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But while the deals are good, the timing has to be just right, keeping some districts from cashing in...The Plano and Garland school districts recently sold a total of $167 million in bonds, some under the federal Build America Bonds and Qualified School...
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Laura Chick, California inspector general for American Recovery Act Funds, also said in a meeting with The Bee editorial board that the federal government must improve its reporting criteria to ensure that job figures are accurate. States are required...
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An estimated 15,000 jobs may have been either created or retained with state highway projects funded by federal stimulus funds, according to a report released Monday by the Legislative Analyst's Office. The jobs figure is only an estimate because the...
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Last week, just 113 days after Schwarzenegger signed the budget, the state's nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office issued a report estimating that the state is operating at a $6.3 billion deficit, which averages out to about $55 million in red ink...
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Stimulus money from Uncle Sam has largely bypassed East Portland – even though that part of town has the city’s shoddiest infrastructure and a disproportionate share of poor people. Community Development. “We are easily forgotten,” says Arlene Kimura,...
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Republicans in Congress have been quick to jump on what appears to be a programming glitch that has hundreds of stimulus projects listed on the Recovery.gov website as existing in non-existent districts. "Not only has the 'stimulus' not produced jobs...
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The federal government and Shelton State Community College are still pointing fingers at each other after a federal report cited the college for giving a questionable account of its share of federal stimulus funds. Shelton State was lumped with 12 other...
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for now Supervisors approve health initiatives to improve the county's chances of receiving federal stimulus funds, but vote against a proposal to discourage the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. In an effort to strengthen their bid for as much...
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Brian Decker counts, too.Barry Newkirk knows of three others, but not by name. Nor can Tim Scott put faces with the 11 he tallied.It’s darn tough to figure out who has any of the more than 200 jobs in the Kansas City area that have been created or saved...
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The federal stimulus funding that has reached Michigan so far has created few private-sector jobs and some recipients of the cash have overstated the number of jobs created or protected, an analysis by the Detroit Free Press shows. The newspaper's examination...
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