The District is the worst in the nation at making sure the taxpayer subsidies it gives companies to create jobs for local residents do just that, a new report has found.

The report, published Wednesday by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Good Jobs First, scores how well states monitor and enforce local job creation programs that receive money from those states. The District scored four points out of a possible 100 while neighbors Maryland and Virginia ranked among the nation’s top five states.

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