The Center Square, formerly Watchdog.org, is an American news website that features reporting on state and local government. It is a project of the Franklin News Foundation, an online news organization. The Center Square distributes its content through a newswire service. The website broke the story of the phantom congressional districts in the wake of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Center Square says that it seeks to "fulfill the need for high-quality statehouse and statewide news across the United States. The focus of our work is state- and local-level government and economic reporting." The Center Square's content reflects a focus on government waste and public employee unions. Columbia Journalism Review said the productivity of the website was "impressive," and noted the commitment to original news reporting, as opposed to news aggregation or punditry. More information...
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