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STIMULUS BILL TOO COOL TO JUST THROW MONEY AT SCHOOLS
Apropos of my back-to-school extravaganza on teacher merit pay, the New York Times’ Sam Dillon takes a look today at teacher layoffs around the country. Dillon can’t give figures on how many teachers...
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MORE BLOGS ABOUT STIMULUS AND FOOD
The Wall Street Journal’s Louise Radnofsky reported this weekend that the stimulus bill has so far yielded 22,000 government contracts worth $12 billion — and that most of these contracts are going to...
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CRUEL SUMMER: THE NATION’S SIX-WEEK SUMMER FLING WITH EMPLOYING ITS MOST...
The White House Council on Economic Advisers issued a report Sep. 11 claiming that the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, better known as the stimulus bill, has created up to 1.1 million jobs. But...
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STIMULUS SPENDING MADE SIMPLE
The New York Times’ Michael Cooper takes a look at the Government Accountability Office report released yesterday on stimulus spending. Cooper highlights problems getting the home weatherization...
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New Ways to Stimulate
The New York Times’ Jackie Calmes adds to the articles about the Obama administration and Congress considering an expansion of elements in the stimulus package, due to ever-rising unemployment. The...
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What Is Popular Is Not Always Right…Like the Homebuyer Tax Credit
The New York Times’ Jackie Calmes reports that a high-profile part of the stimulus bill — the $8,000 tax-credit to first-time homebuyers — has not been rigorously audited by the IRS. Calmes gets her...
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Green Job Blues
The Washington Post’s Alec McGillis had a great piece this weekend revealing that the $25 billion “green jobs” portion of the stimulus bill has, well, yet to produce more than a few dozen green jobs....
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Only A Fraction Of Stimulus Cash Has Been Used
ProPublica’s Christopher Flavelle reports that $136 billion in stimulus money has been spent and $84 billion in stimulus tax cuts has been allocated. That means there’s $284 billion left to spend in...
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Iron Mountain Mine the Gold Standard for Environmental Hazards
In the shadow of the more or less pristine Mt. Shasta and Trinity Alps lies one of the most contaminated sites on Earth. Now an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site, the Iron Mountain Mine...
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High-speed regional trains zoom into California
Several new trains capable of considerably higher speed should begin plying the rails in California in about four years time, thanks to an infusion of federal cash, reports Tim Sheehan of The Fresno...
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