Lawmakers call it a perfect storm. Video, photographs and internal documents never intended to be made public put a state agency under intense scrutiny. Two years of stories alarmed lawmakers, infuriated the public and exposed what some call a system…
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Waste By Wilson County Schools Shows Up on Facebook
A social media post showing pictures of weightlifting equipment from the old Lebanon High School in a salvage yard has stirred controversy. Bob Lea with the Blue Devil Football Foundation posted the pictures over the weekend on his Facebook page…
Read MoreAs Debt Levels Soar to New Record, Feds to Spend $1 Billion on New Courthouse
An end is in sight for the more-than-two-decades-long quest for a new Nashville federal courthouse. The fiscal year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill Congress unveiled late Tuesday includes the full $181.5 million for design and construction of the building planned along…
Read MoreFed-Funded Billboards Draw Scrutiny Over Government Waste
Billboard messages that started popping up in the Greater Nashville area are grabbing motorists’ attention. “Buy a gun for someone who can’t, buy yourself 10 years in jail,” they read. The message is part of a national campaign organized by…
Read MoreTennesseans Lost Almost $1 Billion to Government Fraud, Waste
Tennessee taxpayers lost $763 million to government waste last year, according to the 2015 Tennessee Pork Report, unveiled at a press conference in Nashville on Tuesday by the Beacon Center of Tennessee. Beacon, a free-market think tank, reported at least…
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