Recovery Act

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Navigating the Jobs Crisis: Clean Energy and Good Jobs Go Hand in Hand

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Economic Recovery, Clean Energy, Green Jobs, Recovery Act, Economy, Business News

We must measure our true economic progress by a different metric: the number of career-track, green jobs that we create for those Americans who need them most.

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You Can Borrow Small Amounts of Business Capital Now

Jerry Chautin | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

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Although small business, economic stimulus lending is being widely criticized, $5,000 to $25,000 is available to you if you have a reasonable credit score and meet basic underwriting criteria.

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Texas Republicans Raking In Stimulus After Opposing It

The Dallas Morning News | Dave Michaels | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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Texas Republicans opposed the $787 billion stimulus package, but their districts are getting more than their fair share of emergency funds. Working my...

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Recovery Act Numbers Show Colorado Has Most Jobs Created: Most Went To Outsourcing Firm

The Denver Post | Miles Moffeit and Burt Hubbard | Posted 10.16.2009 | Denver

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Colorado companies have created more jobs through federal contracts funded with stimulus dollars than companies in every other state, according to the...

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Hard Labor

Robert Kuttner | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

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There are three parts to the woes of American workers -- falling wages, rising unemployment, and insecurity about the future. More robust policies could improve all three.

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The Weirdest Stimulus Projects: Recovery Act Spending

cnn.com | David Goldman, CNNMoney.Com Staff Writer | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

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The government has spent about $85 billion on Recovery Act projects so far, but not all of money is being used to fix roads, provide more Medicare aid...

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Lending: Banks Worry about SBA's Guaranty

Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

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SBA's loan programs are less effective because lenders fear may find a reason not to honor its guaranty.

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Over 1,000 Kansas Public Safety Jobs Saved by Recovery Act

Mike Nellis | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Kansas, Mark Parkinson, Kansas Democratic Party, Recovery Act, Politics News

Public safety programs have been hit hard both on the local and state levels because of the national recession. But, thanks to the Recovery Act, over 1,000 public safety jobs have been saved.

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How Obama Will Keep Michigan Blue in 2010

Susan J. Demas | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michigan Budget, Gop, John McCain, Sonia Sotomoayor, John Cherry, Gm, 2010 Election, Reagan Democrats, Government Spending, Macomb County, Anderson Cooper, Joe Biden, Stimulus, Ray Lahood, Barack Obama, Chrysler, Gary Locke, Pork-Barrel Spending, Oakland County, Michigan Republican Party, Unemployment, Hilda Solis, Jennifer Granholm, Sean Hannity, Michigan, Glenn Beck, Rust Belt, Recovery Act, Dennis Darnoi, Politics News

If the Republicans win the governorship here, the national media will trumpet that as an Important Trend. And a sign of the president's impending doom in 2012.

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State Budgets: Times Are Tough All Over

Susan J. Demas | Posted 07.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Mitch Bean, Michigan Budget, State Budgets, National Conference of State Legislatures, New-York-State-Budget, Gov. Jon Corzine, Stimulus, California Budget Problems, House Fiscal Agency, Corina Eckl, Recovery Act, Arra, Michigan, Raising Taxes, Furloughs, Ncsl, Business News

When we're taxing candy, brothels and pot, we know our states are having difficulty balancing the budget.

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Holding the President (and Everybody Else) Accountable

Cynthia Gordy | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

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The President can't do it all alone. So much in our lives is decided in our backyards and yet that's where folks are most apathetic.

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Obama's Stimulus Promise: More Than 600,000 Jobs

AP | BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and MATT APUZZO | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama assured the nation his recovery plan was on track Monday, scrambling to calm Americans unnerved by unemploym...

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How a Bill Becomes a Job

Sen. Jeff Merkley | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

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The recovery package is doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing: investing in long-neglected projects; creating jobs; and spurring demand in local economies.

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