- Making News: LA County Losing Millions Annually to CalWORKs Fraud
The Los Angeles County Grand Jury says fraud in public child-care system could be costing taxpayers a half-billion dollars a year. The Grand Jury called CalWORKs "an ATM for thieves." District Attorney Steve Cooley, who helps to set the Grand Jury's agenda, has more on the accusations as well as some solutions. - Reporter's Notebook: Celebrating Our Interstate Highways
America's first interstate highway was begun in Missouri after the Federal-Aid Highway Act that started it all was signed by President Dwight Eisenhower on this day, June 29, 1956. Today, a convoy arrived in Washington, DC, after starting in San Francisco, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our interstate highway system. Aboard was Merrill Eisenhower Atwater, the great grandson of the President.
California Work Opportunities and Responsibilities to Kids (CalWORKs)
LA County 2005-2006 Civil Grand Jury Report
Cooley on Grand Jury report about loss of taxpayer dollars to child care fraud
California Air Resources Board on Zero-Emission Vehicles Program
Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways