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Democrat "rule" had defied statutory law
Published: Thursday, July 10th, 2025 @ 9:19 am
By: John Steed
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Greed and personal desires take precedent over fiscal responsibility.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2025 @ 10:00 am
By: Dave Hudson
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"Abortion is not healthcare."
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 1:18 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The developers of Colony Ridge, the controversial Texas community that has become a magnet for illegal immigrants, have used a powerful local government board to award more than $16 million in taxpayer funds to a private paving company
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 @ 12:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Biden administration is pushing countries to “accelerate” their climate action and spending $3 billion in taxpayer dollars as a pledge to climate and “gender equity” funds, the White House announced Saturday.
Published: Sunday, December 17th, 2023 @ 11:26 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Department of Defense (DOD) could drop nearly $270 million in taxpayer funds to further the diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEI) agenda from fiscal years 2022 to 2024.
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 @ 5:54 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Pentagon has failed to pass its annual financial audit for the sixth consecutive year, prompting conservative lawmakers to call for consequences for the Department of Defense.
Published: Friday, December 1st, 2023 @ 11:29 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Five Medicaid healthcare insurers have violated Florida’s rule against using taxpayer funds to provide transgender treatments, and the state is now fining them for the action.
Published: Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 @ 3:05 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has agreed to spend more than $3 million in taxpayer funds to expand access to sex change operations for minors, drawing criticism from Republican Senators Rand Paul (KY), Marco Rubio (FL), and Ted Budd (NC).
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 11:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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House Republicans have introduced a bill that would ensure taxpayer money doesn’t go towards sexually-oriented projects directed at young kids.
Published: Monday, October 24th, 2022 @ 12:54 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit against the City of St. Louis on Thursday that would stop city officials from using taxpayer-funded resources — like the American Rescue Plan Act — to pay for abortions, including travel expenses and other costs to terminate pregnancies.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 10:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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(Raleigh, N.C.) – State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, and the State Health Plan (Plan) Board of Trustees (Board) announced today that the Board will not enforce the Plan’s benefit exclusion regarding treatment or studies leading to or in connection with sex transition or modifications and related
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 8:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Biden administration is considering using taxpayer funds to pay for women in states where abortion may be outlawed to travel to obtain them, a move sure to raise legal questions in the wake of Friday’s decision striking down Roe v. Wade.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 6:12 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The state auditor’s office found that a former accounting technician in the town of Spring Lake misappropriated more than $430,000 in taxpayer funds for personal use and has referred its report to the FBI and State Bureau of Investigation for a possible criminal investigation.
Published: Monday, March 21st, 2022 @ 11:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Controller Linda Combs and Republican legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme Court not to step into the latest dispute involving the long-running Leandro school funding case. At stake is $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds.
Published: Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 @ 10:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a motion for summary judgment asking aCalifornia court to rule that the State’s quota for women on corporate boards is unconstitutional and to permanently enjoin any expenditure of taxpayer funds on the quota.
Published: Sunday, August 1st, 2021 @ 8:26 pm
By: Judicial Watch
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John Durham spent roughly $1.5 million of taxpayer funds during his first six months as special counsel probing the origin of the FBI’s investigation into Trump-Russia collusion in the 2016 presidential election
Published: Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 @ 7:28 am
By: Judicial Watch
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Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) are taxpayer-funded accounts established to provide an education for qualified students. While the state oversees the deposit of state funds, parents have discretion over how the funds are spent...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 9:46 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Two months ago, we featured as a Bad Bill of the Week HB 245, which was a bill that would funnel state taxpayer funds to a local children's museum in the bill sponsor's district.
Published: Monday, May 11th, 2015 @ 10:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Wikipedia defines "pork barrel" spending as "the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district."
Published: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 @ 2:38 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The taxpayers of North Carolina have historically made a tremendous commitment to education, and the next biennium will continue that legacy. More than 54 percent, or over $12 billion of our General Fund spending will be directed to education in each year of the biennium.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 @ 8:17 pm
By: Chris Downey
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A Goldsboro-based organization headed by the Rev. William Barber this year received nearly $350,000 of your tax dollars. Yes, that William Barber — the ringleader of highly partisan political protests against the General Assembly the past few years.
Published: Monday, January 19th, 2015 @ 8:04 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Tryon Palace is a collection of historic buildings and museums that offer visitors a glimpse into North Carolina's past. The site's stated mission is to "engage present and future generations in the history of North Carolina from early settlement and development of statehood through the...
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 4:17 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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To paraphrase the Declaration of Independence: Governments are instituted among men in order to secure man's inalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and banjo museums.
Published: Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 @ 6:44 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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According to the most recent report available, North Carolina's main pension fund for retired state employees is strapped with a $3.7 billion unfunded liability. This growing liability means taxpayers must pony up an increasing amount of funds to cover the costs of promised benefits to retirees...
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 6:31 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The single-largest expenditure of state taxpayers funds in North Carolina is public education. We spend billions of dollars on public schools, community colleges, and public universities.
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2012 @ 9:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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