By Kevin Mooney | Statehouse News Online
INDIANAPOLIS – Democratic Party leaders and union officials’ concerted efforts to block right-to-work legislation in Indiana came up short Wednesday, when Gov. Mitch Daniels signed off on the measure shortly after it passed the state Senate

By Jim Dooley – Hawaii Reporter
HONOLULU — Honolulu Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro today continued his lonely objections to aspects of Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s plan to amend Hawaii’s criminal justice in ways that would release more convicted felons from prisons and jails.

By Mike Cronin | Texas Watchdog

HOUSTON – Some parents whose children attend Houston schools are wondering why district officials are spending taxpayer money to have two separate organizations to audit very similar things.

By Christopher Butler | Tennessee Watchdog
NASHVILLE – Officials in Pickett County misused almost $150,000 of taxpayer money, according to an audit that state Comptrollers released today.

Hawaii Reporter
OAHU – The Honolulu Area Rapid Transit Authority, the entity that oversees the construction and management of the city’s proposed $5.3 billion elevated steel on steel rail system, has launched a series of radio advertisements promoting the project and directing the public to check out the HART web site for traffic updates.