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The HCN Wire Our Editor's picks from around the West: More Oversight Sought for Hydraulic Fracturing - NYTimes.com; California's higher-ed debacle -- LA Times; The Halliburton Loophole - NYTimes.com; How wind power works for one Montanan - Billings Gazette; More

More from Politics & Policy: Commitment issues White House pledges further collaboration with tribes, but is it enough?; Armed and drunk New Arizona law allows guns in bars.; Is the BLM practicing unsafe CX? The Bureau of Land Management used a large number of "categorical exclusions" to streamline permitting for oil and gas development.; All Politics & Policy

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