Mississippi’s property tax system barely gets a passing grade
GROWING AND GROWING: Mississippi's budget has continued to grow even with the GOP controlling both houses of the legislature and...
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Drug-monitoring program a prescription for privacy loss, ACLU argues
By Andrew Staub | PA Independent Law enforcement is about to get a good look inside Pennsylvanians' medicine cabinets. State...
Democracies, republics and Right to Work
By Maggie Thurber | for Ohio Watchdog UNIONS: Greg Loving, a union president and associate professor of philosophy, thinks Right...
Medical marijuana bill unlikely to pass this year; faces House scrutiny, Corbett opposition
By Eric Boehm | PA Independent A Senate-passed bill to legalize medical marijuana as a possible treatment for a variety...
FDOC opening five new facilities to house growing prison population
By Marianela Toledo | Florida Watchdog MIAMI — While crime in Florida has been falling steadily since 1993, the incarceration...
Omaha House ad watch: Crime fight edge goes to…
Part 4 of 4 in the series Ad Watch: Nebraska '14 Joe Jordan |Nebraska Watchdog For the last few days...
St. Paul bills businesses thousands for light rail work
By Tom Steward | Watchdog Minnesota Bureau ST. PAUL, Minn. — Just as St. Paul retailers began recovering from an...
New Mexico’s labor force is shrinking
LAGGING: New Mexico finished 48th in the nation in a ranking of the labor participation rate. By Rob Nikolewski │...
Audit: VA community college spends $1.3 million on sketchy contracts
OOPS: Northern Virginia Community College paid about $1.3 million in contracts to a firm that didn't follow through. By Kathryn...
Study: Alabama’s property tax administration a confusing mess
FAIR TAX? Alabama's property taxes are low, but they may not be very fairly or efficiently administrated, a study argues....
