Morning Cup of Stimulus: It’s Not Easy Being Green
New this morning: The stimulus took a "green" turn yesterday as the Energy Department released funding for local energy efficiency programs -- and as President Obama deflected a question about whether legalizing marijuana would stimulate the economy.
The government also announced that Arizona airports will receive $28 million for runway and security improvements and that the $250 payments for Social Security beneficiaries will go out in May. Alabama officials say the stimulus will help save 3,800 teaching jobs in their state. Meanwhile, a company claims to have created an iPhone app for stimulus information from various government Web sites.
Project of the day: A park over a freeway that will connect the downtown Dallas arts district to its thriving Uptown neighborhood.
Officials have struggled to spend the nearly $800 billion stimulus package quickly and effectively.
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1 comments
wild watcher
March 27, 2009, 9:35 a.m.
Obama answered the ‘legalizing marijuana’ issue just after he lulled me to sleep with his excuses to remain on the well worn path of ‘insurance & lets raid the Medicare/Medicaid argument’......for both those issues: legalize marijuana..he flatly said ‘no’. As for universal healthcoverage, he claims to support it…but..er, ummm… you know its just so unrealistic, or some such crap.
wild;)
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