Safety Advocate: Auto Regulators Are Underfunded and Afraid to Ask for More
Last week, Michigan Rep. John Dingell said in a hearing that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has “suffered … more…
Toyota Owners Say Fix Didn’t Work
This is one of our editors' picks from our ongoing roundup of Investigations Elsewhere.
Several Toyota owners whose cars are back o … more…
When Do You Ban a Stimulus Contractor?
The Kentucky transportation department has awarded $24 million in stimulus contracts to companies associated with a road … more…
Stimulus Money Paid Out Now Exceeds Money in the Pipeline
For the first time since ProPublica began tracking stimulus spending, more money has been paid out than is left in the pipeline. … more…
Stimulus Database: See Which Contractors Are Cashing In
More than 1,900 companies or branches of companies have been awarded stimulus transportation contracts around the country, with … more…
DHS: No Political Influence in Stimulus Funding Decisions
Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano defended her department’s awarding of … more…
Our Stimulus Spot Check: Summer Wave of Projects Nears Crest
Vice President Joe Biden touted this as the summer of stimulus, a time when the Obama administration would ramp up road … more…
Inspector General Blasts Stimulus for Tiny Airports
Millions of dollars in federal stimulus money are going to low-priority airports with questionable economic value and a history … more…
Tracking Highway Stimulus Jobs Is No Easy Job
The Obama administration has put great emphasis on the number of jobs that will be created or saved as a result of the stimulus … more…
Browse All Approved Stimulus Highway Projects
Road and bridge projects are expected to make up one of the biggest chunks of the jobs created by the stimulus package. We’ve put … more…
On Stimulus Job Counts, California Goes Its Own Way
Editor’s Note: This is one in a series of posts from the ProPublica Reporting Network, our citizen journalism initiative. The … more…
Adventures in Stimulus Tracking
Steve Katz, the vice president for strategy and development over at Mother Jones, is tracking a stimulus project as part of … more…
Stimulus Magic: How the States Met Their Spending Deadline
Just how fast stimulus money is getting out the door to states has been a running partisan squabble of late. Democrats see a … more…
Is Stimulus Spending Fast or Slow?
Here at ProPublica, we’re closely watching stimulus projects set up by the Transportation Department. Given all the hand-wringing … more…
Stimulus Contractors Could Slip Through Cracks
If a company that has defrauded the Department of Transportation in the past lands a stimulus contract, Calvin Scovel, DOT’s … more…
December 22, 2009
Report: California’s DOT Stimulus Jobs Data Inflated Andrew McIntosh, Sacramento Bee, December 22, 2009
September 09, 2009
Serious Hazmat Spills Go Unreported Peter Eisler, USA Today, September 09, 2009
August 07, 2009
Most Stimulus-Targeted Bridges in Texas are OK Jeff Carlton, Associated Press, August 07, 2009
July 06, 2009
Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood, Traveling Stimulus Salesman Adriel Bettelheim, Congressional Quarterly, July 06, 2009
July 01, 2009
Report: In West, More New Roads Than Repairs Courtney Lowery, New West Development, July 01, 2009
June 29, 2009
Texas Expects More Jobs Saved Than Created Aman Batheja, Fort Worth Star Telegram, June 29, 2009
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