# The Center Square Newsletters

> Fact-based reporting on what government costs, how it works, and who benefits.

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## Posts
- [Weekly Brief: The issue Democrats and Republicans agree on](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-the-issue-democrats-and-republicans-agree-on): Plus: Whitmer’s $200,000 Asia trip and Georgia’s spy truck handoff
- [Weekly Brief: What 2,527 voters said about democratic socialists](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-what-2-527-voters-said-about-democratic-socialists): Plus: Federal gun rules shift and twelve Illinois counties vote on splitting
- [$639,000 spent. Now a bill is being drafted.](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/639-000-spent-now-a-bill-is-being-drafted): After our reporting, a Georgia lawmaker started drafting a transparency bill.
- [Weekly Brief: Five governors’ offices. One response.](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-five-governors-offices-one-response): Plus: Seattle's vanishing jobs and a milk aisle pricing mystery
- [Weekly Brief: Who stops $304 billion in tax fraud?](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-who-stops-304-billion-in-tax-fraud): Plus: Three states move on fuel taxes and Maryland's $1.3 million legal bills
- [Where are your education dollars really going?](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/where-are-your-education-dollars-really-going): Taxpayers spent $1 trillion on public education in 2024. The Center Square is tracking what that pays for.
- [Weekly Brief: Why 3 states reined in data centers](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-why-3-states-reined-in-data-centers): Plus: Georgia's foster care costs jumped $71.1 million and Missouri's map is back on for November
- [Weekly Brief: Trump demanded cuts. The Fed voted 12-0](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-trump-demanded-cuts-the-fed-voted-12-0): Plus: Record $6.06 diesel and New York's fight over green cards
- [Weekly Brief: What $1 trillion bought after 9/11](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-what-1-trillion-bought-after-9-11): Plus: Pennsylvania data center NDAs and the Supreme Court's Missouri map ruling
- [The poll that highlights your voice](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/the-poll-that-highlights-your-voice): Your support made national polling possible, centered on the issues that matter most to voters.
- [Weekly Brief: Why taxpayers in 44 states could be on the hook](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-why-taxpayers-in-44-states-could-be-on-the-hook): Plus: A judge strikes down New York's climate superfund law and federal agents seize Chinese hacking tools in San Diego
- [Weekly Brief: The concern most voters agree on](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-the-concern-most-voters-agree-on): Plus: SpaceX's $100 billion Louisiana bet and cities scale back Flock cameras
- [The $347 million California doesn't cap](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/the-347-million-california-doesn-t-cap): Newsom asked. Donors gave. Our investigation found what they wanted from the state. 
- [Weekly Brief: Inside the political spending of America’s teacher unions](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-inside-the-political-spending-of-america-s-teacher-unions): Plus: A data center U-turn in Pennsylvania and Meta's trial over child safety
- [Weekly Brief: Where did $319 billion in tax dollars go?](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-where-did-319-billion-in-tax-dollars-go): Plus: Meta shields Louisiana records and and Illinois' vaccine defiance
- [A story we almost couldn't tell](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/a-story-we-almost-couldn-t-tell): Our investigative unit uncovered the plan buried in almost entirely redacted records.
- [Weekly Brief: 22 AGs coordinated on Trump](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-22-ags-coordinated-on-trump): Plus: A Michigan Senate upset and Newsom's $347 million donor network
- [Apple News: Another way to get The Center Square content](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/apple-news-another-way-to-get-the-center-square-content): Accountability reporting, even more accessible.
- [Weekly Brief: Swing states set up fight for Congress](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-swing-states-set-up-fight-for-congress): Plus: Illinois' $47M phone ban and and Fauci's contempt vote
- [Weekly Brief: $1B Medicaid freeze hits 2 states](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-1b-medicaid-freeze-hits-2-states): Plus: WA budget up 230%, a 14-state grid order, and Mamdani's reversal
- [Meet The States, your new weekday briefing on YouTube](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/meet-the-states-your-new-weekday-briefing-on-youtube): Host Greg Bishop follows the records, the spending, and the decisions made on your behalf. Weekdays on YouTube.
- [Weekly Brief: The $1.8 trillion student loan question](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-the-1-8-trillion-student-loan-question): Plus: A Senate race tightening in North Carolina and Pennsylvania's $50.8 billion budget
- [$42 billion in Medicaid spending. A reporter followed it. Congress responded.](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/42-billion-in-medicaid-spending-a-reporter-followed-it-congress-responded): The U.S. House cited our reporting in a formal oversight inquiry. 
- [Weekly Brief: Who's checking on daycare money?](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/weekly-brief-who-s-checking-on-daycare-money): Plus: Feds buy California detention centers and Wisconsin's Microsoft data center lawsuit
- [The foundation behind The Center Square has a new home](https://newsletters.thecentersquare.com/p/the-foundation-behind-the-center-square-has-a-new-home): Explore our new website and see how America’s accountability newswire delivers taxpayer-focused journalism nationwide.