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Editor’s Note: This story first appeared on Armchair Lehigh Valley and is being published on themorningcall.com as part of a partnership with the website, which aims to give voters factual information ...

Taxpayer-funded settlements have soared more than 500% in two decades, with most cases resolved behind closed doors. LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia says he wants to keep close ...

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis residents concerned about wasteful spending at City Hall have filed a lawsuit, accusing the city’s elections board of blocking efforts to bring in the Missouri state auditor. The ...

An attorney hired by the Arkansas Board of Corrections to handle a lawsuit against Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is owed more than $200,000, a state audit concluded, because the board has no way to pay ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Five California correctional officers who were accused of sexually assaulting incarcerated people over the last dozen years remain employed by the state, according to a new audit ...

Five California correctional officers who were accused of sexually assaulting incarcerated people over the last dozen years remain employed by the state, according to a new audit from the state ...