Tag: Follow the Money

The Ohio watchdog's office plans to discuss Wednesday whether to reissue its report on a 2005 rare-coin investment scandal after information surfaced that the document presumed falsely that then-Gov. Bob Taft's criminal record had been expunged. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)

Lawyer: Ohio ex-governor’s record wasn’t expunged

Associated Press · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

NYC payroll scandal defendants each get 20 years

Larry Neumeister · April 28, 2014 11:14 pm

Doctors get millions from Medicare after losing their licenses

caroline-chen, david-armstrong · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Throughout the House Ethics Committee's meeting last week reviewing the actions of House Speaker Pro Tem Eric Turner, Democrats and Republicans consistently noted the troubles they see in balancing the demands of a part-time legislature against the need for clear ethics rules. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, file)

Indiana lawmakers struggle with ethics system

Tom LoBianco · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Rep. Michael Grimm was taken into custody Monday to face federal charges stemming from a two-year investigation of his campaign financing, prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

New York lawmaker Michael Grimm pleads not guilty to U.S. fraud charges

Tom Hays · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

DynCorp International won $2.8 billion in State Department contracts between 2002 and last year, primarily to train and equip law enforcement and counter-narcotics forces in Afghanistan, according to a new report by SIGAR.

Defense contractor DynCorp reaps two-thirds of State Dept.’s Afghanistan reconstruction dollars

Michal Conger · April 26, 2014 4:00 am

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Philadelphia man defrauds welfare for eight years, racks up $350k

Kelly Cohen · April 25, 2014 4:00 am

Ohio state representative Pete Beck, center, stands in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court with his lawyers Chad Ziepfel, left, and Ralph Kohnen during a hearing, Monday, April 7, 2014, in Cincinnati. The southwestern Ohio lawmaker is charged with misleading investors about a company's financial status and using their money for personal gain. Beck pleaded not guilty in July to 16 felony counts. A trial date has yet to be set. (AP Photo/Amanda Myers)

Ohio lawmaker charged with fraud to get trial date

Associated Press · April 24, 2014 4:00 am

Va. toll road could cost $500m, not be built

Alan Suderman · April 23, 2014 7:00 pm

The online application of Reginald Wright stalls as he attempts to sign up for health care insurance on healthcare.gov at the Atlanta Medical Center South Campus, Monday, March 31, 2014, in Atlanta (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Despite Obamacare’s woes, many high-ranking CMS employees got raises, data show

Kelly Cohen · April 22, 2014 4:00 am

All Freedom of Information Act requests at the Department of Veterans Affairs will now be reviewed by four different FOIA officers, including the VA's director of FOIA service. (Examiner File)

South Carolina Veterans Affairs employees misused government purchasing cards, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · April 22, 2014 4:00 am

Internal Revenue Service employees with conduct issues received millions in extra awards between 2010 and 2012, the agency's inspector general has found.ÃÂ (AP Image)

Misbehaving IRS employees still got bonuses, agency IG finds

Kelly Cohen · April 22, 2014 4:00 am