Authorities have indicted Hamblen County Trustee John Baskette this month on charges of misconduct in office, according to a new audit from Tennessee Comptrollers.
Read MoreHamblen County Trustee Indicted on Multiple Counts, Including Theft
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Tennessee Comptrollers Find Fault Yet Again with How Law Enforcement Handles Drug Enforcement Funds
Tennessee Comptrollers have called out law enforcement officers for yet again mismanaging money in their drug enforcement fund, this time in Tellico Plains in East Tennessee.
Read MoreSome Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Coordinators Skip Vital Training, Audit Reveals
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency officials did not make sure all coordinators completed all required training courses, according to a performance audit state Comptrollers released late last week. Specifically, TEMA officials did not make sure between 26 to 60 Emergency Services Coordinators completed training courses, as required by the agency’s…
Read MoreTennessee Secondary School Athletic Association Must Change Its Ways, Comptrollers Say
Members of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association must apply the provisions of the Tennessee Open Meetings Act to regional meetings of member schools and committee meetings, according to a report Tennessee Comptrollers released this week. According to its website, the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association administers the junior…
Read MoreReport Lists the Top 10 Tennessee Agencies That Took the Most Federal Taxpayer Money in 2018
Ten Tennessee government agencies accepted more than $13 billion in federal taxpayer money in 2018, according to a document Tennessee Comptrollers released last week. The report examined how state agencies handled the money that Washington, D.C. bureaucrats bestowed upon Tennessee. Some of those state agencies plan to take less…
Read MoreReport: Tennessee Health Care Department Takes Bigger Chunk of Federal Taxpayer Money Than Other Agencies
The Tennessee Department of Health Care Finance and Administration took in more federal taxpayer money than any other state agency in 2018, a sum of $7.2 billion, according to a report Tennessee Comptrollers released this week. In 2017 that same department took in less federal taxpayer money, a sum…
Read MoreAudit: Former Gibson Police Chief Disobeyed Tennessee Law on Seized Vehicles
Gibson’s former police chief did not follow state law when it came to seized vehicles, and he may not have worked the hours he said he worked, according to an audit Tennessee Comptrollers released Friday. The former chief, unnamed in the audit, did not make sure members of his department…
Read MoreAudit: Fentress County Commissioner Profited Illegally from County Deal
A former Fentress County Commissioner made more than $13,000 by overseeing a court-ordered sale of property, and he did so while serving in office, according to an audit Tennessee Comptrollers released this week. Doing so violated state law, specifically the County Financial Management System of 1981 conflict of interest statute,…
Read MoreHenderson County Taxpayers Lost Money on New Patrol Cars, Tennessee Audit Says
Henderson County officials didn’t seek out competitive bids for four patrol cars that cost nearly $100,000, according to an audit Tennessee Comptrollers released this week. Because of this, taxpayers lost out, Comptrollers said in the audit. “As a result, the best and lowest price may not have been obtained for…
Read MoreAudit: Greene County Employees Used Taxpayer-Funded Assets for Personal Reasons
Greene County employees used taxpayer-funded county assets for personal reasons, according to an audit Tennessee Comptrollers released Tuesday. State auditors responded to allegations that county Sanitation Department employees used county vehicles for private purposes and used the department’s garage to work on their personal vehicles. That, auditors wrote, prompted the…
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