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DENOUNCE FEDERAL SPENDING, BUT CASH THE CHECK (www.jimhightower.com) TMC

One thing Republican Congressional leaders are clear on is that they don't want no stinking government health care plan. Well... except, of course, for the government paid health plan that they get.... More

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Submitted 5 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Conservatives Freak Out About Ham, Door (www.alternet.org) TMC

Right-wingers are obsessively looking for misguided stimulus expenditures. That'd be great -- if only they got their facts straight.

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Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |

Federal stimulus funds headed to U.P. Native American communities (michiganmessenger.com) TMC

Two Native American communities in the Upper Peninsula will see infrastructure upgrades to drinking- and waste-water systems. Federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act... More

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Submitted 8 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |

Where is the Stimulus? (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

President Barack Obama says the funding is coming for communities of color in need. African American leaders across the country have heard him, but the question from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. is... More

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Submitted 8 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Stimulating equity (www.racewire.org) TMC

As the recession rolls on, the federal stimulus package seems more and more like just a drop in the bucket, but even those limited resources are trickling down to an unlevel playing field. The... More

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Submitted 8 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

ND Community Health Centers Benefiting From Stimulus (www.publicnewsservice.org) TMC

Someday, Community Health Centers across North Dakota will be equipped with electronic health records that will keep health care costs down by preventing test duplication. That someday is today,... More

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Submitted 9 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

The educational experiment (www.racewire.org) TMC

The federal economic stimulus will pump millions of dollars into “innovation in education.” If that sounds vague, that’s kind of the point. The money will be targeted to nonprofit-led school... More

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Submitted 9 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Stimulus Heats Up VA Weatherization Push (www.publicnewsservice.org) TMC

It may be warming up now, but winter eventually will come, so plans are in the works to weatherize a lot of Virginia homes before that happens. Total Action Against Poverty (TAP) runs a weatherization... More

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Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

County Uses Stimulus Funds to Create Summer Jobs for Youth (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

More than 1,500 young people in San Bernardino County will be placed in jobs and have the opportunity for on-the-job training after the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors today accepted $15.8... More

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Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Understimulated (www.texasobserver.org) TMC

Sometimes you can tell a lot from a Web site. After the Feb. 17 passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, many states set up interactive, informative sites to open

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Submitted 10 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

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