A new investigation reveals that U.S. Senate office spending soared by 43% since 2020, covering staff salaries, travel, and other expenses. The biggest jumps in 2022 and the last fiscal year highlight both the rising cost of operations and lawmakers’ budgetary decisions.

Kentucky’s single-bid asphalt contracts may be wasting public funds, warns a recent opinion piece. Andrew McNeill of Kentucky Lantern urges Transportation Secretary Jim Gray to revisit the lessons of the 1994 Courier Journal series on “blacktop monopolies” before history repeats itself.