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The Case For More Stimulus: NYT

New York Times | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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The consensus among economists is that the recession is over, and, technically, the herd is probably right. Corporate profitability has been boosted b...

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Stimulus Saved 30,000 Jobs - With $2.2 Billion In Spending

nytimes.com | MICHAEL COOPER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

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Businesses that got stimulus contracts directly from the federal government reported creating or saving 30,383 jobs so far, according to data publishe...

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'Great Recession' Hitting New York Hard: Report

WXXI | Karen DeWitt | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

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ALBANY, NEW YORK (WXXI) - A new report finds that while New York has been hit hard by the so-called "Great Recession," federal stimulus monies have bu...

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Stimulus Scams Have Reached 270k People, FTC Chief Says

bloomberg.com | Angela Greiling Keane | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

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Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- "Opportunistic fraudsters" are exploiting the recession and pitching deals they link to the U.S. stimulus package, cheating co...

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Brooklyn Heights Secures $650,000 In Stimulus Money For Streetlamps

New York Daily News | Ben Chapman | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

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Let there be light - expensive light - on the streets of Brooklyn Heights, some locals say. The upscale neighborhood is getting 65 new streetlamps th...

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States, Cities Spend Millions To Attract Stimulus Money

wsj.com | By LOUISE RADNOFSKY and LESLIE EATON | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

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Towns, cities, counties and states across the country spent a total of $21.4 million on lobbyists between April and June, up 2.7% from the first quart...

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Federal Stimulus Helped States Plug Budgets: Govs

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

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BILOXI, Miss. — A bipartisan group of governors said Saturday that the federal stimulus package helped states avoid deep budget cuts during the ...

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New York's Untouched Stimulus Money: Billions Remain Unspent

AP | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York

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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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Stimulus Funds Go To Improving Energy In Texas

myhighplains.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

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More than 218-million-dollars in federal stimulus funds are being made available to Texas for public sector energy improvements....

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Second Stimulus: GOP Unifies Against More Spending

AP | Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans lined up Sunday in opposition to a second economic stimulus package, a rare demonstration of unity from an out-of-power...

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Geithner: Stimulus Working, Derivatives Blindsided Government

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY and JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 08.10.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Despite persistently high unemployment, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Friday the Obama administration's economic stimulu...

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Federal Stimulus Website Redesign Could Cost Up To $18 Million

ABC News | Ned Potter | Posted 08.10.2009 | Business

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The idea was transparency. If the Obama administration was spending $797 billion as stimulus money to jump-start the economy, end the recession and br...

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Second Stimulus: How Would It Go Down?

Slate Magazine | Christopher Beam | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

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Rumblings about a second stimulus package began over the weekend, when Vice President Joe Biden told George Stephanopoulos on This Week that the admin...

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Second Stimulus: Laura Tyson, Obama Adviser, Says Economy Needs Boost

bloomberg.com | Shamim Adam | Posted 08.07.2009 | Business

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July 7 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. should consider drafting a second stimulus package focusing on infrastructure projects because the $787 billion approve...

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Stimulus Spending: Construction Workers Cheer Funds

Reuters | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Willie Fort is a lucky man. Last month he came within a whisker of losing his construction job, but now he is off to Louisiana ...

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Federal Stimulus: California Funds Haven't Hit 'Real Economy'

bloomberg.com | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

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June 2 (Bloomberg) -- California public-works official Bob Beaumont says the $2.1 million he may get from President Barack Obama's stimulus plan "isn'...

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Pennsylvania Schools Wait For $1.6B In Aid

post-gazette.com | Eleanor Chute | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

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While road and bridge projects using federal economic stimulus money already are under way, local school districts have not yet received a dime of sti...

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Fed Stimulus: New York Gets $31.7 Million For Jobs

examiner.com | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK - Officials say $31.7 million in federal stimulus funding will help more than 15,000 New Yorkers find jobs and receive career training. Foll...

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Federal Stimulus For Teens: As Youth Unemployment Soars In California, Gov Aid Helps

Sacramento Bee | Gina Kim | Posted 05.31.2009 | Business

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To combat the highest teen unemployment rates in decades, more than a thousand young people in Sacramento County can count on jobs this summer with th...

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Federal Bailout Won't Make A Dent in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Problems

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

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Brooke-Sidney Gavins

The Delta, which provides water to nearly two-thirds of all Californians and is suffering from a three year drought, may not have a federal bailout after all.

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