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California has received $60 million from the federal stimulus package to upgrade its 23-year-old unemployment benefits system even though previous federal funding to improve the same system has not been fully spent.
State auditors said that California corrections officials overstated how many jobs they saved using more than $1 billion in federal stimulus money, listing thousands of jobs that were never in jeopardy.
Idaho hopes to win $75 million or more in competitive federal grants for public schools, money that officials say could be the state's only opportunity to boost funding for education in the next few years.
A joint panel of the Hawaii Legislature will examine the use of federal economic stimulus money in the state departments of health and human services.
Gov. Don Carcieri's administration has failed for months to spend $20 million meant to insulate poor people's homes against the winter chill and put unemployed people to work during one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression.
A Chicago-area laboratory will get $8.8 million in federal stimulus cash to help find ways to make batteries more efficient for use in cars and other vehicles.
Gov. Bev Perdue says 18 small North Carolina companies will receive federal stimulus grants to spur development in green technology.
The government watchdog overseeing economic stimulus spending said Thursday that, in its rush to take credit for saving hundreds of thousands of jobs, the Obama administration was overly confident in its job-counting and did not acknowledge significant errors in the figures.
Did the Obama administration really pump billions of dollars into phantom congressional districts?
Rep. Barney Frank said Monday he is pushing a proposal to use some of the interest the government collects from the financial industry bailout to give loans to unemployed homeowners struggling to pay the mortgage.
Transportation officials are closing more roads this week to accommodate work on Minnesota's biggest stimulus-funded road project.
Southern Maryland is getting nearly $5 million in federal stimulus money for health-care projects.
The federal stimulus funding that has reached Michigan so far has created few private-sector jobs and some recipients of the cash have overstated the number of jobs created or protected, an analysis by the Detroit Free Press shows.
Halloween has come and gone, but your U.S. government is focusing some attention and a bit of money provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on bats. Not the baseball kind, but the furry, flying, cave-dwelling creatures more often associated with trick-or-treating than federal spending.
The Obama administration is ready to hand out more stimulus dollars for schools, but this time, strings are attached.
The math isn't so hard when it comes to the faculty of the Tigard-Tualatin school district.
Two Nebraska banks have obtained federal loan guarantees through the U.S Department of Agriculture, which is using federal stimulus funding.
In a heated race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, Gov. Charlie Crist keeps moving away from his support of President Barack Obama's stimulus package that the governor called "fantastic" and "remarkable" when lobbying for its passage.
The Education Department is reassuring the state of Massachusetts it does not agree with an internal watchdog who suggested the state was using economic stimulus money improperly.
A spokesman for the federal economic stimulus program is defending the program's Web site against criticism from a top Wyoming official, who said she sees problems with the site that might misinform the public.
A woman suing Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons, claiming she was fired because he believed she leaked information about personal messages sent from his state cell phone, was hired Monday by the state controller to oversee stimulus accounting.
Education officials say federal stimulus funds have helped create or save more than 4,500 jobs at public schools and colleges in Virginia.
Beware the math. Some Republican lawmakers critical of President Barack Obama's stimulus package are using grade-school arithmetic to size up costs and consequences of all that spending. The math is satisfyingly simple but highly misleading.
Federal stimulus funding administered by Rhode Island's state government created or sustained nearly 1,490 jobs, or about 13 percent fewer positions than originally reported.
Gov. Steve Beshear says the $2.9 billion in federal stimulus funds awarded to Kentucky has created or preserved nearly 2,300 jobs in the state.
Unemployment Rate Falls to 10% U.S. job losses in November posted the smallest drop since the start of the recession and the unemployment rate unexpectedly declined, a sign the labor market is finally healing as the economy recovers.
Ottawa defends decision to award US firm $9.2M contract for 2010 Canada pavilionOttawa said in September that it would invest about $10 million in a Canada pavilion at the 2010 Games. "This pavilion will help to leverage the economic opportunities that come with hosting a major international event and it will promote Canada as an ideal business, investment …
Obama's Cabinet: This graph explains a lot - (graph)I don't think it will shock anyone that the top people in Democratic administrations tend to have less private-sector experience than their GOP counterparts.
The Republican love-hate relationship with the stimulusRepublican lawmakers were nearly unanimous in their opposition to the economic recovery package that rescued the economy from the abyss.
Obama's Brilliant First YearObama's claim to a fertile first year doesn't rest on health care alone. There's mounting evidence that the $787 billion economic stimulus he signed in February—combined with the bank bailout package—prevented an economic depression.
Suffolk Judge Jeffrey Spinner Cancels Couple's Mortgage DebtNew York Judge slams greedy bank and gives couple a huge break.
Eric Cantor Hosts Job Fair That Promotes Jobs Fueled By "Non-functional" Stimulus On Monday, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) hosted a job fair in his district at Germanna Community College. Like his last job fair in August, Cantor used it as an opportunity to gain positive local press and launch attacks against President Obama.
Last year, voters punished Republicans for abandoning the fiscal policies of Ronald Reagan. Next year, voters will punish Democrats for abandoning the fiscal policies of John Kennedy.
New Info Shows the Stimulus Is Working. It's Time for Conservatives to Thank ObamaThere's no mystery here. The debate is over. The stimulus has made a real, positive difference. The New York Times had a terrific report the other day, explaining that the stimulus package is "working," polls and Republican talking points notwithstanding.
A Troubled Thanksgiving 2009 by Dennis PragerDennis Prager wrote this wonderful piece of Op-Ed, expressing his gratitude of how fortunate we are to be Americans. And it unites Americans around gratitude, the greatest human trait. But on this Thanksgiving 2009, it will be marred by a dark cloud, a new cloud.
Fiscal Responsibility, part IIMoreover, it's not even really accurate to say that Republicans recognize the need to reduce spending, and Democrats don't (by implication).
NIA - The Dollar Bubble# Our new must see documentary on the collapse of the U.S. dollar! Become educated so that you can survive and prosper while many Americans enter poverty!
50 Million of your family , friends, and neighbors, will go hungry this Thanksgiving . I know you already help. You make donations. You give to the Salvation Army bell ringer a quarter or two. Every year!
Is the Republican Party making a comeback?The message that the Republican Governors Association was trying to send at its annual meeting last week wasn't subtle. But talking about a comeback is one thing- actually achieving it is another.
Rise in stock ownership among lawmakers brings ethics concerns This juxtaposition of investments and policy has become more common as stock ownership has soared on Capitol Hill over the past two decades.
"Read the Stimulus" advocate Dick Armey slammed for not bothering to read the stimulus bill Yesterday, the House Oversight and Government Reform committee held a hearing on the implementation of the Recovery Act, also known as the stimulus.
New Consensus Views Stimulus as Worthy Step - NYTimes.comNow that unemployment has topped 10 percent, some liberal-leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus package President Obama signed into law last February was way too small. The economy needs a second big infusion, they say.
Fake Job Numbers Vital to Stimulus PropagandaSince President Obama took office, the American people have been subjected to an aggressive propaganda campaign designed to convince them that the $787 billion stimulus bill is working.
On the road to recovery.In this pictorial we share a glance at but a tinny piece of the American tragedy. It becomes apparent that the condition of our nation's housing is an accumulation of several decades of of financial / social degradation and abandonment.
Obama faces congressional anger about economyGrowing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over Thursday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration.
Geithner Says He Won't Quit, Takes Swings at GOP Rep. BradyAt a Joint Economic Committee hearing in Congress, in which House and Senate members sit on a panel, Brady opened up his questioning by telling Geithner that Republicans, Democrats, and the American people had lost confidence in him and asked him to resign.
Stimulus jobs over statedWhat a surprise. The folks we want to turn our health care over to have spent billions and billions and they have used "fuzzy math" to account for said spending. Certainly what is very clear is that they are throwing crap against the fan and hoping some of it sticks.
Errors on government Web site make it difficult to track stimulus moneyIt's one of hundreds of mistakes on the site, meant to stand as a symbol of transparency about where the government money is going.
Blue Dogs Wary of Another StimulusHouse Democratic leaders signaled Tuesday that they are moving full steam ahead with a stimulus bill in the coming weeks, a plan that is already dividing fiscally conservative Democrats unsure of whether they can swallow another multibillion-dollar spending package.
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