How Financial Reform Could Impede Growth
(CNN Money) — Earlier this year, Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana stunned Democrats when he announced that he wouldn’t seek reelection in November, making it likelier for his party’s command of the Senate...
View ArticleVirginia, Maryland Rank High for Stimulus-Created Jobs
(Washington Business Journal) — Maryland ranks No. 7 in the nation for the number of jobs that have been created since passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and Virginia ranks No. 9,...
View Article26,000 Illinoisans Put to Work
(Chicago Sun Times) –Kevin Plattner realized that he might have a tough time finding work in his college major — music composition — so he was glad to get a training job involving his love of the...
View ArticleGa. Wins Round of Stimulus for Broadband
(AJC) — Georgia has won another cut of stimulus money to spread high-speed Internet and wireless access in underserved areas through three projects. Gov. Sonny Perdue on Tuesday announced $14.9 million...
View ArticleHigh-Speed Rail Construction Begins
(AP) — Politicians on Friday cast Illinois as a pioneer for being the first to roll federal stimulus money into a high-speed passenger rail line, claiming that the jobs, tourism and traveler...
View Article2,300 Stimulus Jobs May be Lost
(Crain’s) — A federal stimulus program that provided 2,300 Georgians with jobs will expire today — unless Congress agrees to an extension. But state officials acknowledged that the program failed to...
View ArticleStimulating African American Economic Development: Lessons from G.M.
(Washington Informer) — President Barack Obama reached another significant milestone on the long difficult road toward economic recovery of the economy in the United States when General Motors (G.M.)...
View ArticleStimulus Program Helping 26,000 Illinoisans May Expire
(Chicago Sun Times) — A stimulus program that has given job training and work experience to 26,000 low-income Illinoisans will end today unless Congress extends its funding. Gov. Quinn extended the...
View ArticleQuestions Over Plan to Boost Small Business Lending
(Wall Street Journal) — The Obama administration’s latest attempt to jump-start small-business lending is facing headwinds even before it launches. The U.S. Treasury Department plans to release in...
View ArticleNot Much Savings from Stimulus Money
(AP) — Congressional Republicans say they want to cut federal spending by raiding $45 billion from President Barack Obama’s politically unpopular economic stimulus program. But they won’t be able to...
View ArticleMore Stimulus May Be on the Way
(AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the central bank is prepared to provide additional stimulus if the current economic lull persists. Delivering his twice-a-year economic...
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