‘Bureaucratic abuse’: Hawaii vets wait a decade for center, services
By Malia Zimmerman | Watchdog.org
KAUNAKAKAI, MOLOKAI — It’s a dream within reach, one that really may come true for Hawaii’s military veterans.
Larry Helm, 70, a heavy combat Vietnam veteran who served with the 25th infantry based at Schofield Barracks from 1964 to 1966, has headed up the effort to build a center for veterans on the [...]
Audit: $50 toll ahead without PA turnpike debt reform
By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s auditor said that requiring the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to make $450 million annual payments to the state will take an ever increasing toll on taxpayers’ pocketbooks.
Read More →Nebraska board does about-face on transgender policy
Turnabout, it seems, doesn’t always equal fair play.
The head of a Nebraska board that governs school activities said the board has not yet voted on a policy protecting the rights of transgender athletes, a statement that appears to run counter to what she told national media outlets such as the New York Times and Deadspin.
Read More →Texas school board may end ban on felons, drug dealers
By Jon Cassidy | Watchdog.org
HOUSTON – A southeast Texas school district is ready to open its doors to felons and drug dealers.
The Beaumont Independent School District has a long list of problems – lawsuits, state investigations, police investigations, criminal contractors and more – but it will address one of them tonight: the hiring of felons and [...]
Gov’t workers voted for Obama with their dollars
By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog
A review of Federal Election Commission records by a law professor at Pepperdine University found that not only did lawyers at federal agencies contribute more to Barack Obama than Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election, but that every federal agency reported an overwhelming advantage to Obama.
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