National study says New Mexico’s debt equals $24,041 per person
INDEBTED: A study from a fiscally conservative group claims that New Mexico's total debt equals $24,041 per person in the...
Month: January 2014
Florida governor: A tit-for-tat contest?
By Marianela Toledo | Florida Watchdog MIAMI — If this contest was a boxing match, the referee would penalize the...
New Orleans tops school choice index
Part 47 of 47 in the series Educating America By Mary C. Tillotson | Watchdog.org Denver School District led the...
31 lawmakers support bill to spend $2.5 million on capitol fountains
By Deena Winter | Nebraska Watchdog LINCOLN, Neb. – When New York architect Bertram Goodhue won a nationwide contest to...
Some, not all, Florida motor vehicle fees could return to pre-recession levels
By William Patrick | William Patrick TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When it comes to government taxes and fees, it's no secret...
Cut up the credit cards: states have $5 trillion in debts taxpayers will have to pay
By Eric Boehm | Watchdog.org MINNEAPOLIS – Coast to coast, states are leaving taxpayers on the hook for massive debt...
Common Core dollars spent to retrain teachers but states still can’t identify failing teachers
By Karen Schroeder | for Wisconsin Reporter Billions of tax dollars have been spent over decades to prepare teachers but...
Chart Of The Day: Without Labor Force Shrinkage, Unemployment Rate Wouldn't Be Improving
By now most political observers (if not necessarily American voters in general) are well aware of the problems with the...
PA lawmaker blasts ASA for academic boycott of Israel
By Andrew Staub | PA Independent A Pennsylvania lawmaker this week blasted the American Studies Association's academic boycott of Israel,...
My IRS: A long distance romance
By Mark Lisheron | Watchdog.org My Internal Revenue Service got back to me over the Christmas holiday, begging my pardon...
