Tax dollars

As of July 4, abortion businesses are receiving tax dollars again. Republicans face a political price if they fail to advance a reconciliation 3.0 bill.

New reports from the Council on Criminal Justice highlight that incarcerating women in the U.S. costs 75% more than men, with their prison population rising over 600% since 1980. The reports suggest reducing women's sentences could save tax dollars without significantly increasing violent crime.

An audit of how the City of Austin is spending tax dollars is headed to the ballot in November. The measure will be included on the November ballot.

A report found that mismanagement at a large ICE detention facility in Texas led to unsafe conditions and millions of tax dollars being wasted on contractors.

Gavin Newsom has proposed a $20 million 'Governors’ Legacies Fund' in his budget to honor former living governors, a move critics attribute to narcissism or delusion. The provision would allocate unspecified projects using tax dollars, with the article suggesting a lack of transparency in its purpose.

Billion-dollar green energy projects, marketed as solutions for struggling communities, are now abandoned and non-functional across the US. Taxpayer funds have been invested in these failed initiatives, raising concerns about accountability.

Bipartisan lawmakers demanded accountability during a Capitol Hill hearing on hospice fraud, with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith vowing to address the theft of tax dollars and Medicare benefits. Smith emphasized that fraudsters would no longer operate 'in the dark.'