Almost $1 million U.S. tax dollars funding art in Mongolia. Those “art” pieces range from plastic bags filled with air to animal bones and blank CDs. All for sale on our dime. Since 2010, the U.S. State Department gives grants…
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Attorney General to Waste Taxpayer Money Investigating Durham Text Messages
A special legislative committee sparked by a Tennessee lawmaker’s alleged inappropriate texts has authorized the state attorney general to investigate. The committee appointed by House Speaker Beth Harwell met briefly to pass a resolution authorizing the investigation of the allegations…
Read MoreState to Waste Money on Rural Broadband Internet Survey
Tennessee’s Department of Economic and Community Development is evaluating the availability of broadband Internet in Tennessee through a statewide assessment. The survey, which began Tuesday, stems from Commissioner Randy Boyd’s listening tour in 2015, during which business and economic officials…
Read MorePress Shocked, Shocked to Discover Massive Government Waste
Sometimes taxpayer waste is so large and rampant, you can stumble across it without even trying. That’s what happened to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. On a trip to Afghanistan, he happened upon a fleet of abandoned military…
Read MoreState To Waste Tens of Millions on Ineffective Ad Campaign
After nixing a sexist anti-DUI ad campaign that gained international notoriety, the Tennessee Department of Transportation is paying millions in state funds on another attempt to educate the public about highway safety. The state last week hired Austin-based Tuerff-Davis Enviromedia…
Read MoreShock: State is Good at Wasting Money on Green Projects
Tennessee officials spent $181,250 to put up three charging stations for electric cars at the Nashville International Airport. In five weeks, 29 cars have charged up, for a flat fee of $2 each, according to data provided by airport spokeswoman…
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