By Yaël Ossowski | September 25, 2015 | Watchdog.org The city of Erie is in desperate times, and a consultant […]
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Erie’s 10-year ‘comprehensive plan’ consultants cost over $100,000
By Yaël Ossowski | September 18, 2015 | Watchdog.org Hoping to leap into the future, Erie will spend over $100,000 […]
‘Vicious political campaigning’ backfired on MO unions
By Yaël Ossowski / September 15, 2015 / Watchdog.org They say it takes extraordinary circumstances to get ordinary people into […]
Onetime supporter says ethics board devolved into ‘lapdog, not a watchdog’
By Yaël Ossowski | September 10th, 2015 | Watchdog.org The effort to reform politics in the city of Tallahassee in […]
National ethics group broke state laws to acquire signatures
By Yaël Ossowski | September 1, 2015 | Watchdog.org Wherever it campaigns for political ethics reform, the activist group Represent.us […]
Anti-corruption group’s ethics boards face ethical problems
By Yaël Ossowski / August 31, 2015 / Watchdog.org Just eight months after it was created to eliminate corruption in […]
Western Pennsylvania school districts brought down by pension debt
By Yaël Ossowski / July 31, 2015 / Watchdog.org A frank assessment from Moody’s rating agency this week has […]
Rand Paul’s ‘Economic Freedom Zone’ a fix for western PA?
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org Rand Paul wants troubled cities declared “Economic Freedom Zones,” with targeted tax cuts and reduced […]
Erie stocks up on prison gear after shootings, but leaves community without answers
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org In 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice awarded Erie, Penn., $600,000 to revitalize its crime-troubled […]
Obama’s ‘girl power’ foreign policy boosts UN aid
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org The U.S. government’s ‘girl power’ foreign policy has been signed into law, boosting support for […]
Welfare program for laid-off workers doesn’t work; renewed anyway
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org A billion-dollar welfare program to help laid-off workers displaced by foreign competition has been saved […]
Deval Patrick’s travel slush fund no longer secret
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org If your governor had a secret travel slush fund worth tens of millions of dollars […]
‘Another sad day for Connecticut’ as $2 billion tax hike set to pass
By Yaël Ossowski / June 1, 2015 / Watchdog.org He once promised to balance Connecticut’s books through spending cuts alone. […]
At education summit, opponents protest success of charter schools in New Orleans
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org Charter schools in New Orleans have enjoyed growing popular support over the years, but at […]
DISH CEO Charlie Ergen flooded GOP with cash while it held FCC
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org Anywhere the wind blows in politics, the money is sure to follow. As for DISH […]
Charles Ergen dished cash to Dems to push FCC special treatment
By Yaël Ossowski / May 11, 2015 / Watchdog.org Dish Network founder and CEO Charles Ergen’s political giving reveals support […]
Despite minority student success, charter school segregation narrative continues
By Yaël Ossowski / April 28, 2015 / Watchdog.org At the recent Education Writers Association national seminar in Chicago, a […]
Advocates claim NC charter school segregation report ‘false and disingenuous’
By Yaël Ossowski / April 21, 2015 / Watchdog.org The charter school community in North Carolina is rising up against […]
Duke researchers use race to attack charter schools
By Yaël Ossowski / April 21, 2015 / Watchdog.org There’s a puzzling charge being lobbed at charter schools in North […]
New Orleans charter schools bring fresh air to devastated city
By Yaël Ossowski / April 16, 2015 / Watchdog.org After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans charter schools are […]