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	<title>wbur.org &#187; Joe Bergantino (NECIR-BU)</title>
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		<title>Mass. Awards Stimulus Funds To Dubious Contractors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOE BERGANTINO (NECIR-BU), MAGGIE MULVIHILL and SYDNEY LUPKIN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far this year, Massachusetts has handed out almost $162 million in transportation contracts paid for with federal stimulus funds. It turns out several companies have gotten those contracts despite a record of violating various laws and regulations. The New England Center for Investigative Reporting at Boston University has uncovered this information.]]></description>
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		<title>Fired State Appeals Official Still Draws Big Salary</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOE BERGANTINO (NECIR-BU)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’d think that at a time when the state is about to cut 1,000 to 2,000 jobs, this wouldn’t happen: A state official who was forced out of her post last summer is still drawing a consultant’s salary of more than $6,000 a month. That’s what the New England Center for Investigative Reporting at Boston University has learned is happening.]]></description>
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		<title>As Subprime Mortgages Crumbled, Mass. Regulators Stood By</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOE BERGANTINO (NECIR-BU)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where were Massachusetts banking regulators as the subprime mortgage crisis exploded all around them? An investigation by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting found Massachusetts lags far behind other New England states in the number of serious disciplinary actions against mortgage brokers.]]></description>
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		<title>Head Of Mass. Appeals Agency Resigns Amid Complaints</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOE BERGANTINO (NECIR-BU)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Deval Patrick’s appointee to run an agency that makes critical decisions about the status of licensed professionals and the pensions of state retirees abruptly resigned last week amid a massive backlog of cases and complaints about her management of the office. For the past three months, the New England Center for Investigative Reporting at Boston University has been probing complaints about Shelly Taylor and DALA. ]]></description>
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