The Beacon Center of Tennessee released it’s 11th annual Tennessee Pork Report Tuesday, revealing ways that state and local government officials have spent taxpayer dollars this year. According to a release, the report highlights “a multitude” of examples that show…
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Questions Persist About Metro Spending Priorities
It has only been one week since Metro Council voted on the mayor’s budget proposal, but some city leaders are already looking ahead to next year. The Channel 4 I-Team has learned some council members are asking for $500,000 for…
Read MoreTSA Spent $47,000 on a $8,000 App to Point Travelers Left and Right
It looks pretty simple in a video posted on Youtube. An agent with the Transportation Security Administration taps the screen of an iPad, and an arrow randomly points airline passengers to one line or another. It’s meant to distribute passenger…
Read MoreBillions of Taxpayer Money Wasted on Security
It’s the information that can make or break us: our birth date, where we live and our social security number. It’s kept on file by the federal government through the IRS, Department of Homeland Security and in health documents through…
Read MoreNew Fraud and Waste Uncovered at TN DHS
Criticism of the Tennessee Department of Human Services has grown. Wednesday, the department found itself in the cross hairs after another scathing state audit found big problems with a food program in Montgomery County. Now, some are asking whether TDHS…
Read MoreAs Metro Schools Scandal Grows, Insiders Blame Each Other
An attorney for a Nashville high school principal at the center of a testing and grading controversy has warned Metro Schools that she’s prepared to sue over the district’s failure to defend her — or if the district takes any…
Read MoreMetro Schools’ Cheating Scandal Worsens
She was pulled from a course she was passing and told that she had failed. Now, yet another family fears their student may have been a victim of questionable testing and grading practices inside a struggling Nashville high school. “For…
Read MoreInstitutionalized Fraud, Waste and Abuse in TN Prisons
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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