A nonpartisan audit released Wednesday called on Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to be more transparent about how he distributes billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds.

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The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday overrode County Executive Chris Abele’s veto of a proposed county government audit.

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Milwaukee County will seek an external audit of the County Board and county executive departments in hopes of identifying any areas of overlap that can be trimmed.

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The repeated renewal of no-bid contracts for two retired Milwaukee assessors has raised a call to audit the city's sole-source records.

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By Marie Rohde The cost of a project to maximize efficiency at the Jones Island Wastewater Treatment Plant has in five years mushroomed from about $105 million to more than $144 million. Despite more than a 38 percent increase in ...

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By Paul Snyder A safety audit of Milwaukee County buildings in the wake of a deadly collapse at the O’Donnell Park parking garage could take too long, said County Executive Scott Walker. “I’m not against an audit,” Walker said Tuesday. ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin spent more than $1.5 billion in federal stimulus funding in the budget year that ended June 30, according to an audit report released Thursday. The funding included $572 million for expanded unemployment benefits, $552 million ...

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By Hope Yen AP Writer Washington — Were those pricey Super Bowl ads a waste? Maybe not, but paying $3 million to census employees who didn’t do any work surely was. The Census Bureau, a month away from its 2010 ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] Federal safety inspectors are ready to crack down on contractors who fail to keep records of worker injuries. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is drafting rules that make record-keeping audits an agency priority, and builders should ...

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Kimberly Hefling AP Writer Washington — Projects in some of the nation’s poorest areas don’t appear to be getting a fair shake in the spending of $787 billion in stimulus funds, the chairman of the House oversight committee said Wednesday. ...

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