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No Summer Vacation for Sec. of Education Arne Duncan
Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:
There’s no summer vacation for Education Secretary Arne Duncan: $2.7 billion in federal stimulus money that Duncan had planned to dole out in October or November will instead go out to the states sooner. Plenty of students, however, will have summer vacations: The New York Times reports, “Nearly every school system in Florida has eviscerated or eliminated summer school this year, and officials are reporting sweeping cuts in states from North Carolina and Delaware to California and … more…
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by Michael Grabell and David Epstein and Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica - July 1, 2009 11:47 am EDT
Stimulus Job Creation Claims Fuel More Debate
by Amanda Michel and Michael Grabell, ProPublica - June 18, 2009 11:20 am EDT
Business Jet Group Tries to Block FOIA Request
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - June 16, 2009 6:24 pm EDT
Battle of the Stimulus, Project for Project
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - June 16, 2009 7:37 am EDT
Stimulus Threatens to Cause ‘Full-Blown Trade War’
by Amanda Michel and Michael Grabell, ProPublica - June 12, 2009 4:40 pm EDT
South Carolina, Unemployment Numbers and Income: Today’s Roundup of Stimulus Coverage
by Michael Grabell and David Epstein, ProPublica - June 5, 2009 11:31 am EDT
South Carolina, Weatherization and High-Speed Rails: Morning Roundup of Stimulus Coverage
by Amanda Michel and Michael Grabell, ProPublica - June 4, 2009 10:23 am EDT
NY Senators: No Handout for Handout on Polluted Lake
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - June 3, 2009 10:32 am EDT
Stimulus: The First 100 Days
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - May 27, 2009 10:56 am EDT
Top 10 Stimulus Road Projects And More
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - May 22, 2009 11:25 am EDT
Some Stimulus ‘Pork’ That’s Easier to Digest
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - May 21, 2009 12:08 pm EDT
How to Run a Background Check on Companies Awarded Stimulus Contracts
by Amanda Michel and Michael Grabell, ProPublica - May 21, 2009 7:50 am EDT
For Some Stimulus Contractors, a Blemished Past
by Michael Grabell and David Epstein, ProPublica - May 21, 2009 7:22 am EDT
For Some Stimulus Contractors, a Blemished Past
by Michael Grabell and David Epstein, ProPublica - May 21, 2009 7:15 am EDT
Some Stimulus Reports Come In
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - May 19, 2009 8:08 am EDT
Stimulus Deadline Passes, But Where Are the Reports?
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - May 18, 2009 8:04 am EDT
Administration Tries to Knock Down AP Report
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - May 12, 2009 9:00 am EDT
Stimulus Road Money Shortchanges Hard-Hit Counties
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - May 11, 2009 11:14 am EDT
DOT Announces Stimulus Light Rail Projects
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - May 7, 2009 2:18 pm EDT
Morning Cup: Oversight or Overkill?
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - May 6, 2009 8:39 am EDT
Most Stimulus Money for Repaving Roads
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - May 5, 2009 1:59 pm EDT
Morning Cup: Mixed Roast
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - May 5, 2009 10:14 am EDT
In the Stimulus Bill, One Zoo Stands Above All Others
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - May 4, 2009 1:10 pm EDT
Morning Cup: Stimulus for Trail Mix
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - May 4, 2009 10:55 am EDT
Stimulus and Swine Flu: Where the Truth Lies
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 29, 2009 2:27 pm EDT
Morning Cup: Fact-Checking Stimulus and Swine Flu
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 28, 2009 9:57 am EDT
Morning Cup: Brother, Can You Spare Some Data Ideas?
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 27, 2009 10:19 am EDT
Morning Cup: Stimulus On the Road
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 24, 2009 8:26 am EDT
Morning Cup: Not Enough Money for Stimulus Auditors
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 23, 2009 8:36 am EDT
Morning Cup: Mother Stimulus Helps Mother Nature
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 22, 2009 10:30 am EDT
Air Marshals Who Drive Drunk to Face Stiffer Penalty
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 21, 2009 11:18 pm EDT
Morning Cup: New Features on Recovery.gov
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 20, 2009 8:57 am EDT
In the States, a Stimulus Road Race
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 16, 2009 2:00 pm EDT
In a City With a (Barely Beating) Heart, Recovery Awaits
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 16, 2009 11:20 am EDT
In a City With a (Barely Beating) Heart, Recovery Awaits
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 16, 2009 11:20 am EDT
States Receiving Transportation Stimulus Funding at Their Own Speed
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 16, 2009 10:51 am EDT
Morning Cup: To Lay Off or Not to Lay Off?
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 15, 2009 8:31 am EDT
Morning Cup: Fact Checking the 2000th Stimulus Project
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 14, 2009 8:46 am EDT
Rural Broadband Stimulus Program Slammed in Gov’t Report
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 14, 2009 8:41 am EDT
Morning Cup: 2000th Stimulus Project
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 13, 2009 8:23 am EDT
Morning Cup: Reducing Diesel, Increasing Radars
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 9, 2009 10:54 am EDT
Feds Push Back Deadline on Stimulus Bill Reports
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 8, 2009 9:36 am EDT
Morning Cup: Problems in Housing and Sacramento
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 8, 2009 8:45 am EDT
Morning Cup: Dams and Yankees
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 7, 2009 8:26 am EDT
Morning Cup: OMB Issues New Stimulus Guidance
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 6, 2009 8:50 am EDT
Morning Cup: Data for Dollars
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - April 2, 2009 9:57 am EDT
Morning Cup of Stimulus: Bridges to Nowhere?
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - March 31, 2009 9:46 am EDT
Morning Cup of Stimulus: Jindal vs. the Volcano Part Deux
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - March 30, 2009 8:39 am EDT
Morning Cup of Stimulus: It’s Not Easy Being Green
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - March 27, 2009 8:56 am EDT
Where Fantasy Meets Reality in the Stimulus
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - March 17, 2009 9:20 pm EDT
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Michael Grabell covers transportation for ProPublica. He was a reporter for The Dallas Morning News from 2003 until mid-2008, covering police, state and federal courts and aviation safety and security. His investigative work has included stories on the TSA, penny stocks, the Lance Armstrong doping allegations, chemicals stored near schools and neighborhoods, and a bus fire that killed 23 nursing home patients fleeing Hurricane Rita. He was a 2007 finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists.
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