European-style approach to VT’s drug crisis worth studying, lawmakers say
By Jon Street | Vermont Watchdog NEW WAR ON DRUGS? Lawmaker suggests Western Europe could hold the solution to Vermont's...
Month: April 2014
Nebraska Senate race: Tea party vs. K street
By Deena Winter | Nebraska Watchdog LINCOLN, Neb. – Much more than just a young university president versus a war...
City prepares to give mystery company millions
By Paul Brennan | Iowa Watchdog DES MOINES, Iowa—West Des Moines city officials have cued up $36 million in local...
Kemper Project costs rise another $177 million
By Steve Wilson | Mississippi Watchdog The cost of Mississippi Power's Kemper Project plant continues to rise. Additional construction and...
FL transit authority on hot seat for using taxes to campaign for tax increase
By William Patrick | Florida Watchdog TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Pinellas County public transit board is on the hot seat...
4 million reasons why Illinois lawmakers are looking at high school sports takeover
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Watchdog SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Legislature certainly does not want to administer the state's...
SCOTUS decision opens political pocketbooks, but will it help transparency?
By Johnny Kampis | Watchdog.org CULLMAN, Ala. — Republicans praised Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that will allow donors to...
PA lawmaker wants more oversight over Obamacare navigators
By Andrew Staub | PA Independent Funded by a federal grant, the nonprofit Resources for Human Development has deployed 35...
George Wallace’s political party grows and confuses in California
By John Hrabe | Cal Watchdog. Here's a fact that's no April Fool's Day joke. A political party, which traces...
$10.10 minimum wage passes Maryland Senate committee
By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins | Maryland Reporter The Senate Finance Committee approved a $10.10 minimum wage for most Maryland workers, but...
