destruction
PLUS: D.C. gives initial approval to the largest stadium subsidy in U.S. history.
 • Sumitra Rajagopal
Welcome to the Twilight of Big Tax Prep
PLUS: Rental housing price-fixing probes heat up.
 • Pat Garofalo
The Secret That's Driving Up Highway Costs
Corporate consolidation and shrinking public capacity is a bad combination.
 • Pat Garofalo
Dystopian Pricing Tactics: A Primer
Pricing and fairness in an age of AI.
 • Pat Garofalo
The Cult of Data Centers
Big Tech sways too many economic development officials, and local residents are fed up.
 • Pat Garofalo
Four Ways States Are Taking on the Data Center Machine
The policy backlash to data centers has (maybe) arrived.
 • Pat Garofalo
Break Up Big Title Insurance
A handful of big firms reap huge profits on a mostly useless product.
 • Pat Garofalo
The Car Rental Sales Tax Swap Scam
Car rental corporate consolidation, funded by you.
 • Pat Garofalo
States and the Coming Scam-Apocalypse
Reduced federal consumer protections will leave state governments in the lurch.
 • Pat Garofalo
Meet the Private Equity Firm Squeezing America for Baseball Stadium Subsidies
Minor league teams, but a major league consolidation scam.
 • Pat Garofalo
When McKinsey Comes to Your Hospital
More corporate jets, less health care.
 • Pat Garofalo
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