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FOIA-POWERED STORY: USDA scrambles to investigate egg lobby as CEO resigns

STORY CLIP: Guardian report revealing efforts by government-backed American Egg Board to sink food startup Hampton Creek forces inquiry into potentially illegal activities

Sam Thielman

WITHOUT FOIA

Without FOIA, the public may never have known the American Egg Board leadership was involved in an effort to influence FDA policy.

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Why US drug reform still couldn't stop deportation of two immigrants

STORY CLIP: Legal permanent residents’ prison sentences were reduced but ICE officials find ‘no compelling reason’ to stop removal of Junior Francisco and Rodolfo Padilla

Renée Feltz

WITHOUT FOIA

Without FOIA, the story would not have mentioned that deportations after convictions for drug possession offenses increased 43 percent from 2007-2012.