The city of Chicago will pay fifty-five percent of a settlement of a free-speech lawsuit against one of its aldermen.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s EV promotion road trip exceeded expense allowances for hotels and, ironically, gasoline.
In 2010, a Washington State town spent federal funds to build a walking bridge across a river that already had a crossing.
Nearly three in ten federal government contracts in FY 2024 were no-bid contracts, and some contractors performed very poorly.
The light rail project in Austin, Texas already costs more than projected and is barely more than a third of its planned length.
The NYPD (New York Police Department) overtime pay system let a lieutenant draw more pay than the Commissioner.
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has established his Festivus Report as a rival to Tom Coburn's Wastebook, identifying trillions in waste.
Rappers Lil Wayne and Chris Brown received millions of COVID relief funds and spent it on personal expenses.
Southern Arizona Legal Aid misused $50,000 in grant funds to pay staff salaries, and did not keep adequate spending records.
Many times, disaster funds have gone to one-shot parties for the victims, instead of rebuilding and repair help they could have used.