https://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/taft-25-hill-oil-testing-shutdown-water-board-recordsWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-26T15:10:34-07:00Missed Tests, Leaking Tanks and an Appealed Shutdown: Inside Taft’s 25 Hill Oil Casehttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-pesticide-alerts-spraydays-subscription-gap-2026What's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-26T15:10:34-07:00Kern Helped Launch Pesticide Alerts. Early Records Show 141 Location Subscriptions.https://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/mesa-verde-force-records-video-oversight-2026What's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-26T15:10:34-07:00Mesa Verde Force Records: State Reviewers Could Confirm Video in Only One of Three Caseshttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/delano-hospital-district-roof-cash-borrowing-investigationWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-26T15:10:34-07:00Borrow or Spend Cash? Inside Delano’s $1.5 Million Roof Decisionhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-treasurer-tax-collector-county-cost-transfer-growth-2025-26-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-26T00:41:00-07:00Kern Treasurer Budget Rose 23% as County-Funded Cost More Than Quadrupledhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-county-clerk-budget-payroll-growth-revenue-decline-2025-26-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-26T00:41:00-07:00Kern County Clerk Budget Grew 77% as Payroll Nearly Doubledhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-recorder-budget-services-transfer-growth-2025-26-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-26T00:41:00-07:00Kern Recorder Budget Rose 26% as Services and Transfers Drove Growthhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-planning-payroll-services-shift-2025-26-budget-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-26T00:41:00-07:00Kern Planning Payroll Rose 28% While Services Fell 21%https://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-agriculture-measurement-standards-revenue-county-cost-2025-26-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-26T00:41:00-07:00Kern Agriculture Department Revenue Fell as County Cost Nearly Quadrupledhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/federal-tax-fraud-estimate-range-irs-strategy-gao-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-26T00:41:00-07:00Federal Tax-Fraud Estimate Spans $188 Billion as IRS Lacks an Agencywide Strategyhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/navy-shipyard-rebuild-cost-timeline-oversight-gao-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-26T00:41:00-07:00Navy’s Four-Shipyard Rebuild Could Run Past 2076 and Exceed $200 Billionhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/freely-associated-states-veterans-health-authority-timeline-gao-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-26T00:41:00-07:00VA Reversed Course on Pacific Veterans’ Care—but Gave No Implementation Timelinehttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/drug-scheduling-hhs-review-share-policy-gaps-gao-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-26T00:41:00-07:00HHS Review Was Required for Fewer Than Half of 208 Drug-Scheduling Actionshttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/va-dental-eligibility-growth-heart-disease-expansion-gao-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-26T00:41:00-07:00VA Dental Eligibility Grew 70%; Heart-Disease Expansion Could Add 620,000 Veteranshttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/politics/senate-rejects-iran-war-powers-resolution-49-50-2026What's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-25T04:15:00-07:00Senate Rejects Iran War-Powers Resolution 49–50; the House Measure Stops Herehttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/politics/doj-fifty-school-desegregation-cases-announcement-missing-dockets-2026What's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-25T04:15:00-07:00DOJ Says It Ended More Than 50 School Desegregation Cases—but Does Not Name Themhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-auditor-controller-budget-county-cost-doubles-2025-26-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-25T01:20:00-07:00Kern Auditor-Controller Budget Rose 76% as County Cost More Than Doubledhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-assessor-budget-county-funded-cost-growth-2025-26-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-25T01:20:00-07:00Kern Assessor Budget Grew 34% as County-Funded Cost Rose 41%https://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-information-technology-budget-growth-zero-capital-2025-26-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-25T01:20:00-07:00Kern IT Budget Added $6.4 Million While Capital Fell to Zerohttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-child-support-budget-other-charges-growth-2025-26-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-25T01:20:00-07:00Kern Child Support Budget Grew 14% as Other Charges Doubledhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-aging-adult-services-financing-shift-2025-26-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-25T01:20:00-07:00Kern Aging Services Shifted $2.1 Million Toward Financing Sources as Federal and State Revenue Fellhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/fema-bric-subgrant-closeout-pending-funds-gao-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-25T01:20:00-07:00Only 3% of Awarded FEMA Resilience Subgrants Had Reached Closeouthttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/contraceptive-coverage-market-exams-noncompliance-gao-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-25T01:20:00-07:00CMS Found Contraceptive-Coverage Problems in 3 of 5 Market Examshttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/maternal-mortality-review-implementation-tracking-gao-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-25T01:20:00-07:00Nine of Ten Maternal-Death Committees Struggled to Track Whether Recommendations Were Implementedhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/federal-judiciary-office-space-occupancy-data-gao-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-25T01:20:00-07:00Judiciary Paid for 12.2 Million Square Feet Without Measuring Occupancyhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/ice-detention-warehouse-purchases-resale-cost-gao-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-09-25T01:20:00-07:00ICE Plans to Sell 64% of Warehouses Bought for Detention