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Watchdog.org is a collection of independent journalists covering state-specific and local government activity. Our established investigative journalists and capitol news reporters across the country are doing what legacy journalism outlets prove unable to do: share information, dive deep into investigations, and provide the fourth estate that has begun to fade in recent decades.

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Protesters fight back against feds’ handling of border surge

THE SPARK: Demonstrators confront each other July 4 outside a U.S. Border Patrol station in Murrieta, Calif. Demonstrators on both sides of the immigration debate had gathered where the agency was foiled earlier in an attempt to bus in and process some of the immigrants who have flooded the Texas border with Mexico.
- Thursday, July 17, 2014

Reid and Heinrich: ‘The border is secure’

‘AS SECURE AS IT’S EVER BEEN’: Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to say the border crisis is mainly a refugee crisis.
- Thursday, July 17, 2014




Could constitutional amendment reverse Citizens United?

Could constitutional amendment reverse Citizens United? NO LIMITS: After Citizens United, states and the federal government can no longer limit campaign contributions from unions, corporations or individuals. But some Democrats in Congress are trying to change the Constitution to make such limits possible again.
- Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Wisconsin's Secret War: GAB now playing secrets in state John Doe lawsuit

PAINT IT BLACK: The state Government Accountability Board has asked a judge to black out portions of the agency’s response to a state lawsuit involving the politically charged John Doe investigation. That request may not stand for long, a source tells Wisconsin Reporter.
- Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Gary Johnson: ‘Abolish the IRS’

BUH-BYE, IRS: Former Libertarian presidential candidate and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson calls for replacing income and corporate taxes with a single consumption tax.
- Monday, July 14, 2014

Study: Only executives get richer in crony capitalism

EXHIBIT A: Solyndra may be the most egregious example of political lobbying doing nothing for companies and investors but fattening the wallets of executives, according to a new study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
- Monday, July 14, 2014



Tax mistake leads to sale of half a church

A CHURCH LITERALLY DIVIDED: Mistaken assumptions, bureaucratic screw-ups and language problems have led to the rear half of a Muscatine church being sold for unpaid property taxes.
- Friday, July 11, 2014

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