Jay Gonzalez, the Democratic nominee for governor of Massachusetts, is refusing to elaborate on how much the new spending programs his campaign has proposed will cost taxpayers.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar announced one billion dollars in grants Wednesday to help combat the opioid epidemic across the country, adding to major federal actions on opioids throughout the past week.
The National Science Foundation is spending over $1 million to train two-dozen “social justice” math teachers in Philadelphia.
The National Institutes of Health is spending over $100,000 studying elderly lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals who have Alzheimer’s but do not have HIV.
A federal government program to promote gender equality in Afghanistan and help women find employment is costing taxpayers over $200 million but has only found jobs for 55 women.
The National Institutes of Health is spending over $170,000 studying how to crack down on distracted pedestrians looking at their phones when crossing the street by sending people warning messages on their phones to look at while they cross the street.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is spending over $85,000 to assess the population of rats in the Florida Keys following Hurricane Irma.
The National Institutes of Health is spending over $30,000 to develop an app that provides voice coaching for transgender individuals.
The National Institutes of Health is spending over $600,000 for a study that will follow transwomen and their male partners for a year.
The National Institutes of Health is spending over $100,000 to combat “intersectional stigma” of transwomen in Nepal.
