St. Louis and a handful of suburbs will get about $12.6 million in federal economic stimulus funds designed to help cities avoid laying off police officers, the Obama administration announced this morning. The grant will fund the salaries of 71 police…
Joe Biden
UPDATED … WASHINGTON — In case you hadn’t noticed, the Obama administration is setting in motion a pro-stimulus PR blitz this week to defend against skeptics and spell out plans to create or save another 600,000 jobs in the next 100 days.
The White House put…
Carnahan
WASHINGTON — Stimulus critics parading about have some new fodder if they don’t mind dissing green jobs: a gush of stimulus money from Washington for weatherization and state energy programs totalling more than a half-billion dollars for Missouri and Illinois.
President Barack…
WASHINGTON — With support for the economic recovery plan flagging, the White House is initiating a campaign to tell Americans what many don’t understand — what the proposals will mean for them.
While many details must yet be hashed out, here’s what the White…
Gov. Jay Nixon has named St. Louis developer Steve Stogel and Greg Wendt, a California business executive who grew up in the St. Louis area, to head a 26-member panel that will help shape Missouri’s efforts to get a big chunk of federal economic stimulus…
MO Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond is taking heat from liberal groups including from Americans United for Change, the SEIU and MoveOn.org for his opposition to parts of the $800 billion-plus economic recovery package.
The spot is set…
Bond
WASHINGTON — When you’re in public office for nearly four decades, you know when the train is coming down the track.
In the House yesterday, the GOP maintained a remarkable discipline in opposing the $800 billion-plus stimulus plan, even at the risk…
Rep. Todd Akin
WASHINGTON — It was great having the president stop by and lining up at microphones to say their piece.
But Rep. Todd Akin and many House Republicans left their unusual meeting today with temporary Lobbyist-in-Chief Barack Obama unsold on the $800 billion-plus economic recovery…
St. Louis County has 45 more projects, costing $500 million, to add to its economic stimulus list, Garry Earls, the county’s chief operating officer, on Thursday told the January membership meeting of the St. Louis County Municipal League.
At the group’s…
Sterman
The East-West Gateway Council of Governments, which allocates federal transportation and some other U.S. funds in the region, has largely been on the sidelines as local governments prepare wish lists of projects for federal economic stimulus money.
However, Les Sterman, the…
