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Most Recent Articles by Watchdog.org:

Florida wins $7 million for wasting $47 million in food stamp funds July 8, 2014
ERROR RATE: Even if Florida has the second lowest error rate in the nation for food stamps accuracy, it means the DCF misused $47 millions from the taxpayers dollars.
Six bucks a gallon? Where gas prices might be without the U.S. energy boom July 8, 2014
ENERGY EXPLOSION: Boom times in places such as the Bakken Formation in North Dakota has helped the U.S. leapfrog Russia and Saudi Arabia in oil production.
Lobbyists keep Export-Import bank alive despite economists concerns about cronyism July 7, 2014
TRUCK LOADS OF CORPORATE WELFARE: The Export-Import Bank uses American tax dollars to subsidize loans to foreign companies so they will buy American goods - but it's turned into a scheme to benefit politically well-connected companies.
Supreme Court takes a stand for limited government — again and again July 7, 2014
HANDS OFF: In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court told police departments they must get a warrant to search the contents of a mobile phone.
She won’t give up fight against teachers unions July 7, 2014
FREEDOM FIGHTER: Kristi Lacroix, the former teacher who stood up for Wisconsin’s Act 10, is leading membership efforts for a non-union teachers association.
Transfer federal land to states? NM’s governor open to looking at it July 4, 2014
LAND FIGHT: There’s a movement to transfer public land from the federal government to individual states. Nearly 42 percent of New Mexico is controlled by the federal government
With liberty in peril from within, would Founders recognize the U.S.A? July 4, 2014
WHAT CONSTITUTION? Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles like this one in Arizona are becoming commonplace in increasingly militarized police departments.
NM ranching family to feds over plan to protect endangered mouse: Don’t fence us out July 3, 2014
THE MOUSE IN QUESTION: The meadow jumping mouse has recently been listed under the Endangered Species Act
Regulator: EPA forcing wind power on state, ‘we’re down to almost zero alternatives’ July 3, 2014
State essentially has no choice in the matter thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Obama administration.
FDA rules could kill 119-year-old family cigar business July 3, 2014
REGULATORY POWER: A new proposed FDA rule could extinguish a Tampa legacy and 130 jobs.
California doesn’t know how many multiple voters it has July 2, 2014
California can’t participate in a crosscheck to determine how many multiple voters are in the state, because it doesn’t even have it’s own statewide database.
Christie signs budget as New Jersey faces ‘disaster’ July 2, 2014
Pension reform championed by Christie in 2011, which he once called his “greatest governmental victory”, is in danger of unraveling at the seams
ND tax revenue growth still strong but slowing July 2, 2014
Since 2007-2009 revenues have grown more than 117 percent
As technology advances, cybersecurity jobs take center stage July 2, 2014
CYBER SCHOOL: Companies and universities are working to prepare the next generation of cyber warriors
Pamela Harris fought the law, and she won July 1, 2014
HE LOST: Gov. Pat Quinn was defendant in the case Harris v. Quinn, which challenged a state rule forcing home-care workers to pay labor union dues
Flood of illegal immigrants coming to a neighborhood near you July 1, 2014
WELCOME TO AMERICA: Upwards of 170,000 immigrants have flooded into Texas for claiming free education for children