Pro Sports Want the Government's Help Taking a Cut of Sports Betting. States Should Say No.
Leagues are lobbying states to institute an "integrity fee" that would entitle them to 1 percent of all the money bet at sportsbooks.
Leagues are lobbying states to institute an "integrity fee" that would entitle them to 1 percent of all the money bet at sportsbooks.
Lawsuit exposes a shady deal in Edgewater, New Jersey.
Trump orders "immediate steps" to save money-losing coal and nuclear power plants.
It's time to end government handouts for corn farmers.
Rental-car companies are facing the same challenges as other established businesses in the internet age. One state lawmaker wants to protect them from change.
Florida man accused of ripping off government agency that rips off taxpayers.
City officials' excuses are getting more and more ridiculous.
Special economic zones can be anything from tools of crony capitalism to seeds of a freer world order.
Virginia's Certificate of Public Need laws drive up costs and limit access to care, but there's little political will for widespread reform or repeal.
Exclusive city-mandated monopolies lead to sky-high prices and crappy service. Who could have predicted it?
Elected officials are like half-soused businessmen chasing a dream in the champagne room. But with your money.
What trade would that be, exactly?
The PRIME Act would fork over millions to one of the world's wealthiest corporations.
How the hell did Brogden, Pennsylvania, and Anderson, Virginia, not make the list?
How an independent regulatory agency is supposed to work
A backwards, protectionist law mandating an obsolete job has been only slightly relaxed.
Several Republicans broke ranks to kill the nomination of Rep. Scott Garrett to head the Export-Import Bank.
Few things are as destructive as Socialism, Communism, Fascism...
Recreational marijuana arrives with a million strings attached.
Payouts to developers are never a win for taxpayers.
Most of the money has gone to a small collection of well-off farms.
The city's housing authority committed to selling $138 million of government land for $17 million.
"There is no free market in the energy industry," says the secretary of energy.
There are no downsides, say proponents.
Ballot initiatives may be permitted to ignore two-thirds vote rule. Prepare for corruption.
Economists say the deal makes little economic sense.
Companies invited to the White House collected nearly $600 million in subsidies, loans, and tax breaks.
The anti-climate change policy included plenty of sweeteners for favored industries.
A city's sad foray into the hotel business
Ridley argues that the champions of markets need to recapture their radicalism.
Loria is determined to squeeze every last dollar out of any fan foolish enough to believe his promises.
Kurt Volker, the McCain Institute's well-connected executive director, has been appointed special representative for Ukraine negotiations.
They must be sick of winning already.
Examining McCain's philanthropic past reveals a long history of personal abuse of nonprofit resources, shady connections, and shoddy work.
From pill theft to cozying up to authoritarians, Trump's pick for U.S. ambassador on human rights has a long history of abusing the system.
U.S. taxpayers lavished over $100 million in government aid on the now insolvent SolarWorld.
Their schemes to bilk taxpayers in the name of development are getting more outrageous.
The city's revival is mainly reviving the pocket books of connected billionaires
The heart of the potential for conflicts of interests is not the Trump business empire. It's the presidential power to steer benefits to particular interests.
HUD program a significant source of corruption and cronyism, and much less about helping the poor
"I'm just going to give a free commercial here: go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online," Conway said, possibly violating federal ethics laws.
Is Donald Trump a crony capitalist? Or is he something worse?
Is it time to dust off the word fascist to describe Donald Trump?
After finding out he's being duped by businesses, the president-elect lashed out at NBC for informing him.