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Today in OpenGov: The Results Are In

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In today's edition, K Street prepares for divided government, a political cartoonist is silenced in Hong Kong, Amazon's HQ2 sweepstakes provided a treasure trove of data to the company, indicted Congressmen had a successful election day, and more. 

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Today in OpenGov: Get Out The Vote

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In today's edition, one more chunk of election news (until the next election cycle starts to heat up), the pharmaceutical lobby isn't a big fan of discounted drugs for senior citizens, the Supreme Court allows the Census citizenship question lawsuit to begin, New York State's transparency problem, and more. 

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Today in OpenGov: On the Verge

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With elections taking place across the U.S. tomorrow, today's edition will look slightly different that usual with an oversized load of stories at the intersection of OpenGov and elections as campaign season comes to a close.  We'll be back with your usual roundup of OpenGov news tomorrow. If you haven't voted early or absentee, we hope you're making plans to vote tomorrow.

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Today in OpenGov: Hedge Your Bets

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In today's edition, big business might be hedging its bets ahead of the midterms, we explain healthcare.gov's scheduled downtime, our friends at MuckRock have a few questions, transparency for a fishy deal in Madagascar, and more. 

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Today in OpenGov: Family Business

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In today's edition, Americans lack confidence in government and the tech industry to protect elections from foreign interference, an expansive idea to fix Congress, oil money floods two state ballot initiatives, President Trump and his three oldest children are sued over phony get-rich-quick schemes, and more. 

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Today in OpenGov: Request Denied

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In today's edition, California will hold off on implementing its net neutrality law, 11 donors are responsible for 20% of all super PAC cash, another Trump administration effort to delay the Census citizenship question lawsuit is denied, and more. 

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