Government Waste
Chicago is the latest example of how public school spending doesn’t prioritize students
Public school districts have a responsibility to educate students, safeguard taxpayer money, and provide families with opportunities for success. However, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has become a national example of how a…
Trump used Biden-era CHIPS Act funding for Intel deal
In March, President Donald Trump blasted the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act of 2022. He called it "a horrible, horrible thing." Passed under President Joe Biden, the…
Why DOGE mattered
There is a popular theory that suggests modern politics is determined by "the vibes." That is, politics is an irrational business, and the best way to make sense of it is to lean into how it feels. The…
Taxpayers still paying for Hurricane Sandy relief mismanagement 13 years later, new report finds
In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey. The storm would bring severe flooding to the East Coast—particularly New Jersey and New York City—and go down as the fifth-most-expensive tropical…
Alex Shieh thinks his AI startup can do what Elon Musk couldn’t: Expose fraud
Brown University eliminated 103 positions months after Alex Shieh, a sophomore at the time, used a combination of AI and public data to launch Bloat@Brown, a website that listed the names and titles of each of the…
Ron DeSantis used secrecy and emergency powers to build Alligator Alcatraz
BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, Florida—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sold the public on the detention camp known as Alligator Alcatraz as an efficient and cost-effective way to deal with a major public disaster—illegal…
Mamdani’s fare-free bus plan would be an expensive fiasco
In June, 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won New York City's Democratic Party mayoral primary and is likely to become the next mayor of America's largest city. His platform contains…
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