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Week of Sep 7 – 2026 (day: 13)

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The map — Sep 7 – 2026 (day: 13)

Only this edition's stories. Pick your state; the week's stories near you are stacked by zone.

AlabamaAlaskaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusetts — 1 storyMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansas — 1 storyCaliforniaDelaware — 1 storyDistrict of Columbia — 7 storiesHawaiiIowaKentuckyMaryland — 1 storyMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhio — 1 storyOregonTennesseeUtahVirginia — 1 storyWashingtonWisconsinNebraska — 1 storySouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island1111VTNHMA1RICTNJDE1MD1DC7
Transportation
247 of 247 wrong

State auditors found Nebraska miscalculated special-ed reim…

Contracting
41.3 months

Ohio's fiscal-emergency oversight has averaged 41 months pe…

Fraud
$359,949

Arkansas's pension system self-reported $261,993 in overpay…

Contracting
$2.4M

The trade agency's $2.4 million security contract went unre…

Health
60% late

Mass. DDS touts a fixed timeliness stat, but its most urgen…

Health
Avg. 8 findings

Delaware's auditor found an average of 8 findings per nursi…

Oversight
$304,000

A GPO audit found $304,000 in unsold paper and cloth sittin…

Contracting
$23,112

PRC's own inspector general, 3 months before Congress disso…

Fraud
3 of 9 reports

LoC's inspector general reviewed attack readiness, IT recov…

Labor
-35% Field FTE

NLRB's Regional Office staff fell 35% under nine years of f…

Transportation
6 of 6 open

FMC set itself a Dec. 2025 deadline to fix 6 user-fee-audit…

Benefits
First since 2015

The Library of Congress's FY2025 audit found no internal-co…