Almost $12 million in Tenn. state taxpayer money wasted in March
By Christopher Butler | Tennessee Watchdog
NASHVILLE – Officials in 33 government entities throughout Tennessee wasted or misused almost $11.7 million of taxpayer money according to audits that the State Comptroller released during March.
Tenn. government employees sell scrap metal for personal gain — at taxpayer expense
NASHVILLE — Officials in Tennessee wasted or misused more than $3.6 million of taxpayer money during the month of February, according to audits that the State Comptroller’s Office released last month.
Read More →CA legislative administrators still get tax-paid cars
By Katy Grimes | CalWatchdog
SACRAMENTO – Proving once again why California needs a part time Legislature, a recent news story about state-funded cars for legislators showed some bad deals and financial abuses. But the rest of the story is not just who drives which car, and how much it costs; the story is the lack [...]
Read More →Bill allowing electronic legal notices could save Hawaii taxpayers $1 million; newspapers fight change
By Jim Dooley | Hawaii Reporter
HONOLULU – The state spends nearly $1 million annually to publish legal notices in Honolulu’s only newspaper and lawmakers are looking for ways to trim that bill.
Two measures that would allow electronic publication of some or all legal notices on internet websites were discussed in a joint meting of three Senate [...]
Read More →UConn Foundation pays for governor’s Europe trip, state owes foundation $18 million
By Zachary Janowski | Raising Hale
HARTFORD — The University of Connecticut Foundation will pay about $4,500 to send Gov. Dannel Malloy to the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, while the state owes the foundation $18 million in matching grants.
Since 2007, the state has pledged to match one quarter of all donations to the [...]
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