A new Department of Health and Human Services report reveals Medicaid programs made over $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died.

A former correctional officer with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department has been arrested and is facing multiple charges involving a 16-year-old juvenile victim.

Many residents across Houston, from Stafford to Kingwood, have faced a troubling issue: they get little help after vandals and thieves damage cluster mailboxes in their subdivisions. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) informs them that they and their homeowners associations (HOAs) must cover the costs of repairs or replacements.

The Environmental Protection Agency didn't ensure that states submitted accurate estimates of the number of lead pipes they had.

Multiple sources confirm an investigation connected to the Houston Housing Authority is underway in Houston’s East End Tuesday.

A recently released audit from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General calls for improvements in how the government obtains and validates addresses of migrants released into the United States.

The federal government wrote duplicate checks to doctors who provided care for veterans, costing taxpayers as much as $128 million in extra payments, according to a new watchdog report out this week.

Crafty thieves have found a way to steal food stamp benefits from families who need them most.

Houston City Controller Chris Brown is calling for the Office of Inspector General to open an investigation into the manner in which Houston Airports System Director Mario Diaz settled liquidated damages with a concessionaire and their partner, who has ties to former Director City Council Relations William Paul Thomas, who was convicted in federal court back in July for conspiracy tied to bribes.

The tables have turned for a jailer who was caught with contraband that was intended to be smuggled to prisoners, officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.

A City of Houston investigation into claims of sexual harassment and retaliation is now closed. Their findings? Insufficient evidence to sustain a violation.

City of Houston’s Office of Inspector General completes its investigation into Houston Airports System Director and a program director within HAS four months after a complaint was filed.

A watchdog agency investigating the origins of a failed attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census form was unable to question top Trump administration officials because they either refused to cooperate or set unacceptable interview terms.

The Justice Department is announcing criminal charges against more than a dozen people from Florida to California in a series of Medicare scams that exploited coronavirus fears to bill tens of millions of dollars in bogus claims.

The former top FBI agent in Albany, New York, was a “skilled predator” who harassed eight women in one of the bureau's most egregious known sexual misconduct cases.

An audit has found gaps in a program intended to provide the U.S. with an early detection system of a biological weapon attack. It also left detection equipment exposed and unguarded, the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security found. It was meant to reduce the time it takes to recognize an attack by monitoring for known biological agents. In 34 out of 35 jurisdictions, inspectors found BioWatch equipment could not always collect air samples to test because of security breaches or unplugging. The Homeland Security office said it would work with the organizations that host the equipment to improve security and planned to “enhance” biological detection capabilities.