by Amanda Michel of ProPublica and the ProPublica Reporting Network Initially published Tuesday (Aug. 18, 2009) at 9:18 am EDT Vice President Joe Biden touted this as the summer of stimulus, a time when the Obama administration would ramp up road construction and put “shovels in the ground.” That promise appears likely to play out [...]
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Stimulus Spot Check: Summer Wave of Projects Nears Crest
Posted on 19 August 2009.
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Federal Stimulus in MontCo Worth $108 Per Person … So Far
Posted on 10 August 2009.
WASHINGTON DC – The amount of federal economic stimulus money being spent in Montgomery County (PA) – a total of more than $84 million through July 20 (2009) – equals $108 for every man, woman and child who are county residents, an examination by the ProPublica news organization shows. The Pottsgrove and Pottstown school districts [...]
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How Berks, Chester Counties Compare In Stimulus Spending
Posted on 10 August 2009.
WASHINGTON DC – Although reporting Wednesday (Aug. 5, 2009) by the ProPublica news organization claims Recovery Act spending nationwide does not correlate with the intent to jump-start local economies out of the recession, stimulus funding in Montgomery, Chester and Berks counties seems to track along the lines of their relative needs. A package of reports [...]
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Signs On Route 422 Mark Stimulus Funding
Posted on 20 July 2009.
ROYERSFORD PA – Signs proclaiming that federal stimulus money is at work in the current repair of U.S. Route 422, and in infrastructure projects elsewhere across the state and nation, are being erected as quickly as possible “to make it easier for Americans” to know where billions of dollars in economic recovery funds are being [...]
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Recovery Act Signs Cause A Stir
Posted on 20 July 2009.
WASHINGTON DC – Although a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) spokesman says his agency has taken a “middle of the road” approach to posting signs that show on which highways federal stimulus money is being spent, other states’ willingness to spend liberally on such roadside markers is generating public controversy. PennDOT so far has spent [...]
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Posts Join ProPublica Reporting Effort
Posted on 20 July 2009.
SANATOGA PA – Some news reporting by Sanatoga-based Career Education Media Ventures (CEMV), focusing on the use of federal economic stimulus funding in Pennsylvania infrastructure projects, is now being shared with a national investigative journalism organization called ProPublica. CEMV publishes The Sanatoga Post, The Limerick Post and The Pottstown Post. Joe Zlomek, managing editor of [...]
422 Repairs, Delays Start Tuesday
Posted on 22 May 2009.
ROYERSFORD PA – A 4-1/2-mile stretch of U.S. Route 422, roughly between its Royersford and Collegeville (Route 29) interchanges, will undergo $12.2 million of reconstruction and improvement work beginning next week, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced Thursday (May 21, 2009). “We are ready to upgrade this rough stretch of pavement and provide motorists [...]
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