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Vermont never audited nearly billion-dollar water project despite legal requirement
Original: NEW: Despite a legal requirement to do so, Vermont never audited a water project that’s cost nearly a billion. “I find i
Reporting by ProPublica finds that Vermont failed to audit a water project costing nearly a billion dollars, despite a legal requirement to do so. A former state lawmaker expressed astonishment, saying it is amazing the audit was never carried out and that legislators did not hold officials accountable. The report is drawing criticism of state oversight and raises questions about how such spending went unexamined for so long.
Why now: New investigative reporting has revealed a major state oversight failure on a huge public spending project.
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- NEW: Despite a legal requirement to do so, Vermont never audited a water project that’s cost nearly a billion. “I find it amazing that they haven’t done the audit and that somebody in the legislature did not hold them to account,” said a former lawmaker. https://www.… · ProPublica@newsie.social · 73
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