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The Capitol building is in Austin, Texas, on August 6, 2025. (Photo by Stephanie Tacy/NurPhoto via AP)

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472 bonds on ballots statewide totaling at least $90 billion in tax increases

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FILE - A view of the California State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, File)

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CA state retirement fund lost 71% of $468M put in clean energy, won’t say how

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Guardian Angel founder Curtis Sliwa attends a news conference held on 8th Avenue in Sunset Park, in Brooklyn, in New York, Dec. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)

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Sliwa exploits taxpayer funds instead of dropping out

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The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., shown Wednesday, June 21, 2006, measures 361 feet to the top of its familiar dome. The neck-bending skyscrapers that pack Chicago's fabled skyline are little more than scaled-down miniatures in downstate cities, where even the tallest buildings are at least three times shorter than the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center.

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Illinois’ ‘F’ grade leaves taxpayers on the hook for billions, watchdog says

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October 13, 2025 2:09 pm

Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley, left, speaks as other senators are spread out at desks on the Senate floor and into an upper gallery Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington state's Legislature convened Monday under a large security presence because of concerns about efforts by armed groups who might try to disrupt the proceedings or occupy the Capitol, which is closed to the public due to the ongoing pandemic.

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How WA’s public pension system planning could cost taxpayers down the road

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October 9, 2025 4:37 pm

The IRS Direct File system could be scrapped under the

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IRS to furlough nearly half of staff

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October 9, 2025 10:59 am

Simulated fentanyl pills are displayed at a Drug Enforcement Administration research laboratory on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Northern Virginia. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Overdose deaths continue to rise in Spokane as taxpayers foot the bill

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October 7, 2025 2:47 pm

Construction is underway at The Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. The museum, library, and education center is scheduled to open in 2026. (Scott Olson/Getty Images))

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Obama’s ugly center is a perfect symbol for his presidency

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October 3, 2025 5:37 am

A Federal Bureau of Federal Prisons truck drives past barbed wire fences at the Federal Medical Center prison in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, May 16, 2020. Hundreds of inmates inside the facility have tested positive for COVID-19 and several inmates have died with numbers expected to rise. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Trump-era move to limit prison unions draws fire from lawmakers and staff

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October 1, 2025 2:07 pm

FILE - The Wisconsin Capitol is seen, Oct. 24, 2023, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

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Wisconsin receives ‘B’ for taxpayer pension obligations in financial report

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September 25, 2025 1:34 pm

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Tag: Taxpayers

472 bonds on ballots statewide totaling at least $90 billion in tax increases

CA state retirement fund lost 71% of $468M put in clean energy, won’t say how

Sliwa exploits taxpayer funds instead of dropping out

Illinois’ ‘F’ grade leaves taxpayers on the hook for billions, watchdog says

How WA’s public pension system planning could cost taxpayers down the road

IRS to furlough nearly half of staff

Overdose deaths continue to rise in Spokane as taxpayers foot the bill

Obama’s ugly center is a perfect symbol for his presidency

Trump-era move to limit prison unions draws fire from lawmakers and staff

Wisconsin receives ‘B’ for taxpayer pension obligations in financial report

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