Accounting and Auditing

For my Sunday print column, I wrote about the Broward County commission buying the Panthers a fancy new $4.2 million scoreboard, and the overall imbalance of the arena deal halfway through its 30-year life. The county built the $191 million arena for...

Less than half of the money that the state has spent from its road fund in the last two years actually went to pay for direct construction costs, according to a report issued Tuesday. The majority of payments in fiscal 2012 and 2011 went to cover...

This post has been corrected, as explained below. The Los Angeles city controller doesn't have any actual power over the modernization plans of Los Angeles World Airports or over whether a runway is moved at Los Angeles International Airport....

Now that the Dolphins’ request for public money to renovate their private stadium has been shot down, team officials have hinted they would be open to moving to some imagined new home in Palm Beach County. Like I always say in these situations,...

Early voting for Aberdeen's two City Council races begins Monday at the Brown County Auditor's Office. Sample ballots are already available.  Early voting can be done between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The auditor's office is in the Brown County Courthouse...

 PIERRE — When the state Department of Legislative Audit finished examining his department for 2012, Revenue Secretary Andy Gerlach knew he needed changes.  The audit uncovered mistakes involving millions of dollars in banking taxes....

The Maryland Tax Court has frequently failed to rule on residential property assessment cases as promptly as the law requires, according to a state audit made public Thursday. The court, which hears appeals in cases involving state and local taxes, must...

* Intenta sacudirse reputación del banco más secreto del mundo * Banco contratará una empresa internacional de auditorías Por Philip Pullella CIUDAD DEL VATICANO, 16 may (Reuters) - El Banco Vaticano, epicentro de escándalos durante décadas, va a...

Four candidates are vying for one open seat in the Guilford Township Supervisors race. Republicans Chris A. Bender, Ted Bittinger, Mark A. Bumbaugh and Donald C. Clapper are running in the May 21 election to secure the open, six-year term. There are no...

Several legislators and education lobbyists made clear Tuesday they don’t think Teach For America should have received $250,000 from the Legislature for the coming school year.  James Curran, the national nonprofit organization’s executive...

Betty Larson Casey, a former state auditor who lived in Gettysburg, died Sunday in Rapid City, according to a news release from the state. Larson, 80, served as state auditor from 1961 through 1963. She died at Hospice of the Hills, according to the...

A San Fernando Valley jeweler agreed to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge and return nearly $1.3 million in stock-trading gains he made from allegedly illegal tips provided by a former partner at accounting giant KPMG. Bryan Shaw, 52, of Lake Sherwood...