Is a $350 Million Map Excessive?
Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:
The $350 million of stimulus money earmarked to create a national broadband map may have … more…
Surprisingly Popular Cash for Clunkers Program Raises Hopes—and Questions
To supporters, the “cash for clunkers” program miraculously jolted the moribund car market back to life, engendering hopes that it … more…
Stimulus Spending Fails to Follow Unemployment, Poverty
Aug. 13: This post has been corrected.
Since the economic stimulus bill passed nearly six months ago, the Obama administration … more…
Gov’t Begins Doling out $25 Billion in Green Car Loans
It can be difficult to keep straight all the billions going to auto companies. But today the Department of Energy is reportedly … more…
The $85 Billion Taxpayer Auto Bailout?
We here at Bailout HQ never pass up an opportunity to add up large numbers. So when we saw Time adding up the auto bailout, we … more…
Quick Picks: Where Art Thou, Car Czar?
Quick Picks focuses on a select few of the day's stories from "Breaking on the Web."
Special dispensations from state regulat … more…History of U.S. Gov’t Bailouts (Now With Auto Bailout Bucks)
President Bush announced last week that a deal had been brokered between the administration and auto giants General Motors and C … more…
Auto Bailout Unconstitutional?
It turns out, nationalizing an auto industry is a complicated thing. Among the controversies that arose when the House voted yesterda … more…
More Midnight Regs: Fuel Economy, Hazardous Waste and More!
ProPublica is kicking off the week with three more rules for our growing Midnight Regulations chart.
One rule sets new standards fo … more…
March 08, 2010
Toyota’s Culture Faulted in Recall Crisis Greg Gardner, Detroit Free Press, March 08, 2010
Toyota Workers Raised Safety Concerns With Bosses in 2006 John M. Glionna, LA Times, March 08, 2010
March 03, 2010
Senate Investigators’ Ties to Toyota Sharon Theimer, AP, March 03, 2010
February 22, 2010
U.S. Officials Aware of Toyota Problems in 2003 AFP, February 22, 2010
Internal Toyota Docs Boast of Savings in Avoiding ‘07 Recall David Shepardson, Detroit News, February 22, 2010
February 19, 2010
New York Officials: Auto Emissions Tests Were Faked Mireya Navarro, New York Times, February 19, 2010
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