Stimulus Watch: Salary raise counted as saved job

Associated Press by Brett J. Blackledge, Matt Apuzzo | Nov. 4, 2009 (News Report)

The government's latest count of stimulus jobs significantly overstates the effects of the $787 billion program under a popular federal preschool program, raising fresh questions about the process the Obama administration is using to tout the success of its economic recovery plan. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Nov 4, 2009 - 11:02 AM PST
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    Chicago Tribune by Bob Secter, Erika Slife | Nov. 4, 2009 (News Report)
    More than $4.7 million in federal stimulus aid so far has been funneled to schools in North Chicago, and state and federal officials say that money has saved the jobs of 473 ...
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    CNN by Dave Goldman | Nov. 4, 2009 (News Report)
    Stimulus may have created or saved 640,000 jobs so far, but many of those positions were never intended to last. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was designed to ...
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