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Legislative Redistricting Staff Used Private Emails to Coordinate With State GOP

February 5, 2013

Ashley Lopez: New evidence shows that the leaders of a redistricting effort last year allowed their staffs to use private email addresses and personal file sharing accounts to swap information with consultants from the Republican Party of Florida.

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Report Shows Link Between Jeb Bush’s Education Reforms and Corporate Interests

February 1, 2013

Ashley Lopez: A new data dump of emails from Jeb Bush's education Foundation -- a group aimed at passing school reforms in states all over the country-- is heavily linked to the corporate interests that fund their efforts. In many cases, the corporate funders are benefiting greatly from the reforms Bush's foundation is selling to states.

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Obama Says He’ll Introduce Immigration Plans If Congress Doesn’t Act Quickly

January 31, 2013

Ashley Lopez: President Barack Obama announced yesterday that he will release and pursue his own immigration reform plans if Congress doesn't act quickly on its own.

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Bipartisan Immigration Reform Plans Get White House Support, GOP Pushback

January 29, 2013

Ashley Lopez: This is the closest thing we've seen to what immigration reform might look like.

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More Clamoring for Rubio’s Immigration Plan

January 25, 2013

Ashley Lopez: Everyone in Washington, D.C., wants to know what immigration reform looks like to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

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Scott’s Team Defends State Handouts To Business

January 24, 2013

Ashley Lopez: The Scott administration is sticking by its controversial and secretive economic incentive program.