By Mark Lisheron | Texas Watchdog

AUSTIN — The Texas Attorney General’s office is investigating an attempt to build the state’s social safety net out of $185 million in dental brace materials.
Investigators are looking into fraudulent Medicaid billing by 31 orthodontists after state health officials discovered spending on braces and dental visits for low-income children shot [...]

By Rob Nikolewski | New Mexico Watchdog

ALBUQUERQUE– In the past year, New Mexico attorney general Gary King has taken his lumps from critics who say he and his office have not aggressively pursued a number of political investigations.
On Tuesday (Dec. 13), King found himself outvoted 7-1 by members of the board he chairs — the New Mexico Law [...]

By Mark Lagerkvist
New Jersey Watchdog
Attorney General Paula Dow will step down at the end of the year, Gov. Chris Christie said at a news conference Dec. 12, and she will be replaced by Jeff Chiesa, Christie’s chief counsel who previously worked in the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Christie said Dow will work in the near-term as deputy [...]

By Deena Winter
Nebraska Watchdog

The attorney general’s office’s very public awarding of a $100,000 grant Monday to an offshoot of the Nebraska Farm Bureau has some questioning whether the money is more of a political gift intended to curry favor.
Attorney General Jon Bruning – a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012 – personally presented a $100,000 [...]

By Joe Jordan
Nebraska Watchdog
Under the heading “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” Don Stenberg and Ben Nelson have found something they agree on: Jon Bruning is out of line—specifically when it comes to what they contend are Bruning’s improper private investments and lavish public spending.
One of the most controversial investments is a $675,000 home near Ashland, Nebraska. According [...]