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Our mission is to provide our readers with impartial, informative reporting, and with an outlet for civic engagement and discourse on public policy, politics, government and other matters of statewide concern. This mission drives the values and guidelines set out in our code of ethics, which borrows generously from the policies set by other fine nonprofit news organizations like <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320231645/http://www.propublica.org/about/code-of-ethics/">ProPublica</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320231645/http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2012/03/13/147831970/an-introduction-to-nprs-new-ethics-handbook">NPR</a> and the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150320231645/http://cironline.org/ethics-guide">Center for Investigative Reporting</a>. 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