| September 15, 2022 In April 1977, Sen. William Proxmire gave The Smithsonian Institution a Golden Fleece Award for spending $89,000 — $435,124 in 2022 dollars — to create a dictionary of Tzotzil, an obscure and unwritten Mayan... |
| September 14, 2022 In Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed 2022 budget, she offered each of the city’s 50 alderman a $100,000 sweetener to spend in their wards almost any way they want, The Chicago Tribune reported. The... |
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