Houston School District audit report on alleged threat raises more questions about ‘how things operate around here’
By Mike Cronin and Jennifer Pebbles
Story after story has come out in recent weeks raising questions about how the Houston school district conducts business: Contracts going to friends of trustees; a trustee helping an acquaintance get a six-figure no-bid contract; even questions about why the district paid as much as it did for groundskeeping at schools.
The latest one [...]
Tens of Thousands Spent on Sign Namings in S.C.
Rick BrundrettThe Nerve
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Since 2006, South Carolina has spent at least $60,000 on highway and other structure signs named after state lawmakers or other individuals, The Nerve found in a review of state transportation records.
In the vast majority of the 132 projects, counties were forced to pay a flat $500 fee per project to the [...]
Omaha Mayor Hires Lobbyists to Fight For Wheel Fee
By Joe Jordan
In a final push to keep the city’s controversial wheel tax from going off the road, Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle is putting tax dollars where his mouth his.
According to the Mayor’s office the city has hired two Lincoln lobbyists to stop lawmakers from enacting a bill (LB 81) that would cost the city $6 [...]
Tennessee wastes more stimulus money
By CHRISTOPHER BUTLER
The state government is yet again wasting federal stimulus money in Tennessee, according to a report that State Comptroller Justin P. Wilson released this week.
Wilson found many examples of waste in the state’s Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons (WAP) program — at a financial amount he is not yet ready to specify. The [...]
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.
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