California groundwater regulation could bring big changes
By Wayne Lusvardi | Cal Watchdog California's Central Valley groundwater is mainly found in four large subregional basins: the Sacramento...
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Veterans Afffairs wind turbine, build for $2.3 million, stands dormant
By Tom Steward | Watchdog Minnesota Bureau ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A $2.3 million federal stimulus project at the Veterans...
Federal Internet plan to connect America aims at high-cost rural areas
By Josh Peterson | Watchdog.org SANTA FE, N.M. — A Federal Communications Commission plan to subsidize rural high-speed Internet is...
Illinois’ race for governor: A populism and proxy war
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Watchdog CHICAGO, Ill. — The working man in Illinois apparently can't lose. Both Democratic Gov....
Great Expectations: States still use unrealistic pension assumptions
By Eric Boehm | Watchdog.org MINNEAPOLIS — Two years ago, when Rhode Island passed bi-partisan legislation to reform a state...
Audit of state, local websites reveals government secrecy a growing problem
Part 4 of 4 in the series Sunshine Week PRETEND OPENNESS: Howard County, Md., official Ken Ullman talks of transparency,...
In Wisconsin, teachers with ‘immoral conduct’ issues often keep license
SECOND CHANCES: State Superintendent Tony Evers, right, has allowed teachers accused of inappropriate relationships with children, sexual harassment and stealing...
Lawmaker: Show us the single-payer money plan now
By Jon Street | Vermont Watchdog SHOW ME THE MONEY: Dem. lawmaker demands Gov. Shumlin's single-payer financing plan BURLINGTON, Vt....
Medicaid expansion may spur growth in other benefit programs
ENROLLMENT: There's no telling yet what kind of impact expanding Medicaid could have on enrollment in other government programs in...
Milwaukee County looks to spend hundreds of thousands more for janitors
By Adam Tobias | Wisconsin Reporter MILWAUKEE, Wis. — An effort to bring back about 20 unemployed public-sector janitors to...
