Government employees
Brickbat: Texas Two Step
A report by the Austin City Auditor's Office in Austin, Texas, found two former city employees defrauded the city government out of $980,000. Auditors found that while working for Austin Energy, Mark Ybarra made payments…
Brickbat: Where's the Fire?
Prosecutors in Aurora, Colorado, declined to file criminal charges against two firefighters who were recorded in February driving a fire engine at high speed, activating spotlights, and swerving into the oncoming lane, which…
Brickbat: In No Hurry
In Franklin Township, New Jersey, Police Sgt. Kevin Bollaro has been charged with misconduct and tampering with records for his role in the investigation of a double murder-suicide on August 1. Prosecutors say Bollaro ignored…
Brickbat: No Bad Boys
Lawrence Smith, a Baltimore City Schools Police officer of 22 years, pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and tax evasion charges. Smith admitted stealing roughly $215,000 in taxpayer funds by logging overtime when he was not…
Brickbat: Prior Experience
In Georgia, DeKalb County school superintendent Devon Horton has resigned effective November 15 after being indicted on 17 federal counts over an alleged kickback scheme in a previous job. Prosecutors say between 2020 and…
The federal workforce will be a little smaller after the government shutdown ends
As promised—or threatened, if you wandered over to Reason by accident—the Trump administration has started using the government sort-of-shutdown as an opportunity to engage in mass layoffs of federal employees. In the game of…
White House proposal to withhold federal workers’ back pay is more rhetoric than reform
The federal government shutdown is in its second week and shows no signs of ending soon. Whenever an agreement is reached to fund the government, thousands of federal employees could face an unwelcome surprise: They might not…
Brickbat: Family Discount – Reason.com
A public school administrator in Akron, Ohio, resigned after being suspended for attempting to sell the school district's lawn mowers on Facebook Marketplace. Steven Keenan traded in 11 old mowers to a vendor without the…
A U.S. government shutdown would be a gift to the Trump administration
A government shutdown would be a gift to the administration: Yesterday, the Trump administration told government agencies they should consider who to lay off in the event of the federal government shutting down on September…
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