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Sen. Joni Ernst recaps a Senate hearing focused on secret spending, including testimony...
John Hart testifies before the Senate Small Business Committee on improvements needed...
Deputy Policy Director Rachel O'Brien discusses the massive dump of Medicaid payment...
Rachel O'Brien explains that improper payments rose versus FY2024 but remained way...
Rachel O'Brien discusses the continued use of contractors that push progressive ideology...
Deputy Policy Editor Rachel O'Brien shares Open the Books' new partnership with Citizen...
Deputy Policy Editor Rachel O'Brien shares our findings that Senators earmarked $600M+...
Guest John Hart, CEO of Open the Books, joins the show to break down: – How systemic...
Deputy Policy Editor Rachel O'Brien covers the fight to reduce the amount of overhead...
Open the Books CEO John Hart talks to CBS Austin about the daycare fraud scandal...
Deputy Policy Editor Rachel O'Brien discusses how federal spending per person has...
FOX Business' Grady Trimble reports on a hearing of the Senate Committee on Small...
CEO John Hart talks about the 24% increase in payroll costs for federal employees...
Deputy Policy Editor Rachel O'Brien joins The National Desk to discuss the surge...
CEO John Hart talks affordability, SNAP, and health-related grants and other spending...
We explain who and how many are impacted by SNAP benefits running out, as well as...
Deputy Policy Editor Rachel O'Brien discusses a litany of federal grants that include...
CEO John Hart talks to Newsmax about the "counterfeit compassion" shown by politicians...
Jeremy Portnoy discusses just how many federal employees work in Texas after four...
Rachel O'Brien shares what taxpayers are spending on furloughed workers, paying them...
Rachel O'Brien tells The National Desk about the enormous costs of prescriptions...
Open the Books CEO John Hart tells OAN about the annual September spending spree...
Every September, agencies rush to exhaust their budgets to justify more funding next...
Sen. Joni Ernst has introduced amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act...
Top LA County beach watchman earns over $500K as city struggles with police shortages...
Emily Compagno highlights our findings on LA lifeguards making big bucks, including...
As Israel stares down its top adversary, Iran, we’re stepping back to examine the...
Encounters with immigrants at the Texas border are at their lowest level in years,...
The University of Maryland will have its funding reduced next year to help balance...
We looked into how Maine’s city budgets have increased over the last five years.
Officials at the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System are responsible for helping...
Las Vegas Metro Police spent $19 million on hundreds of legal claims and attorney’s...
John Hart breaks down our deep dive on U.S. aid to Israel.
LOS ANGELES (TNND) — An appeals court ruled that President Donald Trump can keep...
Clark County School District’s cybersecurity and other IT costs continue to rise...
With a state appeals court ruling against Metro Nashville, the 40-member council...
As lawmakers debate how to address Maine’s rising property taxes, we’re looking at...
Auditors at OpenTheBooks have obtained the State of Maryland’s 2024 payroll, which...
This week Governor Abbott signed a $10 billion property tax relief package into law....
John Hart discusses the cost of restoring order in Los Angeles, anti-deportation...
Open the Books argues for more transparency so taxpayers can track spending in real-time.
The Austin Independent School District’s bond debt has increased by over $2 billion...
In the last 16 months, Metro Nashville paid almost $9 million in settlements and...
Universities in Maryland accepted $122 million from foreign sources in 2024, including...
Lack of transparency at the Social Security Administration.
Clark County and Clark County schools spent almost $10 million on travel and training...
It pays not to use your paid time off if you work for Metro Nashville schools, as...
Open the Books CEO John Hart evaluate the efforts of the Department of Government...
John Hart joined Tom Bevan at Real Clear Politics podcast to discuss DOGE's unfinished...
‘Open the Books’ CEO John Hart discusses how GOP lawmakers are under pressure to...
When it comes to the DOGE.gov savings claims, there’s one clear remedy: opening “America’s...
Today we’re reviewing a huge batch of data about the University of Texas at Austin:...
Maryland is involved in two lawsuits against the Trump administration’s attempts...
Universities across the country have received billions of dollars from foreign governments...
As the legislature debates new laws on Texas’ hemp and THC products, we’re looking...
A new statewide inmate disciplinary oversight board is budgeted $2 million a year...
Auditors at Open the Books have all the info on the City of Auburn’s 2024 payroll...
A federal judge recently stopped the Trump administration from canceling $1 billion...
With Elon Musk reportedly set to leave his federal government role soon, we’re looking...
The Baltimore City school district has a lot more employees than just teachers and...
With Elon Musk reportedly set to leave his federal government job soon, we’re looking...
Middle Tennessee State University is the largest university in the state outside...
Auditors at OpenTheBooks.com have found hundreds of public employees who are “double...
Law enforcement agencies in the Las Vegas area collected over $10 million from traffic...
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says it cut $165...
John Hart gives analysis of President Trump's FY2026 budget request.
Real-time accountability, spending reform, and the path to freedom.
President Trump’s cost-cutting creation, the Department of Government Efficiency,...
Last year Maryland collected a record amount of money from tolls on the Bay Bridge...
Paid time off for Clark County employees is so generous that last year, the county...
Tennessee’s pension system paid retired public employees $3.2 billion last year,...
Auditors at Open the Books have found that overtime pay is increasing for Austin’s...
John Hart and Stephen Moore discuss the ways in which to fix the economy, and how...
John Hart, CEO of Open The Books, and Timothy Alan Simon, a political strategist...
The Trump administration said it will cut $11 billion in grants from the Department...
Auditors at Open the Books.com have obtained Austin’s paid time off records, showing...
WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump cut $2 billion in Harvard funding and...
Financial disclosures reveal that Fauci and his wife’s combined financial assets...
Aid For Ayatollahs: Financial Benefits to Iran Facilitated by Uncle Sam, and Professors...
After the House’s vote this week on Texas’ proposed $1 billion school voucher program,...
A group digging into government spending has obtained checkbooks from some of Maine’s...
Maryland students are performing worse on math and reading exams compared to other...
In his first full year of retirement, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s reported household assets...
Since 2006, the IRS has spent $35.2 million on guns, ammo and military-style equipment,...
On April 8, John Hart, Open the Books DOGE hearing on wasteful government spending...
One of the biggest wastes in the federal government is empty office space on prime...
Gov. Lombardo has proposed spending $250 million on affordable housing around the...
Open the Books have obtained data on Austin’s traffic tickets. Last year the city...
Baltimore’s proposed budget shows a 5% increase in property tax revenue. Watchdogs...
Metro Council want to see a permanent license plate reader program put in place after...
We looked into construction and consulting fees in the Maine checkbook, two of the...
John Hart testified at the DOGE Subcommittee Hearing on the Federal Real Estate Portfolio.
John Hart discusses how feds spent billions of dollars to "decorate and redecorate...
On April 8, John Hart was a witness at the DOGE hearing on wasteful government spending...
DOGE hearing on wasteful government spending during the COVID years, specifically...
WASHINGTON (TNND) — One of the most abused federal programs in the U.S. also serves...
Finding savings in Medicaid, one of the most wasteful and abused federal programs,...
The cities of Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas continue to pay a modest pay...
Baltimore drivers got nearly 1 million tickets last year for speeding, running red...
Auditors at OpenTheBooks are reviewing Austin Energy’s checkbook. The utility is...
Auditors at OpenTheBooks have obtained the City of Portland’s credit card records,...
Old Tent City, one of Nashville’s largest homeless encampments, will close in 60...
WASHINGTON (TNND) — As lawsuits move forward to stop President Donald Trump's executive...
Auditors at OpenTheBooks.com have obtained the City of Austin’s paid leave records,...
Davidson County homeowners now pay the second highest property taxes on average among...
Time after time, the Department of Education is showing us, they are not responsible...
Over 15% of Maine’s bridges are in need of repairs according to the federal government,...
One year after the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse, government watchdogs at OpenTheBooks...
Open the Books CEO John Hart discusses the latest cuts from DOGE.
The Department of Education's budget has seen significant changes over the years....
The City of Austin announced last week that it’s looking to hire some of the federal...
As Tennessee State University grapples with lack of funding — including cuts to its...
This week is Sunshine Week, which raises awareness for open records laws and the...
Spring watering restrictions are already in effect in Southern Nevada, and we’re...
Open the Books reports about NASA’s issues and failures with some of its biggest...
Maryland’s Bureau of Revenue Estimates said last week they expect state income tax...
Government watchdogs at OpenTheBooks have been tracking local pensions for years,...
Gov. Lee’s recommendation for the next budget includes spending more money on road...
"NASA has a chance to take one small step toward fiscal responsibility and one giant...
Open the Books has investigated DEI spending at almost a dozen of the richest universities.
Open the Books Investigative Journalist Jeremy Portnoy joins John Hines to discuss...
Mark Levin cites our findings on antisemitism at Ivy League institutions.
For years the Biden administration was encouraging states to build electric vehicle...
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Open the Books is continuing to investigate American universities...
Lawyers are some of the top paid professionals in any city, but Baltimore and the...
Since the Trump administration has paused a Biden-era program that awarded $5 billion...
Open the Books CEO John Hart joins Michele Tafoya discuss DOGE, why a bloated government...
Open the Books CEO John Hart discusses the militarization of the IRS and more.
Our CEO, John Hart, reminds us: banning earmarks saved taxpayers enormously! It's...
ORR has spent over $22.6 BILLION since 2020 on grants to nonprofits providing everything...
We found that ORR has spent over $22.6 BILLION since 2020 on grants to nonprofits...
We revealed $22.6 billion in migrant assistance and more.
DOGE ought to take an exhaustive look at the Office of Refugee Resettlement and determine...
We did a deep-dive into the $22.6 billion spent on migrant assistance.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement spent $22.6B dollars in grants for migrants.
Mark Levin discusses our September 2024 investigation, in which we found that the...
How creating America's Checkbook will benefit taxpayers.
Open the Books CEO John Hart wrote an open letter to Elon Musk. It was sent on February...
The Trump administration can today claim they can cut the number of agencies by almost...
Eliminating defunct federal agencies can help reduce wasteful spending.
Nashville’s pension system paid retired public employees $209 million last year,...
As officials are investigating the deaths of two more inmates at High Desert State...
Some federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, did not receive a clean...
We talk all the time about state funding into the University of Maine system, but...
For years auditors at OpenTheBooks.com have been tracking nonprofits that receive...
We investigated the top-paid fire & water employees in Los Angeles, following the...
Thanks America's Newsroom for showing the tip of the iceberg on DEI savings to be...
Open the Books has relentlessly uncovered the millions of taxpayer dollars spent...
Last week Governor Mills unveiled her plan for the state’s next biennial budget,...
At the end of the fiscal year, September 2024, The Department of Defense indulged...
Clark County’s federally funded housing assistance program during the pandemic helped...
Open the Books has obtained Baltimore’s payroll from 2024, and high earners at the...
A group digging into government spending is tracking how Maine is using its lawsuit...
If you pay property taxes in Nashville, this will be no surprise to you: The average...
"Every dollar we spend on DEI is a dollar not available to do cancer research. Every...
Our very own investigative journalist, Jeremy Portnoy, joined Shake it Off with Mert...
American companies have been scaling back their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs,...
If you felt like you were breaking the bank while doing your holiday shopping, there’s...
Portland residents are getting some of the worst value for their dollar compared...
Inside President Biden's $42 billion rural broadband boondoggle.
Baltimore has begun spending its money from lawsuit settlements against drug manufacturers...
It may sound crazy to anyone buying groceries or gas, or paying rent in Clark County,...
Last week on Transparency Tracker we discussed Austin’s plan to build highway caps...
Portland residents recently voted to lower the number of short-term rental houses...
Metro Nashville recently announced that a new health director will begin in February,...
Open the Books CEO John Hart joins Real America with Dan Ball to break down Congress'...
Among federal buildings in DC, just TWELVE PERCENT of office space is occupied, and...
Rachel O'Brien discusses our findings on telework abuse, USPS losing money, and more.
Last year, we worked together with Senator Joni Ernst’s office to quantify the federal...
Millions of taxpayer dollars have been used for censorship and misinformation research....
It’s been just over one year since the state issued a Consent Decree requiring Baltimore...
Donald Trump reaffirmed his plan to eliminate the Department of Education and make...
The Austin City Council was supposed to vote this week on a proposal to build “highway...
An increase in the number of teen gunshot victims has led Metro Nashville to create...
The Department of Government Efficiency is a new advisory committee led by Elon Musk...
Metro Police had proposed an update to a software system that would have allowed...
Donald Trump recently reaffirmed his plan to close down the Department of Education...
Clark County Commissioners recently shot down a proposal to raise the sales tax to...
Earlier this week Baltimore’s top elected officials once again approved an annual...
Open the Books CEO John Hart joins Carl Higbie to discuss how DOGE will help curb...
A government watchdog group has tabulated all of last year’s travel expenses for...
John Hart talked about federal spending and goals of the new “Department of Government...
OpenTheBooks.com CEO John Hart talks with Will Cain about the obvious places to eliminate...
OpenTheBooks.com CEO John Hart discusses the newly-minted Department of Government...
OpenTheBooks.com CEO John Hart joined Laura Ingraham as soon as news broke that Elon...
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The head of America’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr....
John Hart, Open the Books CEO, exposes how the Biden-Harris administration’s Department...
Former longtime Comms. Director for Sen. Coburn helped create architecture of the...
Read our investigation for more details: https://bit.ly/Fauci15Motb
Congress is currently debating a set of 12 bills that will fund the federal government...
Clark County School District is paying a search firm six figures to find a new superintendent,...
For most Maine voters, voting on Election Day is a simple process of going to a polling...
Legal challenges are prompting some American companies to reconsider their diversity,...
Inside our investigation on Dr. Fauci's $15M private security detail.
This week the brand-new Commission to review Maryland’s juvenile justice policies...
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Government transparency non-profit OpenTheBooks has a new CEO:...
The nonprofit group Truth in Accounting recently ranked the financial health of all...
The Cumberland County Jail has been in the headlines recently because of a new contract...
While most former felons are eligible to vote in Maryland, there are still efforts...
State leaders in six states, including Tennessee, have asked Congress for more money...
Clark County School District is facing a $10 million shortfall, and officials have...
Benjamin the Chatbot, THE MOST IMPORTANT innovation in the history of U.S. public...
This election is a first in two major ways: it’s the first election in which a new...
While many states have given voting rights to the formerly incarcerated, making millions...
New York City has been in the news for the indictment of its mayor, Eric Adams.
Tennessee’s representatives in Congress are asking for only a little more in federal...
Nevada’s representatives in Congress are asking for three times as much in federal...
A proposed construction project to link two train stations in Boston could make long-distance...
For at least the seventh year, Tennessee is one of the highest ranked states in the...
Grants meant for foreign language and more, are really going toward anti-Semitic...
In November, Austinites will vote on a ballot measure that would increase average...
A new report from a government watchdog group reveals that improper payments by the...
Tax dollars assigned to old storm cleanup projects could be back in the Disaster...
Last week the City of Austin released its tentative new contract for police officers,...
Metro Nashville Public Schools has spent $27 million on security services since 2019,...
President Joe Biden makes history as the first president to admit to $1 trillion...
The federal government has awarded Maine several grants over the past two months...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved almost $1 billion to help Texas...
Baltimore officials were in court this week suing drug manufacturers Cencora and...
Metro Nashville spent $4 million on its credit cards last fiscal year, including...
Before President Joe Biden leaves office, his administration will have lost $7000...
The federal government blows nearly half a million dollars every minute of every...
Governor Abbott and state legislators have fought for years over passing a school...
Officials at the Maine Public Employees Retirement System are responsible for helping...
Mayor Brandon Scott announced last December that cars provided to Baltimore city...
The Clark County Shooting Complex has been losing money since it opened in 2010,...
If you’re renewing or making changes to your Tennessee driver license you’ll notice...
During the winter 2023 ice storm in Austin, Texas, Austin Energy couldn’t keep the...
Universities across the country have received $54 billion from foreign governments...
Home owners across the state have seen increases to their property tax bill this...
Universities across the country have received tens of billions of dollars from foreign...
Chinese, Russian, and other foreign biotech companies have paid billions of dollars...
Travis County’s median property taxes are among the highest in the entire country.
The State of Maine has until the end of this year to plan out how it will spend its...
After a few rocky years dealing with its trash and recycling, Metro Nashville is...
Revenue from recreational marijuana sales across the state continue to go down, leading...
Tim Walz is coming under scrutiny due to contributions his campaign received while...
We’re recommitting to our transparency mission with renewed purpose, honoring the...
We've tried to open the books, but there's still a lack of transparency in Austin,...
A deep dive into our oversight report, Duplication Nation, which showcases the $670...
Adam Andrzejewski joins Tomi Lahren to discuss our findings on the 92% staff turnover...
Inside the recent controversy over carbon emissions on the new Gorham Connector highway....
You may have grabbed a cold beer or chilled cocktail during this summer’s excessive...
Colleges and universities are taking advantages of federal loan guarantees; meanwhile,...
Eduardo Ramos was arrested for insurance fraud. We looked into his crime, his tax...
Austin Energy's former general manager earned $445k after retirement announcement....
We looked into the funds spent on aid to Maine after the sever winter storms in December...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency declared seven disasters for storms in Tennessee...
WASHINGTON (TND) — Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced legislation mandating a “tax...
A diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) training in the Pentagon's education wing...
Vice President Kamala Harris’ office has had high levels of staff turnover throughout...
We looked into Austin's investments, as the city manager proposed nearly $5.9 billion...
An in depth look at revenues generated from Maine's marijuana industry: $40M since...
Use of force incidents by Metro Nashville police have increased in the last two years,...
Chaos reigns on the vice president’s staff. And Harris tried to hide it by claiming...
Source: Primetime with Jesse Watters | Fox News
Vice President Kamala Harris’s office has had a turnover rate higher than 90% over...
University employees are typically among the highest paid state workers. We looked...
We find out just how much money Maine brings in from gambling taxes.
Inside our breaking oversight report "Schools for Radicals: The Secret Push to Institute...
How taxpayers are impacted by the delays and legal issues at Austin's light rail.
An expensive behind-the-scenes mistake has driven up the cost of Baltimore's rental...
Nashville’s pension system paid retired public employees $205 million last year,...
The Supreme Court recently sided with states like Nevada that have laws banning people...
We took a deep dive into Biden's BLOATED White House payroll, and more.
Maine has recently received millions in federal grants for boating harbors. We explained...
While Metro Nashville has cleared some homeless encampments, it’s spending millions...
WASHINGTON (TND) — President Joe Biden has spent millions of taxpayer dollars to...
We looked into Texas' alcohol tax: $2B collected in 2023!
We looked into how Maryland profits off syntaxes from alcohol and tobacco.
We opened the books on the strong financial ties between Qatar-based entities and...
President Biden's 2024 White House payroll is the largest in modern history, surpassing...
We uncovered records showing all payments going toward Dallas' former city manager,...
Before you pop open a cold beer at a Fourth of July barbecue next week, here’s something...
Clark County and the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson spent $2...
It is a sign of the times as lawmakers call out government waste and this time it's...
We opened the books on the renovations of Baltimore's city parks and swimming pools,...
President Biden is being accused of using spending U.S. taxpayer dollars to campaign...
Inflation has hit every American in every city but now a new problem is emerging...
We looked into Austin's 2023 payroll, and found how much the city spent on employee...
Inside the $4.2 billion budget plan for 2025, including some surprising pay raises...
Potholes are an irritation to every driver who has hit one but just how much is Tennessee...
A new report from the state looks at the pandemic’s impact on Nevada, including the...
A Motel 6 used as an emergency shelter in Portland, Maine was shut down due to a...
At the May 23, 2024, meeting of the UNC Board of Regents, the governors of the University...
As the Metro Nashville police payroll has gone up over recent years, so has the amount...
An audit released by the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General...
The deal for the new A’s baseball stadium coming to Las Vegas keeps getting worse...
We looked into the contract extension and salary of Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore...
After following the money on Dr. Fauci and the National Institutes of Health, we...
WASHINGTON (TND) — Millions in royalty payments flowed into the National Institutes...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrezjewski had a front row seat at Dr. Anthony Fauci's...
On Spectrum News, Chad Adams, conservative commentator, takes a stance against the...
Coverage on Dr. Fauci being questioned over pharmaceutical royalties.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is expected to publicly testify in front of the US House Select...
We discussed our top OpenTheBooks stories in 2024 so far, from foreign funding of...
Clark County School District employees spent $53 million through almost 205,000 transactions...
Northwestern University was in the hot seat this week as President Michael Schill...
Our OpenTheBooks research on the cost of DEI at UNC was cited on WRAL News. That...
"Recapture" is meant to ensure school districts have enough resources to support...
Inside Covid's aftermath, and how Americans are impacted to this day. We broke down...
We believe it's the most important public policy innovation in U.S. history. It's...
Troubling gifts and grants from the ‘State of Palestine’ funded anti-Israel curriculums,...
We followed the money on campus protests happening at University of Texas at Austin.
Transparency is still foggy in Baltimore, Maryland!
The fleet of take-home vehicles that Metro Nashville employees drive has grown, including...
Universities witnessing anti-Israel protests are the same ones bringing in billions...
Our OpenTheBooks auditors uncovered the billions of dollars in donations flowing...
Austin's new city manager will soon take office! We reviewed his contract with the...
The level of chaos from protests at universities across the country has not been...
Metro Nashville Public Schools paid time off is so generous that hundreds of people...
We recently reviewed all pensions paid out to city of Portland employees in 2023....
We opened the books on civil unrest and foreign gifts to U.S. universities.
Taxpayers are funding Ivy League schools such as Columbia University, which is currently...
Austin police recently announced that they will start to encrypt police radios. In...
More than half of Baltimore city school students are chronically absent! We opened...
We recently filed an appeal in court to obtain the Portland Public Schools 2023 payroll...
As Nashville prepares for a massive mixed-use development on the East Bank, we’re...
Columbia University canceled in-person classes through the end of the semester because...
Clark County’s average employees are paid a modest wage, but the people at the top...
Adam Andrzejewski, OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder discusses our deep-dive investigation...
University of Texas at Austin has been firing dozens of employees to comply with...
We looked into the generous salaries of Baltimore's public employees.
Inside Portland's 2023 payroll for Maine's public employees' retirement system.
Metro Nashville officials expect there will be no increased revenue next budget year...
In 2018 and 2019, 20% and 19% of students in Nevada were chronically absent, through...
Top-line estimates of COVID-19 aid fraud are now at $1 trillion, according to LexisNexis...
Today, the US national debt is $34.7 TRILLION and counting. The government keeps...
The U.S. national debt is soon expected to pass $35 trillion yet both Democrats and...
We recently reviewed Austin's water checkbook payments from 2023, and took a peek...
Over the years, the Baltimore Light Rail project has been on and off, turning into...
Tennessee is getting more than three times as much in federal earmarks as it received...
Nevada is getting $194 million in federal earmarks for 108 projects throughout the...
Austin, Texas will be one of the most popular visiting spots in the country this...
Baltimore City Board of Estimates terminated a $500,000 grant to the Pride Center...
Metro Nashville staffed traveled to Atlanta, Kansas City, DC, Memphis, Phoenix, and...
WASHINGTON (TND) — Congress is in the middle of passing spending bills to fund the...
In 2022, Metro Nashville's schools spent $1.8 million on what it deems “information...
The city of Austin gets a D grade in fiscal health, from Truth in Accounting.
We recently obtained Clark County School District's spending records. OpenTheBooks'...
Opening the books on hundreds of other Maryland bridges that are structurally deficient...
A new tool utilizing a chatbot by OpenTheBooks allows anyone to track how their government...
We looked into the city of Austin's paid time off accruals. In their first year of...
Baltimore's financial health gets a D, ranking 67 out of 75. Every taxpayer owes...
Adam Andrzejewski, OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder, and Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner...
Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars have been funneled into what we call 'The...
Scientists and Doctors who worked for the federal government received hundreds of...
Although it's Sunshine week, Portland, Maine's public schools have not been transparent....
Nashville spent almost $10 million since 2020 paying thousands of employees who weren’t...
Clark County schools are spending less per student than other districts of similar...
A loophole in the state employee pension system law allows state lawmakers to increase...
A new report from Truth in Accounting ranks the top 75 cities in America on their...
EXCLUSIVE — Top DEI staffers at the University of Virginia appeared to downplay outside...
We broke down the earmarks dictated by US representatives that are coming to Maryland....
DEI is a money making-machine. We found that UVA spends $20 million a year on just...
Adam Andrezejewski, CEO of ‘OpenTheBooks,‘ dissects what's in the multi-billion dollar...
Controversial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs are coming under intense...
Medicare and Social Security are in big trouble as it is now underfunded by a staggering...
In its most recent Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, Nashville had $5.7 billion...
Next week, the Baltimore City of Estimates will vote on two new board positions.
New sales tax proposal in which 5,300 public charities would be exempt from paying...
Breaking down the federal dollars used for flood relief in Portland, Maine.
These $3.4 billion vendor payments went to 3rd party vendors.
Clark County paid vendors $2.2 billion last year. We broke down those numbers.
The production of podcasts has cost U.S. taxpayers more than $8.5 million since early...
We dug into the 2023 payroll for the largest school district in Central Texas, Austin...
The Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation missed a big deadline, failing...
Since 2017, $1.3 billion in taxpayer dollars flowed to the adversarial nations of...
City Comptroller Bill Henry has just unraveled a transparency website called Baltimore...
The Maine Turnpike Authority has proposed a new $240M tollway that would reduce traffic...
There has been a spike in tree trimming costs in Austin, Texas. Investigative journalist...
OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzejewski discusses Bozeman (MO) city manager's disparaging...
We discussed the proposed $90 million to augment MaineCare, which is Maine's medicaid...
Metro Nashville awards millions of dollars to nonprofits that provide community services....
Twenty-three non-compliant charities are still receiving public funding despite not...
City records reveal that millions of tax dollars are being funneled to Baltimore...
The city manager of Boseman, Montana is under fire for comments he made about Austin,...
The Biden Administration gave $1 billion in Palestinian aid to the United Nations...
Breaking down the cost of Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell's inauguration, compared...
We looked into Austin's credit card usage. The city used taxpayer dollars to pay...
Last week, Baltimore's comptroller Bill Henry released the city checkbook online....
Employees from Clark County, mostly police, have been using take-home vehicles OFF...
Biden spent $20 billion in refugee assistance at the southern border, just in the...
We revealed and broke down the cost of the illegal immigration crisis at the southern...
The cost of illegal immigration at the Southern Border has hit a record of at least...
Right now, many voters say the migrant crisis is among the most important issue in...
A recent investigation found some prominent Maryland charities collecting thousands...
While Tennessee lawmakers are considering whether to reject federal aid toward education,...
Coverage of the debts & expenses of Austin, TX.
It took us 8 months to force open the books in Baltimore, and now, the city has fully...
Nashville human trafficking ring recently busted, website/hotline to report.
Coordinate sick-outs and comparison of teacher pay raises.
Houston-DFW rail line had cost estimates increase from $10B to $30B; a partnership...
City-funded nonprofits in Baltimore received taxpayer dollars! Watch as we break...
We broke down the costs that will go into the proposed Office of New Americans, which...
WASHINGTON (TND) — New regulations by the Biden administration are on track to cost...
Recently, we were forced to open Baltimore's checkbook after an 8-month battle. But...
We quantified the $275M spent by Metro Nashville for its infrastructure projects....
Republicans will hold a primary in Nevada next month. This event will cost $5 MILLION....
We covered the process and the challenges that have come with the search for a new...
We recapped our top five investigations of 2023 on NewsmaxTV.
Property taxes in Davidson County are the third highest among Tennessee's 95 counties,...
We opened the books on property taxes in Clark County, which happen to be the third...
The city of Austin is one step closer to permanently filling the city manager position....
Our federal government spent $1 billion on lavish, luxury furniture during the pandemic...
We recapped some of our biggest 2023 stories, from the militarization of the IRS,...
Texas ranks #6 out of 50 states in having the highest property taxes in the country!...
VICTORY: After an 8-month battle, OpenTheBooks forced open the Baltimore city checkbook!...
As the public seeks footage from police body-worm cameras, the Metro Nashville Police...
The state agency responsible for mental health treatment for criminal defendants...
In an era marked by rising tuition costs and the pursuit of higher education as a...
One city dealing with the fallout of all this is Baltimore, Maryland, where nearly...
We took a look inside Baltimore City's checkbook to see how taxpayer dollars have...
Metro Nashville has spent $5 million on bike lanes, which is more than any other...
Clark County states there's not enough housing, and evictions only require a 7-day...
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) cited our findings on Ivy League schools, their massive endowments,...
The extent of political influence money can buy in Washington is coming under question...
A Baltimore spending board granted $1 million for a city-owned hotel that has already...
We found that there are public affairs officers at Metro Nashville's Police Department...
Clark County School District is still working to resolve its cybersecurity issues,...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held up a map of human waste in San Francisco at the...
Texas Christian University just announced a tuition hike. TCU will be more expensive...
During those long months of quarantine from COVID-19, it wasn’t just businesses that...
Hundreds of millions in Hollywood handouts facing scrutiny as critics question the...
Our Covid Aid Waste Compendium oversight report quantifies the waste, fraud, and...
Baltimore's Safe Streets program has not been transparent. They've redacted names...
Elite ivy league colleges get most of their funding from taxpayers while in many...
Sixty-five billion dollars, that's how much our country's wealthiest universities...
We investigated the city of Austin's Dangerous Dogs database. The data is old, and...
This morning, we provided an update on several stories we've been opening the books...
We looked into the new $2 million in funding for a new inmate disciplinary oversight...
As budget battles heat up on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are working to disarm the IRS.
Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) cites our work and proposes increased funding for the...
Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) proposes Amendment No. 15, which would strike all funding...
Elite universities have seen an increase in anti-Semitic incidents. Because of this,...
In this video Rep. Gary Palmer cites our findings on the Environmental Protection...
Amtrak has finally released their payroll information. We found out who makes the...
We have been fighting to get Baltimore's city checkbook. Now, Baltimore has FINALLY...
Revenue from Metro Nashville's parking spots has increased after a 2-year slump....
We found that Israel and Jordan receive the most support in U.S. taxpayer-funded...
Harvard and UPenn pulled in billions in federal funds between 2018 and 2022.
Is U.S.-Palestinian aid going to those in need, or straight to Hamas? OpenTheBooks...
Senate Approves Ernst Amendment to Take Attendance at Government Agencies and Examine...
Middle school teacher Brett Williams was given $150,000 settlement after being placed...
OpenTheBooks is considering a lawsuit against the city of Baltimore due to the lack...
Millions of American taxpayer dollars are going to high speed internet. Congress...
GOOD NEWS: Tennessee has been ranked among the top U.S. states for good budgeting...
Revenue from recreational marijuana sales across Nevada are dropping. This will lead...
We delved into the driverless car debate in Austin, such as who gets ticketed when...
Billions of your taxpayer dollars are sent to Iran, the world's leading state sponsor...
Our OpenTheBooks auditors found that up to $1 BILLION in U.S. taxpayer dollars may...
President Biden sent $1 BILLION in U.S.-Palestinian aid (YOUR taxpayer dollars)....
The Texas Senate passed a priority bill that will allocate taxpayer money toward...
U.S.-Palestinian over the last seven decades has cost taxpayers around $8 billion...
Tennessee state lawmakers are considering rejecting about $1.9 billion in federal...
We opened the books on the Baltimore City Safe Streets program spending money on...
One America News' John Hines had a conversation with OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam...
The wealthiest colleges and universities took Covid aid, with some of them being...
In our investigation, we uncovered Amtrak's payroll information. Initially, Amtrak...
Metro Nashville Public Schools have had 14 violent threats this school year and are...
During the pandemic years the federal government spent billions of dollars on office...
Amtrak riders are treated to scheduling delays, breakdowns, and despite ticket prices,...
Bringing back earmarks is the equivalent of providing an open bar for alcoholics...
Emily Compagno, Co-Host of Fox News' Outnumbered, joined the Gutfeld! show and cited...
Dozens of universities in Tennessee collected $855 million worth of federal. covid...
We opened the books on Austin's city checkbook when the city lost power due to an...
Amtrak released a portion of its payroll information, marking the first instance...
BALTIMORE: Why did the top 25 wealthiest colleges & universities received $4 BILLION...
We opened the books on Baltimore Community College President Debra L. McCurdy's massive...
We investigated the top earmarks spenders in the senate, going into 2024.
Metro Nashville's license plate reader program will soon be a permanent fixture....
It has been 1 week since Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted from impeachment...
We discovered that the President of the Baltimore City Community College received...
The federal government is spending $15.4 billion to help conserve water in the Colorado...
Metro Nashville employees drive and take home 1000+ company vehicles. We broke down...
More than three years after the start of the pandemic new reports continue finding...
Austin Energy has hiked energy rates. This is the third increase in the last year!...
We broke down Texas' huge budget and where it's going. It's the most money that's...
Brightline West is waiting for $3.75 billion in federal funding for a high speed...
The Department of Energy invested $1.2 billion to vacuum greenhouse gases from the...
Sen. Joni Erst (R-IA) cites OpenTheBooks findings in her "Back to Work" floor speech.
A program in California is raising red flags dealing with gender school training...
We sorted through the 173-page after-action report into the Brooklyn mass shooting....
Maine has the 2nd oldest school choice law in the US. Is this old system working...
20% of Tennessee students were considered chronically absent when students returned...
Adam Andrzejewski, OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder, broke down the billions of dollars going...
One-third of students in Nevada schools were considered "chronically absent." That's...
In the city of Austin, many celebrities have been receiving government aid for their...
Nashville is struggling to house its homeless population.
American universities and colleges have received billions of dollars from foreign...
Hawaiian Residents are questioning the $500M in earmarks congressional Hawaiian lawmakers...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski recaps our biggest findings when it comes...
Universities across the country have received billions of dollars from foreign governments.
A Baltimore Superintendent of Schools deleted 98 text messages from his taxpayer-funded...
OpenTheBooks.com just received some unredacted documents the National Institutes...
During the pandemic, some Americans wondered just how close the federal government...
Longtime directors of NIH and its National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...
Opening the books on Austin Independent School District's 2023-2024 budget. At the...
Opening the books on how much foreign influence there is in Maine's colleges and...
The average administrator in Clark County schools earns six figures, and with an...
The feds indicted a Baltimore nonprofit's CEO on fraud allegations. OpenTheBooks...
Red flags on alleged money laundering, misused funds, no transparency on federal...
How much foreign influence is there in higher education across Texas?
WASHINGTON (TND) — It has been a rocky week for America's credit after being downgraded...
Foreign aid to China & Russia, earmarks, NIH's secret royalty payment stream, and...
Why OpenTheBooks supports Senator Rand Paul’s amendment.
OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzejewski joined Maria Bartiromo to discuss EPA funding...
A new comprehensive investigative report shows the billions of taxpayer dollars going...
Adam Andrzejewski, OpenTheBooks CEO, talked about his research into waste and abuse...
Teenagers have been breaking into closed city swimming pools this summer. Many have...
In 2022, there were 114 congressional earmarks totaled $206 million in Nevada. This...
We opened the books on the Travis Co. public employee salaries.
The Biden administration has suspended funding for the Chinese lab at the center...
Government watchdog found over $325M went to NIH and its scientists since 2009.
The Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement received $13.4 million in...
The U.S. has spent $13 billion on unaccompanied minors at the southern border.
Government wasted billions of dollars (annually) due to duplicative spending.
Rep. Summer Lee cites our findings on the feds wasting $2.3 million in taxpayer funds...
Adam Andrzejewski, OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder, joined Russell Brand's Stay Free Podcast...
Property owners have started to sue in order to regain their home equity that municipalities...
OpenTheBooks analyzed the 2022 payroll for the Austin Independent School District,...
White House payroll reaches historic highs costing American taxpayers millions of...
From billions of dollars in foreign aid to Russia & China, to billions in covid 'aid,'...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski joined NewsmaxTV to discuss the $16 billion...
Institutionalized incompetence at the hands of the federal government. In the first...
After a nearly 11-year ban, earmarks – money set aside for localized projects in...
WASHINGTON (TND) — Members of Congress used "earmarks" to allocate more than $16...
Joining us this morning to discuss the legalization of marijuana in Maryland is Adam...
Clark County spends about $313 million a year on homeless services — emergency homeless...
Metro Nashville is giving $375 million in economic development incentive grants and...
Our investigation on federal earmarks in Maine.
After a ten-year ban, a bipartisan group of Democrats and Republicans in Congress...
Congress earmarked 7,509 projects for $16,012,272,565 in taxpayer cost in the Consolidated...
Founder and CEO of OpenTheBooks.com Adam Andrzejewski sheds light on some of the...
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that excess funds from municipal tax-debt...
Police in many states step up speed enforcement during the summer, especially during...
Baltimore has a budget and will spend $4.4 billion in the next year and top city...
We compared Nevada State Police Trooper pay to other agencies, such as Metro Nevada.
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski joins America's Newsroom to discuss our...
The city released new numbers in March showing nearly 5,100 unhoused people in Austin.
Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) questions HHS Secretary Xavier Bacerra on the $127B in improper...
We broke down Portland's city credit card spending, which included emergency shelter...
We took a deep dive into the $66 million spent to help rebuild Metro Nashville, after...
Seventeen of the largest federal agencies admitted to $3 trillion in improper payments...
Since the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Metro Nashville’s sidewalk...
Our OpenTheBooks auditors found $179 million in USA foreign aid to Canada over the...
A new documentary exposes Ivy League universities for their massive endowments and...
More than $1.3 billion U.S. tax dollars have funded projects in Russia and China...
More than $1.3 billion U.S. tax dollars were sent to Russia and China over the past...
U.S. taxpayers are funding pointless projects in China and Russia. Will and Pete...
Senator Ernst and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.) are leading the charge to...
In real time, the city of Baltimore has moved backwards and refuses to produce a...
Two lawmakers on Capitol Hill are leading the charge to account for every hard-earned...
Last week, our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com found that Portland ranked #2 out of...
This week, the public employee unions pushed back on the interim city manager's back-to-...
Clark County spent $1.3 million on its credit cards in FY2022. More than 80% was...
Metro Nashville students are struggling, while the teachers are the highest paid...
Last year, the feds spent $2.7 billion – roughly $18,000 per unaccompanied child...
Law enforcement agencies in the Las Vegas area may be busy writing traffic tickets,...
Working for Austin city government in a leadership position is very lucrative. Recently,...
Federal funding to sponsor unaccompanied minors at the southern border reached an...
City Comptroller Bill Henry ran on a transparency promise. However, on his watch,...
Our partners at OpenTheBooks.com have the updated 2022 speed and red light camera...
Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com gave oversight analysis to the Texas State Police....
Government workers in Clark County and the cities of Las Vegas and Henderson earned...
Billions of pandemic dollars were pocketed by top nonprofit hospitals.
Metro Nashville Public Schools spent $4.1 million on travel expenses in 2022, including...
GOP lawmakers have demanded spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling,...
Our auditors uncovered the top 20 hospitals who pocketed $23 billion in Covid-aid...
Since 2010, Las Vegas-area law enforcement agencies have received $8.4 million worth...
Portland, Maine's city manager will cost taxpayers an estimated $900,000 - $1 million...
Metro Airport police received nearly $2 million worth of military surplus gear for...
Baltimore's failure to make weekly trash recycling pickups, despite a well-funded...
We opened the books on the Austin Police Department's partnership with the Texas...
The Baltimore mayor and city council are facing a lawsuit after failing to make weekly...
We looked at the Portland police department and other local departments receiving...
We looked at the Austin police department and other local departments receiving surplus...
Clark County spent $1.5 million on training and travel-related expenses in fiscal...
What is the Gun Force Trace Settlement Tracker and how much has been paid out by...
Since the withdrawal from Afghanistan two years ago, the U.S. has spent around $8...
What is the IRS gearing up for?
John Bachman and Bianca de la Garza discuss our report, The Militarization of the...
Kudlow calls out the weaponization of the IRS, showcasing OpenTheBooks findings.
Today, the are more federal officers with arrest and firearm authority (200,000)...
Local governments and municipalities are spending taxpayer dollars to work (lobby)...
Clark County and the cities of Las Vegas and Henderson spent over $1 million collectively...
Two of Portland's hospitals were audited for their compliance with federal healthcare...
Billions of dollars have been spent over the past few decades to arm federal agencies...
We investigated the Baltimore Police Department and other local departments receiving...
In episode 219 of Glenn TV, Glenn Beck discusses our OpenTheBooks oversight report...
Sean Hannity properly cited our oversight report, The Militarization of the Federal...
Adam Andrzejewski joins Rob Schilling to discuss the militarization of the U.S. executive...
$5.7 trillion of covid aid over 3 years equals $58K per second, including to wealthy...
Two of Baltimore’s largest non-profit or not-for-profit hospitals are among a small...
Three of Las Vegas’s largest hospitals have not been in compliance with a federal...
Three of Nashville’s largest non-profit hospitals have not been in total compliance...
Three of Austin’s largest non-profit hospitals have not been in total compliance...
Every Friday, we join FOX45 to discuss transparency in Baltimore. Here's a recap...
Wealthy nonprofit hospitals in Portland, Maine got wealthier during the pandemic...
Baltimore's nonprofit hospitals profited during the Covid pandemic.
As about 100 million Americans struggle with medical debt, two large nonprofit hospitals...
Tax revenues are at an all-time high spending in Washington and it’s not slowing...
We discussed the future of public health, and bipartisan corruption and spending...
Nevada’s underfunded pension system and retiree health care benefits have saddled...
Tennessee has one of the best funded pension systems, and Nashville also appears...
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill say the crops producing our morning cup of coffee are in...
The head of Baltimore’s Bureau of Water and Wastewater, who was given $1 billion...
The City of Portland, Maine has been slow to respond to open records requests about...
Since Congress began dispersing Covid-19 aid to schools in 2020, Metro Nashville...
Previously, OpenTheBooks found interesting city expenditures on plastic — the city...
New York City has already trashed more than $14.1 million worth of extra COVID supplies...
March Madness has come to Las Vegas, and with it a chance to look at what basketball...
The Baltimore Police Department's forensic lab still doesn’t have the materials it...
We used the Texas open records law to force production of the wrongful death settlements...
Washington, D.C. has the highest work-from-home rate in the country and Americans...
The City of Henderson spent $2.9 million on its credit cards in 2022 — including...
New records show the DA’s office spent at least $32,000 on cameras since 2020 — some...
Who knew that the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank made 3 investments into Newsom's...
We investigated the close ties between the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank and Gov....
While Clark County has a fleet of more than 2,500 vehicles, the cities of Las Vegas...
The city of Baltimore is struggling to pay off its crippling debt, and the burden...
Washington D.C. is overpaying for public housing and it's costing taxpayers millions...
The state of Maine may end up having trouble paying off its bills without burdening...
The City of Austin, Texas did not save any money to pay for future retirees’ healthcare...
Metro Nashville will start paying $7,000 per month to a private company for police...
Just how much did it cost to shoot down that balloon?
Charities locally received federal monies, donors giving to the governor's inauguration...
Adam Andrzejewski summarizes Austin's recent shakeups and how much it has cost taxpayers.
In the fiscal year of 2023, Representative Kweisi Mfume D-MD has secured almost $24...
In the cities of North Las Vegas and Henderson, paid time off is generous for the...
While Metro Nashville officials say it’s going to take until at least August to produce...
A combined 606 copies of works authored or contributed to by Kelisa Wing are now...
Top Republican Sen. Wicker on the Senate Armed Services Committee will address tackle...
OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzejewski discusses our findings on U.S.-funded military...
Covid cash has been funding non-pandemic plans!
We uncovered that since 2010 the NIH hid $1.4 billion in third-party royalties paid...
We gave oversight to the federal digital divide dollars flowing into the City of...
Austin Police Department (APD) headcounts in 911 operators and rank-and-file police...
The 40-member Metro Nashville Council that Republican state lawmakers want to slash...
The U.S. Department of Education cannot pass an audit, even with a $49 billion taxpayer-funded...
Not including the cost of travel and conferences paid by taxpayers, Cronk will make...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pushed for billions of dollars in state funding...
Is the contract in the public's interest or in the special interest of the mayor?
We gave oversight to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, a local 501c3 organization...
Austin's response to the ice storm was a failure in transparency!
Test scores are plummeting, while teachers are getting paid more. We investigated...
A major ice storm knocked power out for hundreds of thousands of residents when trees...
In Baltimore, trash pickup is once every two weeks and Baltimore's brown drinking...
Around 200 Metro employees are receiving taxpayer-funded monthly pensions. They also...
One quarter of Clark County School District’s 11,000 employees had a total compensation...
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are looking to cut spending and make sure Americans in...
Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com has been giving oversight to federal payrolls going...
Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com gave oversight to the federal earmarks stuffed into...
While Nevada’s public pension system is facing an $18 billion deficit, it’s cutting...
We found that Baltimore is one of the most dangerous cities in America.
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County spent half a million...
An agency headed by a senator's wife got hundreds of millions of dollars through...
Adam Andrzejewski, CEO of OpenTheBooks.com joined KEYE CBS-Austin to discuss the...
In their first press conference at any point of the severe winter weather that hit...
Trace Gallagher joined Tucker Carlson to discuss our OpenTheBooks investigation on...
Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com gave oversight to the governor's transition and...
This week, we are taking a deeper dive into the City of Austin credit card expenditure...
Metro Nashville has begun working on a five-year plan to implement its goal of zero...
A 2022 audit of the Department of Defense found hundreds of millions of dollars and...
Paid time off given to City of Las Vegas employees is so generous that in 2021, the...
CEO of Open The Books, Adam Andrzejewski joins OAN’s Alicia Summers to discuss our...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski joined Laura Ingraham to discuss the horrific...
Rachel O'Brien with OpenTheBooks.com joined discussed our findings on the relationship...
Yesterday, Hollywood star Russell Brand posted our 20-minute podcast interview on...
This week, we'll kick off our deep dive into the Baltimore nonprofits profiting from...
A judge found that Nashville Fire Department’s defamation and derogatory statements...
Billions of taxpayer dollars for the COVID-19 Lost Wages Assistance program went...
In 2022, OpenTheBooks.com published reports on spending in the City of Las Vegas,...
Starting in 2022, we partnered with OpenTheBooks.com on a Transparency Tracker segment...
Starting in Fall 2022, KEYE CBS-Austin partnered with OpenTheBooks.com on a Transparency...
Open The Books founder Adam Andrzejewski joined The National Desk’s Jan Jeffcoat...
In 2022, OpenTheBooks.com published about 20 reports on spending in Metropolitan...
Adam Andrzejewski talked about the Republican-led Congress' approach to government...
This to-do list is just a start, and it’s an agenda that’s tangible. As always, we’ll...
At least $325 million in third-party paid royalty payments from healthcare entities...
Southwest Airlines stranded tens of thousands of passengers around the country on...
John Bachman show highlights our OpenTheBooks investigation on how Southwest Airlines...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski and his family were just a few on the...
Our investigation into the $1.7 billion omnibus bill.
Amid the ongoing Southwest Airlines crisis leaving thousands of passengers stranded...
A deep dive inside the $1.7 trillion federal spending bill.
Earmarks are the currency of corruption in Congress. Watch the interview and learn...
Texas republicans out-earmarked democrats $500 million to $300 million.
In Maine, republican senator Susan Collins out-earmarked all democrats collectively—...
The Nevada democratic congressional delegation requested $173 million in earmarks...
Last year, the City of Baltimore didn’t follow rules required to use federal funds,...
7,500 earmarks for $16 billion are included in the latest year-end omnibus spending...
Watch and learn about the top local governments that received a federal grant in...
Meet the Austin Independent School District’s $100,000 Club.
On this week's "Waste of the Week," Medicaid is overspending and costing taxpayers...
Today, critics blame the massive largess in “Covid-aid” for spiking the inflation...
$64 billion in federal grants flowed to 294 entities with an Austin, Texas address....
The fiscal year of the U.S. federal government just ended on September 30. The most...
We found nearly $1.5 billion in forgiven Paycheck Protection Program loans went to...
The Mayor of Baltimore vetoed a fast-tracked measure from the city council this week....
The big firms got bigger and you paid for it during the Covid pandemic!
This week, President Joe Biden continued to tout the spending within the $1.9 trillion...
Metro Nashville is paying almost 200 people for part-time work while also paying...
When negotiating pay packages for public employees, everything has to be on the table...
We took a snapshot of forgiven Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and found...
More than 160 Chinese-born scientists who conducted U.S. taxpayer-funded military...
OpenTheBooks.com founder Adam Andrzejewski unpacks a watchdog report that says $20...
More than 150 Chinese-born scientists who did U.S. taxpayer-funded military research...
The City of Austin paid out 1,292 grants for a total of $211,224,588 last year! Check...
Baltimore City student test scores have dropped to some of the lowest in the country....
In 2021, the City of Las Vegas contracted with 2,515 distinct vendors who received...
Unfortunately, many businesses have abused the PPP, and many of these loans have...
More than 600 businesses in Seattle received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgiveness...
Millions of U. S. dollars have been given to 11 American universities that fund overtly...
Nothing rankles taxpayers more than lawmakers reaping lifetime retirement pensions...
Meet the Portland $70,000 Club – 406 city employees who out-earned Maine Governor...
Last week, our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com identified the Las Vegas $100,000 Club...
Working for Austin city government in a leadership position is very lucrative!
Over 130,000 state workers making over $100,000 in annual salary or pension
"Waste of the Week" on TND: City Spends $1.7M to Install Single Toilet In Town Square
How The PIA Handles Requests.
Meet Portland’s $70,000 Club.
Meet The Las Vegas $100,000 Club
Nearly 550,000 Unused Sick And Vacation Days "Banked" By Metro Nashville Public School...
The Department of Homeland Security spent more than $400 million a year just to track...
The SBA has forgiven 95 percent of all its PPP loans, in full or in part, including...
How do you debate pay, perks, and pension benefits for public employees if everything...
Metro Nashville gave away $4.8 million in grants to non-profits this year, including...
More than $600 million was handed out in COVID-19 aid to ineligible nonprofits and...
$800 BILLION in taxpayer money was used to help save the economy during the pandemic,...
A California program is paying people not to have a car and Oregon is spending nearly...
A Baltimore City School police officer is on pace to earn more than his annual salary...
We received Dr. Anthony Fauci’s FY2021 financial disclosures from the National Institutes...
3,569 City Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks
The documents contain a wealth of previously unknown information. For example, the...
Waste, Fraud, Corruption And Taxpayer Abuse -- Government's War On Transparency....
The City of Baltimore paid $1,155 for City Council President Nick Mosby to attend...
The fight continues! Sen. Rand Paul (R) grilled Dr. Fauci on those hidden NIH royalty...
For the first time in 13 years, New York City failed to find beds for dozens of men...
An investigation into LA county's public employees uncovered a massive mileage misuse...
LEGAL PAY-TO-PLAY: California Governor Gavin Newsom has quietly solicited millions...
Millions in donations to Governor Gavin Newsom's campaign have resulted in billions...
We accomplished what the governor, controller, attorney general, lawmakers, a Superior...
The books are finally open in the Golden State!
A 22,500-square-foot jail expansion project in Mendocino County, California, was...
Would you want Nashville’s top public defender to represent you in court?
California's books are FINALLY open. We kept our promise to force open the books...
Dr. Fauci announces his retirement. Was he forced out from the inside?
This week's "Waste of the Week" on The National Desk highlights the roughly $96,000...
In fiscal year 2021, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County...
A large nonprofit organization that left other Baltimore projects and organizations...
The early days of the Covid-19 pandemic were hard on most people, but especially...
The "Waste of the Week" goes to the Connecticut Port Authority and President Joe...
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville's employees drove more than 700 taxpayer-funded...
On June 3, 2022, we sampled 50 nonprofits receiving city grants and found that 15...
Oregon state officials are being scrutinized after an audit on the state's education...
Why Does Your IRS Auditor Need a Machine Gun?
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs spent $2.3 million on unused data plans and...
We found that there were 700 Baltimore school employees that were paid to stay home...
The city of Nashville paid more than 9,000 employees $28 million in overtime in 2021!...
Jesse Watters reports on our OpenTheBooks investigation that highlights Dr. Fauci's...
California Gov. Gavin News plans to send billions in gas checks without lowering...
During President Joe Biden’s first two-years, he spent $100.7 million on the largest...
Adam Andrzejewski details our Where's The Pork? oversight report on C-SPAN's Washington...
Congressional Third Party Paid Travel: Between 2017 and 2021, more than 500 Congress...
Some officials in the City of Baltimore get taxpayer-funded vehicles.
As violence in Baltimore rises, the city's mayors continue to receive raises!
Despite 220 staffers quitting last year, the Biden Administration has spent more...
Just how much federal pork and waste are your tax dollars funding?
President Biden's bloated White House is the most expensive since 1995! In 2021,...
Two recent audits from Baltimore City Comptroller Bill Henry’s office found “fiscal...
The City of Baltimore has collected $62.5 million in fines from 142 speed camera...
Sen. Rand Paul grills Dr. Fauci, asking if he has ever received royalty payments...
A group of five senators in Washington, D.C. are demanding answers after our investigation...
OpenTheBooks put Baywatch on Pay Watch after our investigation that revealed just...
Launched on FOX45 (WBFF) Baltimore, our organization at OpenTheBooks.com found that...
House of Representatives staff and Capitol Police officers can receive free Peloton...
After more than two years now of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, questions...
The most frequently paid scientist, Robert C. Gallo, received 316 payments between...
A sampling of organizations that do business with the City of Baltimore has revealed...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cell phones and a big bonus for one...
Lifeguards in Los Angeles county made more than $500K in 2021. The highest-paid lifeguard...
If the Department of Finance doesn’t already have the records for spending from 12-months...
The WEF received $60 million In taxpayer funding over the last eight years.
The Highway Trust Fund has projected an annual $18 BILLION loss the over the next...
Adam Andrzejewski discusses our investigation on Davos, a conference hosted by the...
The city of Baltimore seems to be altering their numbers across the board... Millions...
Russell Brand gives an in-depth analysis of our findings on Anthony Fauci and NIH...
Big Pharma is SECRETLY sending hundreds of millions of dollars to NIH scientists,...
It shouldn't have taken a federal lawsuit and subpoenas to force NIH into production...
The U.S. State Department is going to send up to $50,000 to nonprofits and universities...
This year, Baltimore’s cyber security insurance coverage amount was halved while...
The National Institutes of Health — Anthony Fauci's employer — admits to holding...
uncovered approximately $350 million in royalty payments to the National Institutes...
California's public school districts are paying an education consultant $5,000 an...
The City of Baltimore has collected between $51 million and $62 million in fines...
Hospitals have been ignoring Former President Trump's price transparency rule, and...
college students should be real! Right?
When it comes to spending your tax dollars, California holds a unique and unpleasant...
The top law enforcement officer in the City of Baltimore, Marilyn Mosby, is under...
The SunRail commuter rail system in Orlando, Florida is currently running a $50 MILLION...
The City of Baltimore disclosed 13,990 employees – full and part-time workers – who...
Three of the largest for-profit hospital chains in the U.S. made a combined $120...
Baltimore ransomware attacks could be costing the taxpayers money.
According to our findings, the Pentagon’s latest project will spend up to $3.8 million...
Megyn Kelly is joined by Adam Andrzejewski to discuss the efforts to block transparency...
How can Dr. Fauci out-earn everybody at the federal level?
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski was fired as a contributor at Forbes after...
OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzejewski's termination occurred after posting 'too many...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski discusses how fact-finding the salary...
Should the man who presided over the city’s underfunded pension system get a $153,223...
Today, there are more people that are unhoused than ever before in the city of Los...
Do we have a representative republic if our representatives don't even have the time...
Safe Streets is designed to de-escalate conflicts before they become violent. But...
While it’s unclear whether a program designed to curb violence in Baltimore is working,...
President Joe Biden signed a $1.5 trillion spending bill last week that passed in...
Creating more transparency and accountability for city-funded programs should be...
While travel around the country was curtailed during the Covid-19 pandemic, an organization...
The Senate has passed a massive $1.5 trillion federal spending bill with more than...
Lenawee County in Michigan is using COVID relief funds to build a sporting complex.
Is it time for Fauci to retire?
Half a million dollars in U.S. tax funds are to be spent to support independent media...
Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Berlin and Paris may sit atop lists of the best places to take a...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski was let go from Forbes after 8 years and...
On January 14th, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra declared...
The U.S. Department of State's Office of Overseas Schools has mismanaged more than...
The Biden administration has laid out plans through the U.S. Treasury to open up...
U.S. government entered a contract with a nonprofit organization that provides legal...
Newfound information on Dr. Fauci's household net worth, investments, and much more.
$25,000 in taxpayer money is being used to grow China’s surfing community...
Why are any college students today in a remote learning environment?
Learning for thousands of students is still remote due to COVID-19.
Westfield, New Jersey, spent COVID-19 aid on 2,000 promotional tote bags that sat...
Did Dr. Fauci profit off the pandemic?
A California Superintendent was paid over $160,000, even though he wasn't even living...
Dr. Anthony Fauci insists that his financial records are available to the public....
In a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s finances came into question.
Thanks to your support, 2021 was a fantastic year for OpenTheBooks' mission and impact....
$3.6 billion in COVID relief aid was given to people who did not qualify for the...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski discusses Dr. Fauci's big retirement package....
"Protection for me, but NOT for thee!"
OpenTheBooks.com CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski describes Dr. Fauci's retirement package...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski discusses our breaking investigation on...
There were more than $39 billion in improper unemployment payments during the first...
Billions of dollars in equipment was left behind in Afghanistan following the U.S....
NTD spoke with Adam Andrzejewski, who discussed our numerous investigations from...
The Waste Of The Week went to the VA hiring spree and an Ivy League study on overweight...
Federal agencies have spent trillions of dollars in unnecessary government spending.
The funding was meant to help schools reopen and get kids back into classrooms safely,...
We can't make America great again until we make America accountable again.
Who knew that taxpayers were subsidizing Hollywood through federal contracts?
Federal informants minted as millionaires.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to rid the city of Donald Trump.
Many wealthy Americans received stimulus payments as well.
Adam Andrzejewski discusses our lawsuit for Dr. Anthony Fauci's financial disclosures.
The Ivy League doesn’t need taxpayer help!
A county in Utah used $322K in COVID funds to expand a snow tubing hill.
Fauci gets a pay raise!
AG Merrick Garland connected to student survey group.
Panorama Education is under massive scrutiny...
Conflict of interest: 131 judges violated the law by hearing cases involving companies...
Mayor Lightfoot’s proposal would give $500 monthly payments for 12 months.
Our deep dive into our findings on how the Biden Administration handled the crisis...
Included in the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill is a hike in fines from OSHA regarding...
The swamp is even deeper!
The swamp gets deeper!
The unemployment system is rife with fraud.
Trillions of dollars have been spent on covid aid, but trillions more are not getting...
Only $2 million out of $316 million has actually been distributed.
Why didn't the U.S. pull all military equipment before leaving Afghanistan?
In 2016 California legalized recreational marijuana, but the move may be costing...
The Biden Administration has erased Afghan weapons reports from federal websites.
Over the past ten days, Afghanistan has become a Taliban terrorist gun show.
We have literally provided the Taliban with an Air Force!
We've found that a lot of US military equipment has been left behind in Afghanistan.
The Biden Administration is hiding previously published audit reports quantifying...
The U.S. war chest of military gear left behind for the bad guys is unprecedented.
How much U.S. military equipment does the Taliban now control?
The U.S. taxpayer was very generous with the Afghan people.
Afghanistan topped the list of 170 counties receiving U.S. foreign aid. In FY2018...
Taxpayers may be on the hook for $42.5 BILLION for government-owned internet, thanks...
Laura Ingraham discusses our findings on how taxpayer dollars were used for aid to...
Renovations at the United Nations building in Manhattan cost nearly a billion dollars...
Hypocrisy or Necessity?
OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzejewski discusses our latest oversight report on Foreign...
Democrat mayors who called for defunding the police were using taxpayer dollars to...
The San Francisco Bay Area subway expansion is nearly $2 billion over budget.
Where do the billions in foreign aid go? About half of all foreign aid goes to Africa...
The Policy Circle discussed government transparency and accountability with some...
Police protection hypocrisy.
It's up to you to hold them accountable.
Defund for thee, but not for me.
Adam Andrzejewski speaks at Freedom Fest at Mount Rushmore.
Why did democratic mayors defund their police, and then spend millions of taxpayer...
In 25 major U.S. cities across the country, officials have proposed cutting — or...
Why does protection for the people matter less?
Democratic Mayors defunded their police, while spending millions on their own police...
If the White House payroll is a leading indicator of the president’s commitment to...
We took a deep dive into President Biden's 2021 White House Payroll.
Taxpayer abuse doesn't sleep.
Andrzejewski gives examples of wasteful government spending and "filthy rich" communities...
American Greed's 6/14 episode on the crimes & conviction of disgraced congressman...
The Depth of the Swamp and what you can do about it.
How much government money is incorrectly doled out?
Should taxpayers foot the bill for mood lighting in National Parks?
Don't bring back the earmark favor factory!
The American people want to know how corrupt their government is… at ALL levels!
Congress needs to #ReadTheBill!
Baltimore City Schools spent hundreds of thousands of dollars paying "hall monitors"...
President Biden has announced an enormous jobs and infrastructure package.
Earmarks are the fiscal equivalent to swine flu, and unfortunately, they're back.
Lawmakers are criticizing $350 billion in the COVID relief bill.
How much money is really going toward COVID relief?
Bureaucrats are paid to stay home if their child is out of school.
The wasteful spending in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill is discussed.
Everyone’s getting rich and the kids aren’t learning.
Is there wasteful spending in the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill?
Air date: March 4, 2021
Adam Andrzejewski joins the discussion on unemployment fraud.
Aired on roughly 200 ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX affiliates of the Sinclair network across...
Dr. Fauci is not only the highest paid doctor in the federal government, but the...
The #1 most highly compensated federal employee is Dr. Anthony Fauci! How is it possible...
Dead people received $871.9 million in mistaken payments.
Dominion Voting Systems was paid $118.3 million to provide election services during...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski joined Bill Cameron on Connected to Chicago...
There are some big numbers showing the federal government spending billions of dollars.
Tax records show more than a dozen of the loan recipients owed a combined $21,000...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski joins Stu Burguiere on Blaze TV to discuss...
Our recent Use-It-Or-Lose-It oversight report details late fiscal year federal spending...
Adam Andrzejewski and special guest Peter Schweiser discuss corruption in the U.S....
"Transparency is great, but where's the impact?"
On July 16, 2020, OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder spoke at Health Tech Austin's Healthcare...
Open The Books CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski hosts an event where he discussed Open...
WASHINGTON (SBG) — They may not enjoy an overall high approval rating, but for members...
Open The Books CEO Adam Andrzejewski explains that Illinois' pension situation is...
Steve Cortes of Fox & Friends discusses our Open The Books findings on Illinois'...
Adam Andrzejewski discusses how taxpayer dollars are used in the World Health Organization.
The CDC, which is America's main line of defense against infectious diseases seem...
The following is adapted from a talk delivered on February 20, 2020, at the Hillsdale...
For the first time in American history, President Trump is including a bold and detailed...
The blueprint for President Donald Trump’s future priorities is now official with...
Open The Books prime time interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News discussing our...
Adam Andrzejewski discusses OpenTheBooks Oversight Report "The Congressional Favor...
Sen. Joni Ernst (IA) credits OpenTheBooks for findings on irresponsible fiscal-year-end...
We are uncovering how some federal agencies are spending your money.
Our auditors found that millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidized loans meant for...
Following the tragedy of the Parkland shooting, Superintendent Runcie took up legislative...
Latest oversight of the SBA reveals misaligned priorities, with hundreds of millions...
Adam Andrzejewski talked about a new report on America’s debt and spending habits.
The top 82 non-profit hospitals grew their combined net assets by nearly 24% last...
We're launching our latest oversight report - "Top 82 U.S. Non-Profit Hospitals:...
We banded the salaries of the top healthcare executives in our recent oversight report.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Segment based on our co-investigation of the...
OpenTheBooks has issued a new report, detailing billions of dollars spent by Fortune...
Adam Andrzejewski discusses our latest oversight report "Federal Funding of Fortune...
We've mapped every reported case of hypodermic needles found on the city streets...
Once a great city of America, San Francisco is facing a dramatic rise in sanitary...
Why are student loan debts exceeding our nation's credit card debt?
Today, San Francisco hosts an estimated homeless population of 7,500 people.
Adam Andrzejewski discusses our latest oversight report "The U.S. Department of Education"...
We are urging the president to wage a nonpartisan war on waste.
OpenTheBooks.com founder Adam Andrzejewski talked about a new report on America’s...
Chowing down on $4.6 million worth of lobster tail and crab in the final month of...
The Epoch Times sits down with Adam to talk about how his work brought about more...
The War on Waste is an initiative of OpenTheBooks (a project of American Transparency)...
With the race for 2020 heating up, what issues mean the most for Americans? We believe...
Wyoming has consistently scored low in transparency. Now the books are finally being...
Controversy surrounds highest paid Illinois school superintendent before his retirement...
Funding federal pensions are a problem for taxpayers.
Hundreds of Chicagoans are cashing in on federal farm subsidy programs originally...
In Illinois, the pension palace is one part of the housing bubble that never burst....
Adam Andrzejewski at the City Club of Chicago
Our Illinois investigation revealed 63,000 six-figure public employees costing taxpayers...
The government is keeping the salary information of more than 250,000 employees secret,...
Adam Andrzejewski explains why WY State Auditor Cynthia Cloud rejected our request...
On January 21, 2018, OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzjewski spoke with a gathering of...
OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzejewski on Fox & Friends to discuss our oversight report...
OpenTheBooks.com CEO and Founder Adam Andrzejewski on After The Bell with David Asman...
Adam Andrzejewski on the Laura Ingraham Show
Adam Andrzejewski, the CEO & Founder of OpenTheBooks.com, presents the lunch lecture...
We hear about the gender gap in private companies all the time, but our report shows...
OpenTheBooks CEO & Founder on C-SPAN Q&A with Brian Lamb. Segment aired on September...
OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzejewski explains how Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has mismanaged...
Great 'Your World w/ Neil Cavuto' FOX segment on our OpenTheBooks.com investigation...
Our CEO Adam Andrzejewski went on One America News to discuss our latest investigation...
Called out the 15 Illinois 'income-tax-hiking' House Republicans on the national...
Our OpenTheBooks.com investigation of the Julius Caesar Parent Company - The New...
Manhattan Institute | April 18, 2017 | New York City Speaker: Adam Andrzejewski,...
Adam Andrzejewski gives insight on the Ivy League financial scorecards.
On March 29, 2017, Special Report with Bret Baier showcased our OpenTheBooks.com...
Money, Power, Politics Show by Craig Patrick aired a four minute segment on our oversight...
The VA's $1.2 million 'Cubed-Rock' Sculpture is NOT an example of "creating a healing...
OpenTheBooks.com CEO Adam Andrzejewski on FOX and Friends this morning discussing...
Has President Obama improved healthcare for veterans?
A new report alleges that the Department of Veterans Affairs spent $20 million between...
WSOC channel 9 in Charlotte, NC captured the reactions of local veterans to the OpenTheBooks.com...
VA's purchase of $20 million on high-end art. Senator Mark Kirk from Illinois demands...
VA Spends Millions on Artwork, Decorations
OpenTheBooks.com found 4.4 billion federal dollars spent in PR spending for to promote...
Adam Andrzejewski addresses the 150 veterans, members of Herscher American Legion...
We found millions of dollars in VA spending on high-end artwork.
Using data from OpenTheBooks.com and our Militarization of America oversight report...
Dr. Tom Coburn, Honorary Chairman of OpenTheBooks.com is the guest on CNBC's Squawk...
An Inspector General report revealed the U.S. State Department spent more than $600,000...
An average salary of more than a $100,000 a year can be found in the federal government.
Our OpenTheBooks Oversight Report found some of the worlds largest advertising firms...
WASHINGTON — Taxpayers are footing the bill for billions of dollars of highly paid...
Host Tucker Carlson and guest Erick Erickson (RedState) discuss our OpenTheBooks...
SBA loans are supposed to help mom-and-pop businesses grow. The taxpayer-backed loans...
Why Does the EPA Need 198 Public Affairs Officers plus millions of dollars in outside...
Bill O'Reilly's - The Factor - covers our exposure of $92.4 million spent by EPA...
Founder of OpenTheBooks.com Adam Andrzejewski describes The Chicago Way - a city...
Recent newspaper headlines point to a perfect storm of entitlement, incompetence,...
CBS5- KPHO-AZ Special Report "Broken Promises" showcases OpenTheBooks.com 1. Director...
Understanding that there is waste in spending isn't that much of a reach, but WHERE...
Rev. Louis Farrakhan received $100's of thousands at his home address in Hyde Park,...
Can innovation stop America's politicians from spending us broke? Adam Andrzejewski...
National Sinclair Media Broadcast Group nightly news story. Played in 30% of country...