Study: Marylanders get so-so returns on tax investment
By Meg Tully | Maryland Reporter Marylanders spend within their means and get a decent return on investment when comparing...
Month: April 2014
Luddites At Post Office Nix Technology In Favor Of Junk Mail
Years ago while interviewing a member of the North Dakota state Senate the issue of technology came up. This lawmaker...
Despite the energy boom, old perceptions linger
NO LONGER OVER A BARREL: A cartoon about the 1973 oil embargo by Gib Crockett from the old Washington Star...
North Dakota Obama Appointee Refuses To Give Up Records On Loan To Troubled Grain Mill
I've been following the saga of Earth Harvest Mills, a teetering organic grain mill operating in Harvey, North Dakota, for...
How Low Can a Fraudster Go?
It's bad enough when a fraudster scams one benefit program, but it takes a pretty devious mind to scam multiple...
Single-payer tax terrifying to Vermonters, but fee hikes a ‘silent killer’
By Bruce Parker | Vermont Watchdog After spending more than 30 years building homes in Vermont, Bart Frisbie has learned...
‘In-house parole’ costs NM taxpayers $10M a year to keep prisoners in prison
ON PAROLE BUT STILL IN PRISON: The practice of “in-house parole,” where inmates serve part of their paroles behind bars,...
Where is Virginia State University’s $186,224 microscope?
Virginia State University President Keith Miller was looped into the finding that a former professor took some very expensive scientific...
Wedding crasher: County curbs private business
HAPPIER DAYS: A couple celebrates their wedding at Eden Try. By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau FREDERICKSBURG, Va. —...
NYT asks high court to require warrants to search smart phones
By Josh Peterson | Watchdog.org The New York Times in an op-ed Sunday came out in support of a requirement...
