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$127M was spent just studying and countering Covid-related speech.
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....
President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, and a likely GOP trifecta, will give him...
"Equity" concept appears 829 times in Department's 2025 budget request, reaching...
Former longtime Comms. Director for Sen. Coburn helped create architecture of the...
“We could find no other cases of a former federal employee receiving this level of...
Dr. Anthony Fauci was granted $15 million in taxpayer-funded security as a private...
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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...
OpenTheBooks uncovers unprecedented agreement with U.S. Marshals.
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...
Indicted Mayor Eric Adams and 13 of his mostly now former top aides ensnared in corruption...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams became the first sitting NYC mayor to be indicted when he was...
Fully remote work lives on among federal workers, and it’s costing taxpayers.
CHICAGO — Following the passing of OpenTheBooks Founder & CEO Adam Andrzejewski,...
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...
Following months of campus upheaval, we examined $283M in foreign studies grants.
The Department of Education has granted millions of dollars in funding to university...
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...
Open the Books was founded in 2011 on a simple principle: Taxpayers deserve to know...
A loss of over $7,500 tax dollars every SECOND in 2023!
The federal government spends hundreds of billions of dollars on improper payments...
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...
Improper payments include administrative errors and overpayments, but could miss...
If current trends persist, the Biden-Harris administration will have made over $1...
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...
Both sides negotiating a legal settlement had ties to the Walz administration, sidestepping...
Exposing the Secret $2 Billion Big Pharma Kickback Complex at the National Institutes...
OpenTheBooks.com caps a years-long NIH investigation with new findings, progress...
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...
As we checked for pay-to-play, Chauvin’s prosecutor, Carter-Mondale kin, and trans...
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...
Congress gave $350 billion to states and local governments to combat the Covid-19...
Law enforcement agencies in the Las Vegas area may be busy writing traffic tickets,...
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...
A rule requiring the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to publish annual reports...
How Congress Saved Taxpayers $670 billion with 1,341 Cuts to Programs Since 2011
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...
Democrats 'save democracy' by hiding their candidate from public view.
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...
OpenTheBooks, citing payroll records, says as of March 31, 2024, only four of the...
According to government watchdog organization OpenTheBooks.com, Vice President Kamala...
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,...
Behind the recent public self-branding of Harris as a kindly, jovial 'Momala', she...
A strong politician in some ways, but also deeply flawed. Now, she's ours.
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...
California schools are about to be overrun with woodland animals, pets, vampires,...
The office of Vice President Kamala Harris experienced a turnover rate higher than...
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,...
Scientists and stakeholders around the country are commending U.S. Senator Rand Paul...
The Supreme Court recently sided with states like Nevada that have laws banning people...
DoDEA dismantled its DEI department, dispersing workers to 'less public roles.'
The Secret Push to Institute Radical DEI Curriculums within the Pentagon's K-12 Public...
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...
However, since 2021, only 127 of President Joe Biden’s initial 560 White House employees...
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...
2021-2024
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...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), ranking member, cites our statement!
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...
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After following the money on Dr. Fauci and the National Institutes of Health, we...
NIH covered up longtime payment scheme. We sued twice in federal court. We are winning....
During the pandemic, the American people started to feel that Big Government was...
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.
Federal bureaucrats are purposefully stonewalling the American people’s right to...
Federal agencies under Dr. Anthony Fauci’s leadership received hundreds of millions...
Anthony Fauci heads to Capitol Hill Monday to testify before the House Select Subcommittee...
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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...
A new report reveals a diversity apparatus of shocking size.
It’s a massive complex dedicated to the neo-Marxist agenda.
Plus, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and others gave $1 billion to the university in foreign...
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We believe it's the most important public policy innovation in U.S. history. It's...
Foreign Gifts to U.S. Higher Education
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...
Paid time off for Clark County employees is so generous that last year, the county...
Some of the nation’s top universities have received about $10 million from the “State...
Several elite universities received donations from a foundation in the “State of...
Slowly but surely, the diversity, equity and inclusion movement is dying.
Harvard University and Brown University collected more than $2 million combined from...
Troubling grants and contracts classified in the federal database funded anti-Israel...
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.
Just before law enforcement moved to dismantle an anti-Israel encampment Thursday...
Taxpayers are funding Ivy League schools such as Columbia University, which is currently...
More than $7B in taxpayer money has been given to schools that have fostered anti-Israel...
Americans are watching in horror as thousands of real students led like sheep by...
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...
Government employees should disclose who is paying them royalties.
Outraged lawmakers are demanding answers about American tax dollars going to firms...
The Pentagon’s watchdog agency will audit more than $50 million in grants the US...
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...
Everyday, we highlight one quick, blood-boiling example of taxpayer abuse at the...
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...
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Tuesday announced new findings in his research on COVID-19...
House Republicans opened the earmark door with a secret caucus vote three years ago....
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...
The "fiscal conservative" earmarks dwarfed the $224 million from The Squad.
Conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus requested nearly $1 billion in pork-barrel...
If anything should finally force a public up-or-down vote on earmarks, it’s the haul...
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...
OpenTheBooks found that Congress’ far-left “Squad” has secured $224 million in earmark...
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...
University spokesperson Brian Coy misled national media about how much DEI was costing...
The revelation this month that the University of Virginia has been spending $20 million...
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...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Stakeholders and organizations are applauding U.S. Senator Rand...
The University of Florida recently announced it would end the diversity, equity,...
Sunshine Week is all about transparency in government.
Optional language in Rhode Island DEI bill is a ruse, given state's use of guidance...
“The University of Virginia (UVA) has at least 235 employees under its ‘diversity,...
Vote-buying schemes have defined the Democrat party ever since FDR’s “chicken in...
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...
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Controversial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs are coming under intense...
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The University of Virginia’s sprawling efforts to expand the left-wing diversity,...
It takes tuition payments from nearly 1,000 undergraduates just to pay their base...
Known as ‘The Squad,’ a group of progressive- democratic socialists in Congress have...
UVA FOIA production.
It’s the report that no one in Washington D.C. wants to talk about.
Medicare and Social Security are facing a substantial underfunding crisis, amounting...
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...
The federal government spent $8.5 million of your money on producing dozens of podcasts...
It’s big business. And funding episodes on erotic ecologies, queer farming, trans...
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...
With the recent debut of Comptroller Bill Henry’s Baltimore City Open Checkbook website,...
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...
Extreme curriculum being taught to the 70,000 children of service members.
Department of Defense’s first-ever diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) education...
DODEA can’t seem to shake the agency’s culture of secrecy and deception, according...
DoDEA has deeply betrayed the trust of the American people, and more importantly,...
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...
Among the many burdens that skyrocketing illegal immigration forces upon American...
Metro Nashville awards millions of dollars to nonprofits that provide community services....
Twenty-three non-compliant charities are still receiving public funding despite not...
WASHINGTON (CITC) — The Pentagon is continuing to covertly include elements of diversity,...
City records reveal that millions of tax dollars are being funneled to Baltimore...
GOP Senators blocked a hidden migration bailout for the Democrats’ sanctuary cities...
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...
Biden Administration re-started Palestinian aid by pumping $1.2 billion through the...
OpenTheBooks.com report details a billion tax dollars sent to UN agency whose employees...
We revealed and broke down the cost of the illegal immigration crisis at the southern...
PHOENIX (TND) — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., has reportedly spent more than $200,000...
Sen. Joni Ernst & Rep. Mike Gallagher are demanding the Defense Department’s inspector...
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...
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst drafted and championed the China Audit, quantifying taxpayer...
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...
An all-time high in illegal entrants at the border creates all-time surge in taxpayer...
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...
A private Texas high-speed rail venture is resurrected from the dead by the feds.
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....
Biden spent six times more on "sue and settle" fees than Trump in their first years.
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,...
An influential liberal dark money group propping up anti-Israel activism across the...
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!...
OpenTheBooks was cited in Sen. Rand Paul's 2023 waste report!
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...
A federal jury convicted a former Atlanta assistant city attorney Wednesday for defrauding...
There's no public purpose for this six-figure grant being underwritten by the American...
Colleges and universities need to step up and ensure the safety of their students...
The situation should make taxpayers wonder.
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...
In 2022 and 2023, case reports of human waste in the public way spiked to all-time...
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...
The U.S. tax code and federal contracts swell the coffers of wealthy Ivy League universities...
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...
2008-2023 San Francisco Human Waste Reporting
Pushed harmful teen sex and suicide messaging – even on episodes aired during the...
Our Covid Aid Waste Compendium oversight report quantifies the waste, fraud, and...
Quantifying waste, fraud, and misallocation of taxpayer resources in response to...
Baltimore's Safe Streets program has not been transparent. They've redacted names...
Columbia and Stanford have pulled in billions in federal grants and contracts in...
Voters are expressing concern about the lack of current border control under President...
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...
Stanford, Northwestern and the Ivy League universities have collected a combined...
Quantifying U.S. Taxpayer Subsidies, Tax-Breaks, And Federal Payments Into The Ivy...
Some private universities receive more from the government than they net in tuition...
The lawmakers want to know more about the agency's settlements with environmental...
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. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) proposes Amendment No. 15, which would strike all funding...
Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) cites our work and proposes increased funding for the...
Elite universities have seen an increase in anti-Semitic incidents. Because of this,...
Israel received $6.6 billion for defense. Another 17 countries split $14 billion...
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...
OpenTheBooks.com is applauding the Senate for approving two amendments Tuesday as...
Senate Approves Ernst Amendment to Take Attendance at Government Agencies and Examine...
Since 1984, the U.S. listed Iran as a "state sponsor of terror." So, why was Biden...
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...
We revealed 100 pages of evidence that UNRWA schools taught hate toward Jewish people,...
President Biden sent $1 BILLION in U.S.-Palestinian aid (YOUR taxpayer dollars)....
U.S. Mideast peace negotiators felt that freezing aid to Palestinians was disrespectful....
Restoring earmarks in today's Congress would be like opening a bar tab for a bunch...
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...
While Congress is busy playing musical chairs with the House speaker’s position,...
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...
The Department of Defense spent $1.2 billion on furniture between 2020 and 2022,...
Amtrak, the national passenger railroad company of the U.S., is hiding the salaries...
The federal government dropped $3.3 billion on new office furniture as the vast majority...
Federal budgeters kept up with pre-pandemic spending to deck out office spaces during...
While office space was shuttered and employees were paid to work from home, federal...
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...
In 2022, their president made $593,000. Debra L. McCurdy, Ph.D. was the second most...
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...
President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency has spent millions in taxpayer...
A video from the nonprofit Gender Spectrum trains K–12 schools to help students explore...
Former White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and his wife, Christine...
“You’re on a gender journey” – California K-12 schools teach students that genders...
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...
Should taxpayers pick up the cost of maintaining mostly empty buildings in Washington?
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...
Since 1980, the national debt of USA skyrocketed from less than $1 trillion to nearly...
Lawmakers also highlighted that 'the OpenTheBooks report found that at least 59 payments...
Hawaiian Residents are questioning the $500M in earmarks congressional Hawaiian lawmakers...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski recaps our biggest findings when it comes...
The taxpayer paid sabbatical of the new city manager, the nearly 100,000 parking...
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...
Anthony Fauci Provided Cover For $325 Million In Third-Party Royalties Paid In Secret...
During the pandemic, some Americans wondered just how close the federal government...
National Institutes of Health scientists raked in more than $325 million in royalties...
Longtime directors of NIH and its National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...
A list of Hawaii State Employees salaries by year, agency and employee.
Opening the books on Austin Independent School District's 2023-2024 budget. At the...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) received approximately $325 million in royalty...
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...
Drug makers in 31 foreign countries, including China, Russia, and Belarus, paid hundreds...
EXCLUSIVE — The Environmental Protection Agency in Joe Biden's first two years as...
Earmarks bypass the regular budgeting process in Congress.
Red flags on alleged money laundering, misused funds, no transparency on federal...
Big-Pharma, Chinese and Russian companies, and nefarious characters from around the...
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 are taxpayer dollars flowing to adversarial nations?
Why OpenTheBooks supports Senator Rand Paul’s amendment.
The American people deserve to see who's "in" and who's "out" on earmarks. No secrets.
OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzejewski joined Maria Bartiromo to discuss EPA funding...
Quantifying agency operations during fiscal years 2018-2022.
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...
When there’s a glimmer good news contra this mess, it’s worth taking a pause to acknowledge...
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...
Seven of the top 10 lawmakers who used earmarks recently are Senate Republicans,...
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...
Bidenomics Hits the White House Payroll.
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...
Sen. Joni Ernst and OpenTheBooks.com: Your tax dollars are trickling down to everything...
Founder and CEO of OpenTheBooks.com Adam Andrzejewski sheds light on some of the...