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

National Science Foundation grant pays to put a shrimp on a treadmill click here for more

More than $800,000 in federal transportation grant money directed towards the construction of a railroad museum in Tennessee click here for more

 
$150,000 federal grant will pay to carry out the first state-wide census of Vermont’s barns click here for more

New York road project that received a $4 million congressional earmark may have stalled for good click here for more

Florida’s Marco Island City Manager is thankful for government grants that help pay for his local wish list, like bike paths and streetscape improvements click here for more

With federal grants that “don’t cost anything” for localities, “the size and cost of local and state governments grows” click here for more

Spat between Illinois Congressman and local officials over how to spend $2.3 million earmark click here for more

$500,000 Federal Highway Administration grant will pay to restore the façade of an opera house in Michigan click here for more

Investigation reveals biotech executive misspent $7.5 million grant from National Institutes of Health intended for cancer research click here for more

National Science Foundation grant used fund a five-year personal shopping spree, paying for foosball tables, a watercraft, a popcorn machine, a wide-screen TV and football tickets, and 3,800 other items valued at more than $316,000 click here for more

National Science Foundation pays for researcher’s Central America junkets to collect ants click here for more 

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