AFSCME reports using thousands in taxpayer money to organize unions
By Tom Steward | Watchdog Minnesota Bureau ST. PAUL, Minn. — Opponents of an effort to unionize family child-care providers...
Month: January 2014
11 Ohio entities now ‘unauditable,’ but face few ramifications for financial messes
UNAUDITABLE; Eleven Ohio jurisdictions are currently on the State Auditor's “unauditable” list. By Maggie Thurber | for Ohio Watchdog Ohio...
Not so nifty: Taxpayers chip in on gift for first lady, who turns 50
FIRST FAMILY: The Obamas' vacation cost taxpayers more than $4 million for travel, staffing, security, housing, transportation of vehicles and...
No, Obamacare doesn’t deserve credit for slowing growth of health spending
By Peter Suderman | Reason For the fourth year in a row, Medicare's actuaries report that total national health spending—encompassing...
Report: State failed to treat Nikko Jenkins
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog A highly detailed 60-page investigation finds the Nebraska Department of Corrections under fire for its...
Oil Train Derailments "Raising Eyebrows On Wall Street"
If there was any doubt that the build-out of pipeline infrastructure is of vital importance for North Dakota and the...
Kansas trails surrounding states in economic freedom
AVERAGE: In a recent study of economic freedom in North America, Kansas ranked in the middle of the pack nationwide,...
Bruning: They said I’d be dead at 50 if hadn’t found cancer
By Deena Winter | Nebraska Watchdog LINCOLN, Neb. – Attorney General Jon Bruning said Tuesday he's back working full time...
Florida’s Rick Scott, Charlie Crist race for cash, but what’s in it for them?
By William Patrick | Florida Watchdog TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Money alone doesn't guarantee a winning election, but it sure helps....
Why Does Obama Want To Extend Unemployment, Aren't We Four Years Into An Economic Recovery?
The Senate voted today to proceed to debate of an extension of unemployment benefits which expired in the new year...
