EducationNews
LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska has been dinged by the state auditor for allowing employees to spend nearly $96,000 on 20 first-class flights… Read More
EconomyNews
Washington is routinely accused of spending your tax dollars frivolously, but $349 million toward a project that may never be used? “All you’ve done is… Read More
Health CareNews
The National Children’s Study has been canceled despite almost 10 years of work and $1.3 billion of funding after a National Institutes of Health working… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Editor’s note: This column was originally published Dec. 5. On Dec. 12, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act. Page 1,163 of the National Defense… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Senator Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., recently issued a report entitled “The Science of Splurging,” which provides several examples of how the Environmental Protection Agency wastes millions… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The omnibus appropriations bill the House will take up Thursday includes a measure to reauthorize Brand USA, the troubled corporation created by Congress to promote… Read More
EconomyNews
Last night, House Republicans released a massive $1.1 trillion spending bill that would fund most of the government through Sept. 30, 2015. Here’s how you’re… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Insatiable – that would seem to be the word that best describes the appetite of some in Congress and their friends in the environmental community…. Read More
EconomyNews
PITTSBURGH — A job training agency in northwest Pennsylvania is asking the state for a repayment plan after a finding that nearly $250,000 was misspent…. Read More
EconomyNews
NASHVILLE — Kimball, Tenn., Mayor Rex Pesnell said broadband Internet in his town of about 1,400 will help economic development, but so far he’s short… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How would you like to get paid a full-time salary plus benefits for not working, and without taking any sick days? Sounds like a dream,… Read More
SocietyNews
MINNEAPOLIS—Bird lovers launched a last-ditch drive at a Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority meeting to protect migratory species from what they consider a killer Minnesota Vikings football… Read More
EconomyNews
More than a year after it was reported the IRS sent thousands of refunds to the tiny town of Parksley, Va., a woman has pleaded… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What has been the price tag for the audacious Obamanomics experiment? How much has it all cost — the bailouts, the debt, the stimulus plans,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
From Rachel Greszler’s piece published Nov. 24: If you’re a worker and you have a pension, there’s a government agency that will pay that… Read More
EconomyNews
It’s time New York had its own state-run weather service to predict severe storms such as the one that has battered Buffalo, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
If you’re a worker and you have a pension, there’s a government agency that will pay that pension if your company is unable to fulfill… Read More
EconomyNews
The federal office that stripped the Washington Redskins’ trademark has lost control of its “teleworkers,” who are reportedly gaming the system on the taxpayers’ dime, according to recent… Read More
EconomyNews
Maryland politicians cast their film incentives program as the only way to lure productions such as “House of Cards” and boost the state’s economy. Yet, a… Read More
EconomyNews
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Fossil lovers now have one more way to link up and talk about dinosaurs, thanks to a mammoth-sized federal grant. Critics call… Read More
EconomyCommentary
If you’re a taxpayer, here’s a story that should really make your blood boil. Ivanpah, a solar plant in California, received a $1.6 billion loan… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Sen. Tom Coburn’s annual “Wastebook” chronicles the most outrageous government waste—spending that is so frightening that it taxpayers ought to be scared. Halloween is upon… Read More
EconomyNews
Mississippi is cornering the market on taxpayer-funded music museums. First there was a state-funded museum dedicated to country legend Tammy Wynette. Now the state is… Read More
EconomyNews
It has cost New Mexico taxpayers $218.5 million to construct, and its anchor tenant, headed by a flamboyant billionaire, has yet to get off the… Read More
SecurityNews
The Department of Veterans Affairs remains embroiled in a scandal that resulted in the deaths of at least 40 veterans assigned to its medical facilities…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Rabbit massages, laughing classes, and watching the grass grow–these are just a few examples of where your tax dollars went this year. During a time… Read More
EconomyNews
Thousands of federal employees are being kept on paid leave for extended periods of time while they are investigated for wrongdoing, according to a new… Read More
EconomyNews
RICHMOND, Va. — Thirsty for jobs and good times, the city of Richmond is vowing to build a brewery on the James River. The estimated… Read More
EconomyNews
The federal government is not the only source of corporate welfare. According to Veronique de Rugy, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at… Read More
EconomyNews
NASHVILLE—Halloween is fast approaching. And at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, officials want to boost morale by teaching workers to carve jack-o’-lanterns. Why… Read More
