Federal Stimulus Money

Brown Gives Laura Chick The Boot, Will Shut Down Office of Inspector General

Charles Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Feldman

Who will make sure federal money is spent without corruption taking ahold as it often does when huge sums are tossed about?

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Illinois Offers To Take Federal High-Speed Rail Money Rejected By Wisconsin's Governor-Elect

Posted 05.25.2011

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Wisconsin Governor-elect Scott Walker has promised to reject more than $800 million in federal money that would create a high-speed rail line from Mil...

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Laura Chick Takes the Gloves Off: She Has Just Begun to Fight

Charles Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Stimulus Money, American Recovery Act Funds, California Office of the Inspector General, Laura Chick, California Stimulus Czar, Economic Stimulus Package, California Politics, California Office of Historic Preservation, Furloughed State Workers, Elaine Howle, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stimulus, Los Angeles News
Charles Feldman

Chick made her reputation in the City of Los Angeles, where she proved a fearless investigator. But as California "stimulus czar," she says, "it's been a struggle to get adequate resources."

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New York's Untouched Stimulus Money: Billions Remain Unspent

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Even as New York rushes to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in federal stimulus money for roads and bridges, billions more a...

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