By Mark Lisheron | Texas Watchdog AUSTIN — The Texas Attorney General’s office is investigating an attempt to build the state’s social safety net out of $185 million in dental brace materials. Investigators are looking into fraudulent Medicaid billing by 31 orthodontists after state health officials discovered spending on braces and dental visits for low-income children shot [...]Read More>>

By Christopher Butler | Tennessee Watchdog NASHVILLE – General Motors has billions of dollars in cash reserves, and one would think that the company is self-sufficient and can operate without a helping hand from taxpayers — but that is not the case, especially in Tennessee. Taxpayers in the Volunteer State, as well as those in many other states, [...]Read More>>

By Rob Nikolewski | New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE — Members of the Senate Finance Committee who thought New Mexico’s two state-sponsored pension plans are doing pretty well and just need some tweaking to stay financially secure received a splash of ice-cold water on Monday (Jan. 23) when two financial analysts said just the opposite. “The numbers are [...]Read More>>

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog CHARLESTON — The state’s unfunded public pension liabilities are shrinking after taking hits during the recent recession. Officials with the state Consolidated Public Retirement Board (CPRB) gave a presentation to members of the House Pensions and Retirement Committee today. The CPRB manages nine pension plans: The Public Employee Retirement System (PERS), [...]Read More>>

BY JIM DOOLEY AND MALIA ZIMMERMAN Hawaii Reporter An X-rated local escort service called “The Volcano Girls” is being operated out of the Waikiki residence of University of Hawaii Professor Lawrence W. Boyd, Jr., a Hawaii Reporterinvestigation shows. Read More>>

By Mike Klein | GPPF Forum ATLANTA — There was a whale in the room Thursday morning at the State Capitol. THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. Read More>>

By ChoiceMedia.TV YouTube The Story of How the NY NAACP Sued Charter Schools Serving Black Kids As school choice becomes more integrated into the fabric of American public education, teachers unions have been using a new tactic to fight these reforms: the lawsuit.  And it’s making for strange bedfellows. The United Federation of Teachers, the New York City [...]Read More>>

Governor Jerry Brown frequently touts his record of putting our children’s education first. During his campaign and on his website he boasts about increasing educational funding and establishing charter schools. That is why Californian’s should be appalled by his decision to hold K-12 education hostage in an attempt to fix California’s $9.2 billion budget deficit. This [...]Read More>>

By Patrick B. McGuigan OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Right to work is in the news again. Under the leadership of Gov. Mitch Daniels, Indiana is about to enact reform despite Democrat legislators’ efforts to block it by boycotting the House. They may have blocked approval late this week, but party leaders admit the bill will pass [...]Read More>>

ChoiceMedia.TV In Wednesday’s State of the State address, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo vowed to make education reform a key priority in 2012. “We must make our schools accountable for the results they achieve and the dollars they spend,” he said. Cuomo explained how, in his first year as governor, he learned that everyone in public education – [...]Read More>>