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Scrutiny Grows as U.S. Pays Staffers’ Student Loans – Wall Street Journal
The federal government is paying back $60 million dollars in employees student loans, up at least $40 million from 2002, something rarely practiced in the private sector.
700 NYC teachers are paid to do nothing – Associated Press
700 NYC teachers, waiting for disciplinary hearings, are paid their full salaries of up to $70,000 while sitting in off campus office space. This practice wastes around $65 million a year.
States’ stimulus czars have varied duties and salaries – The Denver Post
Some states have created stimulus czar positions to oversee stimulus money distribution. Some of these positions earn as much as $175,000 a year.
Executives draw huge salaries at L.A. nonprofit drug treatment center – LA Times
Taxpayer funded drug treatment center executives are accruing huge salaries as high as $400,000, a level not comparable to county medical executives.
Buffalo council members seek audit of city’s anti-poverty programs – The Buffalo News
Five Buffalo lawmakers have requested that the federal government conduct an audit of Buffalo’s anti-poverty programs among allegations that grant money was misspent.
AEP, Southern Withdraw From FutureGen Coal Project – Bloomberg
The largest producer of coal in the US have withdrawn from a federally sponsored clean coal project that cost $1.1 billion.
Grand jury indicts 65 in Ariz. fraud scheme – Associated Press
An Arizona woman recruited 136 people to defraud the government of $540,000 in student aid money.
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