I haven’t researched this recently but roads are partially funded federally. I know there are federal regulations that states need to follow in order to receive some federal funding for roads. I’m guessing this has something to do with using that as leverage

Yes! When taco bell was going for spice and flavor and not just trying to find new ways to add more cheese to everything.

The snake oil part is companies claiming health benefits from them

The company I work at insists we need all certs to go through a paid company…even internal only certs on our domain.