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Open the Books CEO John Hart joins Carl Higbie to discuss how DOGE will help curb...
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...
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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...
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...
Paid time off for Clark County employees is so generous that last year, the county...
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...