By Steve Miller | Texas Watchdog   The scathing report detailing the payments of U.S. Congress members to families was a gift to Robert “Beto” O’Rourke, a former El Paso city council member and Democratic challenger to U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes in the far West Texas 16th congressional district. 

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent

HARRISBURG — Eight Pennsylvania entities that received more than $10 million in federal stimulus money failed to complete mandatory quarterly reports showing how the money was spent.

  By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter MADISON — Maybe they're not partial to prison food. A new state Legislative Audit Bureau report finds use of the state’s FoodShare Wisconsin program has more than doubled in less than a decade, to 1.1 million last year.

By Kirsten Adshead and Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter MADISON — If political news releases are to be believed, Wisconsin's economy may be in bad hands come this summer, no matter who wins the June 5 gubernatorial recall election.

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent

HARRISBURG — State Rep. Rick Geist, R-Blair, lost Tuesday’s Republican primary election, but the 17-term incumbent might not be finished just yet.