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        The American Petroleum Institute jumped into the outside spending game in the North Carolina state politics this year. Most of its chosen legislative candidates won re-election -- but not all of them. Was outside spending by environmentalists a factor in the losses? 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        March 7, 2012 -
        
  
        Super PACs supporting three Republican presidential hopefuls spent more than $5 million in three Southern states heading into Super Tuesday. But some got more bang for their buck. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
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        How the Texas legislature became the fine deliberative body it is today. From the Associated Press (via truthout):
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        November 1, 1987 -
        This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 15 No. 
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        February 1, 1984 -
        This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 12 No.