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The North Dakota racing commission has blown nearly half a million dollars on dubious grants and its own operating expenses.
PepsiCo received $1.3 million in federal subsidies in 2012, plus more from New York State, to produce greek yogurt - and failed anyway.
Texas has a lobbying problem, with taxpayer-funded lobbyists representing local governments, including school boards, city councils, et al.
An economic development corporation spent $60,000 of Ohio state money on a podcast episode and is accountable to no one.
In 2012, a federal grant went to pay for pet shampoo, and hair spray, styling gell and face wash for dogs.
The Oklahoma Route 66 Commission shelled out $110,000 for a musical washboard that plays This Land Is Your Land when run over.
Maryland routinely pays excess overtime with no attempt to monitor who is claiming it without good work-related reason.
West Virginia bought over 1000 oversized Internet routers, each capable of handling tens of thousands of users - to handle one machine each.,
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.
