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…
So Much Track, So Little Money
Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:
Slow down, high-speed rail seekers. In the race for stimulus money, the Obama … more…
Stimulus Transportation Spending Lags Predictions
Stimulus money for transportation projects is being spent far more slowly than expected.
When the economic stimulus act passed … more…
How Green Was My Stimulus?
Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:
The United States is lagging behind some of its peers in the percentage of economic … more…
No Train From Baton Rouge to Bourbon Street
Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:
The race has begun for high-speed rail dollars. States applied for billions of dollars in … more…
Stimulus Jobs—or ‘Jobs’—in Minnesota, and Trouble Brewing in Jersey
Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:
President Obama returned to Elkhart, Ind., on Wednesday to announce $2.4 billion in … 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…
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…
Slow as a Turtle Caught in a Crab Pot?
Here’s today’s stimulus coverage roundup:
A bevy of articles and analyses—including one by ProPublica back in February—have … more…
Today’s Stimulus Debate: City vs. Country
July 10: This post has been corrected.
Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:
We’ve heard this story before: America’s … 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…
Money for Schools, but Discord on How to Spend It
Today’s stimulus coverage roundup:
* Education Week covers the tension emerging between states and their school districts over … more…
Blogging the Transportation Committee’s Stimulus Hearings
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is meeting this morning to do a “120-day progress report” on the stimulus … more…
For Ailing Transit Systems, Stimulus Windfall Is a Mixed Blessing
This story was co-published with Salon.
When the recession forced the strapped St. Louis Metro to cut her local bus route … more…
Is Stimulus Funding Coming Soon to a Bridge or Road Near You?
If a road or bridge in your area will be modified or repaired using stimulus funds but was missing from our Adopt a Stimulus … more…
Top 10 Stimulus Road Projects And More
Yes, Virginia, you do have stimulus projects.
After a lengthy, bureaucratic process, Virginia became the last state to secure … 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…
Administration Tries to Knock Down AP Report
The Obama administration and the construction industry have pushed back hard against an Associated Press investigation that found … more…
Stimulus Road Money Shortchanges Hard-Hit Counties
This morning, The Associated Press published an investigation showing that stimulus road and bridge projects aren’t going to the … more…
Most Stimulus Money for Repaving Roads
Less than 6 percent of the stimulus money approved for highway projects so far is going toward new construction, according to a … more…
September 23, 2009
Feds Urge Transit Systems to Address ‘Safety Issues’ Alan Levin, USA Today, September 23, 2009
July 30, 2009
Sweetheart Clause May Give Next MTA Boss $850K Parachute Pete Donohue, New York Daily News, July 30, 2009
June 25, 2009
Crash Puts Focus on Aging Rail Fleets Michael Cooper, New York Times, June 25, 2009
June 24, 2009
Safety Board: DC Metro Cars Should’ve Been Replaced Carrie Wells, McClatchy, June 24, 2009
June 18, 2009
Calif., Midwest, Angle for High-Speed Rail Funds Micahel Tarm, AP, June 18, 2009
June 04, 2009
States Vie for Chunk of Federal High-speed Rail Funding Alfonso Chardy and Lesley Clark, Miami Herald, June 04, 2009
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