Earmarks
The Associated Press unleashed a big project on Congressional earmarks this weekend. As part of the project, they rolled out an interactive map, which shows North Carolina's per capita earmark rank is 42.
AP recruited some newspapers to help out with the reporting. I'm really liking the interactive feature the Asbury Park Press rolled out.
The bulk of the stories were based on data from a few different places available on the web, including the Taxpayers for Common Sense. It's fun to play with even if you're not writing a big ol' takeout. (Previously.)
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