Recovery board foiled by its own effort to track stimulus spending

By John Solomon

Add another chapter in the government's struggles to account for how the $787 billion stimulus money is being spent....

Stimulating hypocrisy: Scores of Recovery Act opponents sought money out of public view

By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta

Scores of Recovery Act opponents sought money out of public view

Money to high speed rail could create conflicts with other transpo projects

By Matthew Lewis

The emergent high speed rail lobby, which we highlighted in a story today as part of our Transportation Lobby project, may be approaching it
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Homebuilders leave trough hungry, despite lobby blitz

By Joe Eaton

All fingers point at the housing mess as a primary trigger for the current recession, but so far the homebuilding industry has been left in

Obama stimulus plan may harm environment

By Joe Eaton

The Obama $800 billion stimulus package could stimulate headaches for environmentalists and smart growth advocates who fear that the urgency

Excerpts from this story referencing "Urban Land Institute in Washington":

"… ecade or more for mass transit, adds Robert Dunphy, a senior fellow at the Urban Land Institute in Washington. There are mass transportation projects ready to move, he says, such as ad …"

Work underway on Dodd-Frank exec pay rules

By Jeremy Borden

New federal rules are on track to oversee bank executives’ pay packages and discourage them from taking unnecessary risks for short-term pay
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Reform, watched

Want to give an economist a fit? Insist that supply is “better” than demand. Or, as we recently discovered, ask for a quick take on the new

Tea Party founder, Texans among those asking for stimulus funds

By Julie Vorman

The founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, is among scores of Republicans and conservative Democrats who cr

DOT criticized for vagueness on $9.5 billion in projects

By Aaron Mehta

Critical GAO reports released

Card games in the office — an unintended consequence of Dodd-Frank law?

By Julie Vorman

One unintended consequence of the Dodd-Frank law: A new FDIC team of bankruptcy specialists spends its days sitting in the office playing c

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