Insitutional spending skyrocketing at New Mexico universities
By Rob Nikolewski | New Mexico Watchdog
Do universities in New Mexico spend too much money on what’s called “institutional support” compared to academic support and instruction?
Read More →National labor union gave $180K to nonprofit for ‘political activity’ during Oct. 2012
By Eric Boehm | PA Independent
HARRISBURG — A nonprofit running ads attacking Gov. Tom Corbett received at least $180,000 last year from a powerful national labor union.
Pennsylvanians for Accountability, a Pittsburgh-based “social welfare nonprofit” is exploiting a loophole in state campaign finance laws to avoid filing reports on donations and expenditures. In addition to their attacks [...]
No cost? Not quite: Self-funded PA website contract costing up to $2.6M
A state lawmaker continues to raise red flags about a website redesign and management contract.
Read More →IRS wasn’t only agency hassling True the Vote
By Jon Cassidy | Watchdog.org
HOUSTON — Since filing for tax exemption at a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2010, the founders of True the Vote, a Houston-based group that tries to prevent elections fraud, have been overwhelmed with scrutiny from a host of government agencies, in particular, by the Internal Revenue Service.
Catherine and Bryan Englebrecht have suffered through 18 [...]
For a fee: Measure aims to protect WI taxpayers
It may be back to the drawing board for Wisconsin officials who want to exceed their local spending authority.
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