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The State of Illinois has $4.5 billion in earmarks in its budget, and these are easier to slip in than are earmarks in the federal budget.
A nonprofit in Connecticut took taxpayers' money and couldn't even keep track of its funds, losing $300,000 to wire fraud.
Robosquirrel - a stuffed squirrel with a robotic tail - came about from a $325,000 federal grant to two California universities in 2012.
Federal phone and Internet subsidies intended for low-income people are in fact paying the subscriptions of dead customers.
Different States have used the welfare program Temporaryh Assistance to Needy Families to finance many things other than needy families.
A high-school principal dined on steak and lobster and reimbursed himself with funds intended for a school club.
In Massachusetts, taxpayers shouldered $6.8 million in settlements with non-disclosure agreements that State guidelines forbid.
USAID financed pottery classes in Morocco in 2011 - with an American teacher, using clays from America and not available in Morocco.
HUD made several grants to state and local governments to remove lead from people's houses, but without oversight, this work's not happening.
The Washington State Department of Commerce awarded grants for equitable digital inclusion, grants they did little or nothing to oversee.
