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The former mayor of a southern New Jersey town has been sentenced to six months in prison for evading taxes on hundreds of thousands of dollars he got from an insurance broker over several years. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Ex-New Jersey mayor sentenced for tax evasion

January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Milltown police Lt. Douglas Cole pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of filing false overtime vouchers and collecting money for work he knew he never performed. (Photo: Thinkstock)

New Jersey police officer admits overtime theft

Washington Examiner -

January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Max Baucus has refunded more than $1.2 million in campaign donations since he announced in April that he was not seeking re-election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Politics

Max Baucus refunds $1.2M in campaign donations

Washington Examiner -

January 8, 2014 5:00 am

In this Nov. 12, 2009 photo, two students walk past Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas campus on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, in Fayetteville, Ark. Legislators on Tuesday criticized how the university managed the budget of its fundraising division and said they're still not clear how it built a $4.2 million deficit. (AP Photo/Beth Hall)

Education

Legislators critical of University of Arkansas deficit seek answers

Washington Examiner -

January 8, 2014 5:00 am

The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press report that former Michigan Treasurer Andy Dillon is serving as senior adviser to state Treasurer Kevin Clinton, and is being paid an annual salary of about $174,000, the same as when he was treasurer. (AP File)

Ex-Michigan treasurer gets same salary as adviser

Associated Press -

January 8, 2014 5:00 am

A Navajo lawmaker submitted a proposal Tuesday that would remove the speaker of the Tribal Council, who is facing criminal charges in an investigation into the misuse of public funds. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Navajo lawmaker seeks removal of council speaker

Washington Examiner -

January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, right, is interviewed at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., as his wife Kim listens Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Darr said he won't resign over ethics violations tied to his campaign and office spending, despite growing calls for him to step down or face the threat of impeachment. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr refuses to resign, faces impeachment threat in ethics case

Washington Examiner -

January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Crime

Ex-Pennsylvania senator ruled incompetent to stand trial for corruption

Michael Rubinkam -

January 7, 2014 5:00 am

Massachusetts' cities and towns have shed more than 15,000 jobs in the past six years, and pension obligations, health care and borrowing costs will continue to squeeze budgets for the foreseeable future, according to a report issued on Tuesday. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Report: Unfunded costs choking budgets in Massachusetts

Washington Examiner -

January 7, 2014 5:00 am

Protesters march in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Oct. 29 to protest the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a sheriff's deputy. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

California officials: Protests over police-involved shooting have cost $225,000

Associated Press -

January 7, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Follow the Money

Ex-New Jersey mayor sentenced for tax evasion

New Jersey police officer admits overtime theft

Max Baucus refunds $1.2M in campaign donations

Legislators critical of University of Arkansas deficit seek answers

Ex-Michigan treasurer gets same salary as adviser

Navajo lawmaker seeks removal of council speaker

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr refuses to resign, faces impeachment threat in ethics case

Ex-Pennsylvania senator ruled incompetent to stand trial for corruption

Report: Unfunded costs choking budgets in Massachusetts

California officials: Protests over police-involved shooting have cost $225,000

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