GOP-Ordered Audits Find Wisconsin Universities, State Agencies Failed To Track DEI Spending
The Wisconsin Department of Legislative Audit has found that multiple state agencies and the University of Wisconsin (UW) system were unable to track millions of dollars in spending for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Legislative Audit Bureau has released the report 25-05 I’ll report that 25-06 April 11th. The report found that several state […]
FACT CHECK: Claim That DOGE Has Scheduled Congressional Audits For Warren, Raskin, And Crockett Is Satire
Posts Share on Facebook The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) claims it is scheduled to conduct a Congressional audit of Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jamie Ruskin (D-MD), and Jasmine Crockett (D-TX). Verdict: False The claim is false and originally derived from a February 24 post shared by America’s Last Line of Defense, a satirical Facebook […]
AZ lawmakers want tougher audits after Santa Cruz County embezzlement
Former Santa Cruz County Treasurer refuses media questions after court Elizabeth Guffer faces three federal felony charges stemming from a decade-long complaint of embezzling nearly $40 million from Santa Cruz County. Rep. Matt Gress is proposing legislation that would increase the oversight of county treasurers after a former treasurer pleaded guilty to embezzlement of nearly […]
City staff propose additional STR rules, permits, audits
Teresa Arthur, City of Sedona’s short-term rental specialist, will report to the Sedona City Council on the success of Sedona’s STR permit program and strengthen regulation of STR within city limits during a Priority Retreat on December 12th. The outline of the plan was explained. “Short-term rental growth has been pretty flat since we started […]
CHAD ENNIS: Post-Election Audits Should Be The Norm For Every State. Here’s Why
As the old saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” as I know myself. You can get more than an ounce of prevention by participating in a post-election process audit. It's much easier to fix process problems early on, before they explode and become problems that require litigation or other […]
Cochise County ballot hand-count case could affect future election audits
Drake Presto/Cronkite News Elections workers collect ballots after passing the ballot counting machine at the Maricopa County Counting and Elections Center on November 10, 2022. An attorney told a panel of the Arizona Court of Appeals that the increased number of early voters was confusing. A state appeals court Tuesday heard arguments about Cochise County’s […]
Hand-count audits find no problems with Arizona ballot tabulators
hand count Audit of November Election Results Twelve Arizona counties had no issues with their electronic ballot counting systems, but three counties did not conduct post-election audits as required by law. State law requires counties to count partial moves on ballots after each election. Representatives of each approved political party in the county randomly select […]
