Discover historical and modern examples of pork barrel politics in the U.S., from Alaska's Bridge to Nowhere to Boston's Big ...

A record level of parochial pork-barrel spending in Florida’s new $117.5 billion state budget shows that the annual practice of paying for thousands of “member projects” is out of hand. Florida ...

President Elon Musk and Vice President Donald Trump have promised to “rein in out-of-control federal spending and reshape a lazy workforce.” The nonprofit Citizens Against Government Waste has ...

RALEIGH — I acknowledge that one politician’s “wasteful spending” may be another politician’s “strategic investment.” Still, I suspect state Sen. Phil Berger got it right when he blamed the slow start ...

WASHINGTON -- After seven record-breaking years in a row, the number and cost of so-called pork barrel projects is way down, thanks to voter outrage and a one-year moratorium imposed by Democrats ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RALEIGH — I acknowledge that one politician’s “wasteful spending” may be another politician’s “strategic investment.” Still, I ...