Voter fraud probe nabs two southern West Virginia officials (Audio)
By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — Two Lincoln County officials have agreed to plead guilty to charges of falsifying ballots and obstructing a federal investigation into voter fraud.
The U.S. Attorney’s office announced today that Lincoln County Sheriff Jerry Bowman, 58, and Lincoln County Clerk Donald C. Whitten, 62, will plead guilty to felonies [...]
(PODCAST) Legal fight with Nashville government taking toll on locally owned business
By CHRISTOPHER BUTLER
Tennessee Watchdog
In a recent podcast, a Nashville businessman tells Tennessee Watchdog that a legal fight with city officials is taking an enormous personal toll.
As Tennessee Watchdog has previously reported, Nashville authorities have sentenced city entrepreneur Chad Baker to five consecutive nights in jail. The charge — Baker has not moved his doggie day care’s parking lot from [...]
State, municipal associations rally against pension transparency proposal
By Jon Miltimore Watchdog.org
Nine groups representing state and local government employees slammed a House bill Wednesday that would penalize state and local governments that failed to meet disclosure and accounting requirements for public pension systems.
Prisoner Exchange
According to an article in yesterday’s Cleveland Plain Dealer, two men formerly associated with Ohio’s Board of Revision, Robert Chambers and Brian Day, have new jobs in Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo’s office. This happened after State Auditor Mary Taylor’s audit of the Cuyahoga County Auditor’s office came out earlier this month [...]
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