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Sorting Those Job-Creation Numbers

Different counting methods produce different employment numbers for the stimulus.

Despite Stimulus Dollars, School Resumes With Ranks of Teachers Much Reduced

A fall in tax revenue brings big layoffs in many school districts.

GOP: Having It Both Ways on Stimulus?

Some Republicans who came out against the stimulus have since sought money for projects at military bases.

Six Months of Stimulus: What We’ve Learned

Where's the Recovery Act money going and how much good is it doing? Questions with no easy answers.

Our Stimulus Spot Check: Summer Wave of Projects Nears Crest

Progress varies widely on road and bridge work, but there are many projects in the pipeline.

Stim Bucks for Slumlords?

Landlords don't have to keep property up to code to get money from the stimulus package.

Stimulus Jobs—or ‘Jobs’—in Minnesota, and Trouble Brewing in Jersey

A congressman from Minnesota says the stimulus is working there, and offers some employment numbers as evidence.

Questions Spread About Stimulus Job Numbers

A job is a job, Oregon says, even if it's just for the week.

Where the Workers Are

How Fast Can Greenbacks Go Green?

A look at jobs, energy and other objectives of the government's stimulus program.

Stimulus: The First 100 Days

Trying to add up the dollars and the jobs in the recovery effort.

Administration Tries to Knock Down AP Report

An analysis of highway projects and job creation is flawed, the government says.