A continuously updated reference of U.S. public data. Every figure is a checked-in query against a published government dataset, dated and linked to its source.
PermitCore turns US building-permit records into structured, queryable data. We ingest permits from 144 onboarded jurisdictions — roughly 23 million filings — and normalize them into one schema, so a contractor search or a permit lookup works the same way in Philadelphia as it does in Phoenix. Cities publish in
wildly different formats, and most of the work is making them comparable.
We pulled every dollar from USASpending.gov and turned it into something you can actually explore. See which contractors get the most money, how your state depends on federal spending, the $36T debt clock, a tax calculator showing where your money goes, DOGE savings reality checks, and deep dives into defense, foreign aid, and welfare spending. 260+ pages of interactive data journalism — no paywall, no agenda.
