
Subsidized Obama-Phone Program Fraught With Waste & Fraud
A recent report from a CBS affiliate in Denver demonstrated how the government program to give those in need a free cell phone...

$700,000 in Taxpayer Dollars to Pay for an Eyesore...er...Art
Along the MAX tracks in North East Portland, taxpayers get to view art that is being described as "rustic junk that is falling apart"....
Senator Tom Coburn Releases His Annual Government Wastebook--Be Afraid!
Since its inception in 2010, Senator Coburn's annual Wastebook has become a favorite to see where government is wasting our tax dollars....

Centers For Disease Control Give Out Big Bonuses Yet Claim Budget Cuts for Ebola Outbreak
Taxpayers gave $25 million in bonuses to an elite corps of health care specialists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

College Lessons In Free Speech
Apparently, free speech can only be exercised on college campuses in after students completing the necessary steps to do so. That...

Personnel Costs Are Up Despite Staff Reductions In Lake Oswego...wait...what?
Lake Oswego Citizens Action League (LOCAL) is reporting the number of people employed by the City of Lake Oswego increased rapidly during...

Oregon Prosecutors Wire Tap the Defense of Portland's Christmas Tree Bomb Mastermind
Oregonians might remember the Christmas bomb plot, where Mohamed Mohamud attempted to detonate a bomb at the crowded Pioneer Courthouse...

The Golden Hammer Award for Government Waste Goes to the National Institute for Health--With An Oreg
By Drew Johnson - The Washington Times - Thursday, September 11, 2014 -- There’s a whole lot of drinking going on in the name of...
Clark County Commissioner, David Madore, Gives a Fiscally Responsible Bridge Solution to Washington
David Madore talked to Oregon Capitol Watch and gave a great summary of the cost differences between the East County Third Bridge Option...

Petunia Enjoys the State Fair
Petunia, the Pork Detective, spent the weekend at the Oregon State Fair. Her helpers asked fair attendees their thoughts on Cover Oregon....