Prison guards in Rhode Island often make nearly $300,000 in overtime, per their ultra-favorable labor contract.
Florida spent $405 million to address illegal immigration, but nearly one-fourth went to porta-potties and DeSantis donors.
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.
Did Donald Trump distract people from the massive Minnesota fraud scandal by picking that time to send ICE in?
A nonprofit in Connecticut took taxpayers' money and couldn't even keep track of its funds, losing $300,000 to wire fraud.
Minnesota took years to have as much fraud as has been reported, but their relaxed COVID era rules truly fueled the scam.
Different States have used the welfare program Temporaryh Assistance to Needy Families to finance many things other than needy families.
In Massachusetts, taxpayers shouldered $6.8 million in settlements with non-disclosure agreements that State guidelines forbid.
An airport that sees only one flight a month and has no aircraft in its hangars still gets a quarter of a million dollars in funding.
Connecticut paid over $200,000 to a contractor to rewrite an organizational manual and provide training, neither of which was completed.