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2020 Winner, Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Copy. Paste. Legislate.

By the staffs of The Arizona Republic, USA TODAY, and the Center for Public Integrity

The winner of the 2020 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting was “Copy. Paste. Legislate” by the staffs of The Arizona Republic, USA TODAY, and the Center for Public Integrity. The collaborative reporting team conducted unprecedented computer analysis of legislation in all 50 states to reveal 10,000 bills that were copied nearly word-for-word from text written by industry groups, lobbyists and political activists, often to benefit big business at consumers’ expense.

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