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.
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.