the pork report -- how Washington politicians, bureaucrats, and lobbyists are spending your tax dollars

School district’s $22,000 federally funded attempt to feed kids fresh fruit results in an outbreak of rashes click here for more

Pentagon program designed to show public support for troops in war zones misspent about $9 million on “questionable” public-relations activity, including salaries for program managers ranging from $312,821 to $662,691 click here for more

The Pentagon spent more than $1 billion developing a vehicle that is overweight, sprung leaks and constantly broke down click here for more

Some 170 lobbyists for public colleges and universities hold conference in San Diego to discuss how to protect their institutions from budget cuts click here for more

New Jersey received $746,739 from the Federal Highway Administration’s Recreational Trails Program and another $300,000 was set aside for trails for off-road vehicles, like all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes click here for more

The Odyssey Dance Theatre and its artistic director owe the IRS nearly $700,000 in back taxes and penalties, but that has not prevented the company from receiving roughly the same amount in public arts funding over the past decade click here for more

$15,000 spent to provide voice mail for the homeless and other ways the federal government wasted your tax dollars in 2008 click here for more

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pursue visitors’ center at a fish hatchery at the same time it reported that it would face a $2.5 billion shortfall click here for more

Muralist who received $5,000 to do two murals with federal funds says his work should have cost $250,000 click here for more

Minnesota bike center costs U.S. taxpayers thousand of dollars click here for more

Federal grant pays to hire a parking consultant for Newburyport, Massachusetts click here for more

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