By Mark Lagerkvist — Edgar J. Hess “retired” as a New Jersey State Police captain at age 50, but he never left the Attorney General’s payroll. The next day, he began work at a state unit that investigates corruption.

By FRANK KEEGAN – Look past Page 1 of the latest Pew Center on the States’ update of retirement promise shortfalls, and you will get an idea how huge it really is. Right now citizens are on the hook for at least a $3 trillion sneak-a-tax increase that is getting bigger fast. Leaders must be [...]

By Frank Keegan — Taxpayers, who don't even know it yet, are on the hook for trillions of dollars in secret taxes because nobody was keeping an eye on state and local politicians. One organization offers a basic guide for citizens to get informed and involved in how government takes and wastes our money now and [...]

By Joe Jordan 
Omaha taxpayers have heard it more than once.
If contract talks between the city and the police and fire unions break down and the details are decided in state labor court, officially known as the Nebraska Commission of Industrial Relations (CIR), the city and taxpayers will lose big.
This year though not everyone is convinced.
Since Tuesday when the [...]

By Joe Jordan 
Several months after a Nebraska Watchdog investigation uncovered a Porsche and other high priced cars going free of charge to top officials at the University of Nebraska (NU), the University is making a key policy change.
But critics wonder if it is change they can believe in.
The 2009 Porsche Cayenne, a sport utility vehicle with an average price tag [...]