By Steven Allen Adams 
The West Virginia Teachers’ Retirement System is worst funded pension plan in the nation according to a new study released today by the Manhattan Institute and the Foundation for Educational Choice.
The study, titled “Underfunded Teacher Pension Plans: It’s Worse Than You Think,” estimates that only 31 percent percent of the the [...]

BY STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS, West Virginia Watchdog
March Madness is upon us and No. 6 ranked West Virginia University will face unranked Morgan State University this Friday at 12:15 p.m. But WVU has already beaten MSU in another category: lobbying.
WVU spent $210,000 in lobbying efforts in Washington D.C. last year, compared to the $110,000 spent [...]

United States: 440 phantom districts
New Mexico Watchdog broke the story on Monday morning–the Obama Administration claimed to create jobs in congressional districts that did not exist. Those reporting errors, however, was not limited to New Mexico. A Watchdog study has found the stimulus has given $6.4 billion to 440 non-existent districts in all 50 states, D.C. [...]