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Why Corruption Grows in Our States: Fewer Reporters and Remote State Capitals

The nation’s founders built state capitals in remote areas, to avoid possible tyranny. But with fewer reporters aggressively covering state politics, Richard J. Tofel says corruption will increase precisely because government is so far away.

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