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

Scores of Recovery Act opponents sought money out of public view

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

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

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

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

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

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

Critical GAO reports released

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