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Article: Times Union wins.
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- Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- March 28, 2007
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Byline: Dan Higgins
Mar. 28--investigation award
"Secret Political Piggy Bank" received a Freedom of Information medal from Investigative Reporters and Editors, a professional organization for investigative journalists.
The medal is IRE's highest annual award, given this year to five news organizations nationwide.
"Secret Political Piggy Bank" took on the Legislature's "member items," private grants through which lawmakers dole out taxpayer money in their districts without disclosing their role in the spending.
The series ended that secrecy, in part through the paper's successful lawsuit against the Legislature last year. ...