State, Local Subsidies to Columbus Soccer Stadium Dubbed ‘Corporate Welfare’

Tyler Arnold - Watchdog.org
December 27, 2018 4:55 AM

A $54 million Ohio spending bill will include $15 million in taxpayer money earmarked to subsidize a soccer stadium near downtown Columbus for the city’s Major League Soccer team, the Columbus Crew. The stadium is a $230 million project and is also being subsidized by Franklin County and the City of Columbus to the tune of $50 million each.

Feds Spend $245,331 to Boost Kids’ Self-Esteem By Teaching Them ‘Sustainable Gardening’

Project developing exercise rallies 'since kids tend to overeat during the summertime'

Elizabeth Harrington
December 17, 2018 5:00 AM

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending a quarter of a million dollars on an effort to boost the self-esteem of teenagers by teaching them how to garden.

Special Counsel Investigation Has Cost Taxpayers $25.2 Million

Mueller spends $8.4 million more in 5 months

Elizabeth Harrington
December 14, 2018 4:10 PM

The special counsel investigation into the 2016 election has cost taxpayers over $25 million and counting. Robert Mueller's office released its latest expenditures spanning from April 1, 2018, through Sept. 30, 2018, finding the special counsel racked up over $8.4 million in five months.

Feds Spend $149,631 To Determine How Ranchers ‘Perceive and Communicate’ About Climate Change

'Behavioral field experiment' on ranchers to convince them to take action on global warming

Elizabeth Harrington
December 7, 2018 5:00 AM

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending roughly $150,000 to find out how ranchers "perceive and communicate" about global warming.

NSF Has Spent $62.5 Million on ‘Intersectionality’ and STEM Under Current Director

'Workshops on allies, inclusive classrooms, and microaggressions'

Elizabeth Harrington
December 3, 2018 5:00 AM

The National Science Foundation has spent over $62 million on "intersectionality" studies in the STEM fields, with the goal of transforming science labs into test tubes for identity politics.

‘No Consistent Evidence’ $3 Billion Disability Program Helps Recipients Find a Job

'Very few participants return to work'

Elizabeth Harrington
November 12, 2018 11:25 AM

The Social Security Administration has spent $3 billion on programs designed to incentivize disability recipients to go back to work over the past 16 years. So far, less than 3 percent of beneficiaries have signed up, with "no consistent evidence" the program has helped participants find a job.

California Prisoners Got $3.5 Million from Social Security

Prisoners collected six-figure retirement payments while behind bars

Elizabeth Harrington
November 9, 2018 4:59 AM

Prisoners incarcerated in California took in $3.5 million in Social Security payments from taxpayers. The inspector general for the agency reported 123 inmates received the disability and retirement payments despite the Social Security Act prohibiting payments to individuals "confined to a jail, prison, or certain other public institutions for committing a crime."

Feds Give $570,890 Science Grant to ‘Intersectional Feminisms’ Professor

Researcher wants to 'transform the powers of technology to advance social justice'

Elizabeth Harrington
October 18, 2018 5:00 AM

The National Science Foundation awarded a half a million dollars to an "intersectional feminisms" professor to study how to recruit more women into STEM fields.

McCaskill’s Husband Makes Millions Flipping Government Tax Credits

Husband used government program for poor to build own fortune

Brent Scher
October 5, 2018 4:59 AM

Since Claire McCaskill joined the Senate, her husband Joseph Shepard has made at least $11 million through a business that buys up tax credits awarded to Missouri affordable housing developers and sells them to high-income entities seeking tax relief.

Feds Spend $172K to Fight Distracted Pedestrians Via Phone Alerts

Alert will instruct crossing the street safely 'rather than engaging with mobile technology'

Elizabeth Harrington
September 12, 2018 5:00 AM

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.

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