Kenric Ward

Kenric Ward is a national correspondent and writes for the Texas Bureau of Watchdog.org. Formerly a reporter and editor at two Pulitzer Prize-winning newspapers, Kenric has won dozens of state and national news awards for investigative articles. His most recent book is “Saints in Babylon: Mormons and Las Vegas.”

Unyielding

Kenric WardFebruary 12, 2014
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In midst of Sochi Olympics, Russian general declares U.S. ‘at war’ over Ukraine

Even as the Sochi Olympics are underway next door, international tensions are rising in Ukraine, with a Russian general firing a verbal shot at…
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Unyielding

Kenric WardFebruary 11, 2014
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Got student loan debt? Thank feds and Sallie Mae

While wringing their hands over America’s student-loan crisis — a $1-trillion debt bubble resembling the 2008 mortgage meltdown — federal officials ought…
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Unyielding

Kenric WardFebruary 10, 2014
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Maryland joins states demanding Glass-Steagall bank reform by Congress

Maryland has joined more than a dozen other states in calling on Congress to pass Glass-Steagall legislation protecting U.S. bank…
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Unyielding

Kenric WardFebruary 6, 2014
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GOP challenger attacks ‘crony’ Cantor on immigration

Dave Brat, an economics professor at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, is challenging Rep. Eric Cantor in a Republican primary — and giving the House majority leader…
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Law and Government

Kenric WardFebruary 4, 2014
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Five reasons to just say no to bloated bipartisan farm bill

The ultimate in pork-barrel politics, the massive farm bill in Congress is ripe for final approval this week. Senate Majority…
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Unyielding

Kenric WardJanuary 29, 2014
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Dems use ‘nuclear option’ to seize control of Virginia State Senate

In what Republicans called “a Virginia version of Harry Reid’s nuclear option,” Democrats invoked new rules giving them control of all state Senate committees.…
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Law and Government

Kenric WardJanuary 27, 2014
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Va. county registrar finally gets around to purging dead, ineligible voters from rolls

Nothing to see here, folks: Move along. That in a nutshell is the message from Larry Haake, registrar of Virginia’s…
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Unyielding

Kenric WardJanuary 24, 2014
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Arlington, Va’.s new bicke initiative costs taxpayers, causes traffic nightmares

The Northern Virginia county of Arlington is following the cities of New York and Chicago right into oncoming traffic and shaking down…
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Law and Government

Kenric WardJanuary 22, 2014
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Property-rights battle heating up in Virginia legislature

Martha Boneta, a Virginia farmer, is hailing a bill that would give property owners a legal club to pummel overreaching government officials.…
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Law and Government

Kenric WardJanuary 21, 2014
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Harry Reid accused of meddling in casino visa-investor cases

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is the target of an ethics and conflict-of-interest complaint over his involvement in a visa-investor venture. The…
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Science and Technology

Kenric WardJanuary 19, 2014
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In landing on the Moon, China means business — literally

China says its recent Moon landing isn’t just a “show,” but a serious energy-extraction enterprise with wide-ranging implications for Earth. Beijing intends to…
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Politics

Kenric WardJanuary 17, 2014
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Is former RNC chairman Ed Gillespie walking into a trap in Virginia?

National Republicans figure Ed Gillespie can give Democratic Sen. Mark Warner a run for his money this November. But, first, the former Republican National Committee chairman…
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Economy

Kenric WardJanuary 13, 2014
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Harry Reid will hear jobless amendments in wake of ‘illegal’ IRS credits

Bowing to a flurry of cost-cutting amendments on a bill extending unemployment benefits, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he will allow…
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Economy

Kenric WardJanuary 9, 2014
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GOP takes aim at ‘illegal’ IRS payouts, double-dipping in jobless showdown

A group of U.S. Senate Republicans is pressing for $70 billion in fiscal reforms to offset the cost of extending…
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Economy

Kenric WardJanuary 7, 2014
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Report: Fed agencies trim millions in junkets

A quarter million dollars in modern Washington parlance is chump change. With the National Debt now achieving Everest-like proportions, even…
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National Security

Kenric WardJanuary 7, 2014
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Terrorist bombings in Russia focus spotlight on Sochi Olympics

Back-to-back terrorist bombings in southern Russia have Olympic organizers worried about the upcoming Sochi Winter games just a month away. The…
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Law and Government

Kenric WardJanuary 2, 2014
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The IRS and the Fed both turned 100 in 2013, but don’t blame Jefferson

The year 2013 marked the 100th anniversary of two ignominious events in America: the imposition of a permanent federal income tax and the…
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Politics

Kenric WardDecember 26, 2013
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VA state senate proposes bill that would prohibit political ‘retaliation’; Dems silent

While Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe talks up ethics reform, three key state Democrats are staying mum about legislation that would ban political “retaliation” by legislators.…
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Law and Government

Kenric WardDecember 23, 2013
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Court ratchets up heat on Saudis in 9/11 victims’ case

A federal court overturned a 2005 decision that Saudi Arabia was immune from civil lawsuits arising from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks,…
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Unyielding

Kenric WardDecember 19, 2013
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Chuck Grassley goes on the offensive against DHS nominee Alejandro Mayorkas

As Democrats in the filibuster-free U.S. Senate fill key administration vacancies, U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley assailed a Department of Homeland Security nominee for playing a key role in…
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Politics

Kenric WardDecember 18, 2013
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Dems scrambling to whitewash internal audit, resignation at Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security and some Capitol Hill Democrats are working to find good news in a devastating internal audit of the…
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Law and Government

Kenric WardDecember 17, 2013
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Volunteer firefighters burned by Obamacare, IRS

They are used to putting out blazes themselves, but now the nation’s volunteer firefighters are counting on Congress to throw cold water…
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Economy

Kenric WardDecember 16, 2013
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Glass Steagall bill ‘for the 21st century’ introduced by House Dems

Quadrupling down on financial reform, U.S. Rep. John Tierney, D-Mass., joined with Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., to introduce the “21st…
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National Security

Kenric WardDecember 14, 2013
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Gov’t memo: Iran agents infiltrating U.S. through visa-investor program

America’s EB-5 visa-investor program has opened a gateway for Iranian operatives to infiltrate the country, a government memo says. Citing a report by the Homeland Security…
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National Security

Kenric WardDecember 13, 2013
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Grassley: Obama ‘stonewall’ imperils national security

The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee charges that the Obama administration’s handling of EB-5 investor-visas “poses a gigantic risk” to…
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Law and Government

Kenric WardDecember 10, 2013
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McAuliffe lawyers, accountants sort GreenTech stock amid federal investigations

Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe has pledged to run a “transparent” administration. As Inauguration Day approaches, his holdings in an electric car startup and…
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Law and Government

Kenric WardDecember 5, 2013
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D.C. cash flow turns Virginia green — and blue

While Virginia boasts the highest percentage of federally funded private-sector jobs in the nation, “real” private enterprise in the commonwealth ranks…
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Law and Government

Kenric WardDecember 3, 2013
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Restaurant union serving up protests for higher wages

The Restaurant Opportunities Center, a union front and ACORN knockoff, is extending its reach by working with other groups to stage protests in…
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Economy

Kenric WardNovember 30, 2013
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VA Governor-elect Terry McAuliffe’s light-rail pipe dream

Barack Obama is not the only Democrat who likes to play with trains. Terry McAuliffe likes public-transit projects, too, and…
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Politics

Kenric WardNovember 25, 2013
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Deeds legislation could wipe out Herring’s lead in VA AG race

A law championed by Democrat Creigh Deeds could give Republican Mark Obenshain the tools to erase Mark Herring’s 165-vote margin in Virgina’s attorney general’s race. Deeds,…
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Economy

Kenric WardNovember 24, 2013
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German official to U.S.: Clean up your banking act or we’ll crash

Warning that a U.S.-British-Dutch financial cartel threatens to topple a teetering European Union, a German official is urging Washington to…
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Media

Kenric WardNovember 22, 2013
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Former DNC chair ‘Terry McAuliffe begins his reign of sleaze’ … says liberal Slate?

Had enough political cronyism? Tired of seeing corrupt former partners in cynical private sector business deals appointed to positions of…
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Politics

Kenric WardNovember 21, 2013
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VA county refuses to purge dead and other ineligible voters from rolls

A Virginia county’s refusal to clean up its voter rolls before the Nov. 5 Virginia election threatens to turn a…
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Law and Government

Kenric WardNovember 19, 2013
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McAuliffe names former GreenTech employee secretary of commonwealth

Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe has appointed an employee of his controversial green-car company to be Virginia’s secretary of the commonwealth. Levar Stoney, an executive…
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Politics

Kenric WardNovember 18, 2013
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House GOP leader warns Terry McAuliffe ‘no ENDA run’

Terry McAuliffe pledges to sign two executive orders on his first day as governor, but the leader of the GOP-controlled House of…
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Economy

Kenric WardNovember 18, 2013
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Too-Big-to-Fail banks have grown bigger

More states and federal lawmakers are signing onto legislation that would rein in America’s biggest banks. The Glass-Steagall Act, which was…
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