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• Leveling of main runway pushes air traffic to backup

  April 11, 2011 in City on Page A1 A $25 million job to raise the northeast end of the main runway at Spokane International Airport begins today and will result in flights operating off the airport’s second runway … 3

• Local recovery slow going

  November 17, 2010 in Business on Page A8 The economic recovery will grind slowly forward next year, extending this year’s modest improvements but not breaking out strongly enough to significantly affect unemployment and household income, economists John Mitchell … 3

• Obama: Don’t extend tax breaks for wealthiest

  September 8, 2010 in Nation/World President Barack Obama strongly defended his opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans today and delivered a searing attack on Republicans and their House leader for advocating … 32

• More buildings in freeway’s path set for removal

  September 8, 2010 in City on Page A1 While construction work continues on the North Spokane Corridor north of Francis Avenue, more vacant homes will be torn down this fall in central Spokane to make room for freeway … 1

• Federal funds advance North Side corridor

    September 8, 2010 in City on Page A1 As leaders gathered Tuesday to celebrate the start of a phase of North Spokane Corridor construction paid for by the 2009 federal stimulus package, state officials said they will be … 10

• Recipients seek renewed grants for renewable energy projects

  August 30, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – The wind always seems to blow on the Snake River plain, keeping this high-desert landscape of sage, potatoes and sugar beet plants forever in motion. Still, General Electric … 1

• Largest in U.S., Pacific Northwest smart grid gets funding

  August 22, 2010 in News on Page E6 RICHLAND, Wash. – The check has arrived to pay for the main work phase on the largest and most comprehensive project in the nation to demonstrate how the electric grid … 1

• Job creation remains slow

  August 7, 2010 in Business on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The nation isn’t creating nearly enough jobs to reduce persistently high unemployment. For the third straight month, the private sector hired cautiously in July. And those meager gains … 1

• Holding off homelessness

  August 7, 2010 in City on Page A1 Federal stimulus funding not only helped Spokane weather the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, it changed one of the city’s leading social service agencies, which redirected its staff … 13

• Mark Zandi: Believe it or not, stimulus worked

  August 4, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 No one is happy with the economy’s current performance. Granted, conditions are much better than they were not long ago: Remember the dark days of 2008, when major financial institutions … 7

• Bernanke urges Congress to continue with stimulus

  July 23, 2010 in Business on Page A10 WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Thursday that the fragile economy needs government stimulus spending to strengthen the recovery and help reduce unemployment. Testifying before the … 3

• Economists get antsy as federal ‘juice’ dries up

  June 16, 2010 in City on Page A8 WASHINGTON – The mixed bag of economic data released Tuesday shows a wobbly recovery in danger of being toppled over, analysts said. Big questions remain in the U.S. about where …

• Wash. may not get any more school stimulus dollars

  May 28, 2010 in Region The director of Gov. Chris Gregoire’s Washington, D.C., office hopes a visit home will influence members of Congress to think again about sending more money to public schools to avoid … 2

• U.S. 195 repair under way

  March 22, 2010 in City on Page A1 Some of the concrete panels that make up the road surface of U.S. Highway 195 to Pullman will be fixed this spring. Northbound traffic is being restricted through early May … 1

• Obama says stimulus bill saved troubled economy

  February 17, 2010 in Nation/World President Barack Obama hailed Wednesday’s one-year-old economic stimulus law as a solid accomplishment that staved off another Great Depression and kept up to 2 million people on the job. 1

• $35 million grant to extend North Spokane freeway

    February 17, 2010 in City A $35 million federal stimulus grant was announced this morning to extend work on a North Spokane freeway, according to the office of U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. 4

• December home sales down nearly 17 percent

  January 25, 2010 in Business Sales of previously occupied homes took the largest monthly drop in more than 40 years last month, sinking more dramatically than expected after lawmakers gave buyers additional time to use … 4

• Unemployment unchanged by projects

  January 11, 2010 in Business, Nation/World A federal spending surge of more than $20 billion for roads and bridges in President Barack Obama’s first stimulus has had no effect on local unemployment rates, raising questions about … 7

• Stimulus paves the way

  January 7, 2010 in Business on Page A8 For Spokane International Airport Director Neal Sealock, a Wednesday afternoon news conference showcased a rebuilt tarmac. For Sen. Patty Murray, “It was nice to be standing on some economic recovery …

• Airport unveils asphalt, expects full-body scanners

  January 6, 2010 in Business For Spokane International Airport Director Neal Sealock, a Wednesday afternoon news conference showcased a rebuilt tarmac. For Sen. Patty Murray, “It was nice to be standing on some economic recovery … 3

• Geithner: bailout program extended to October

  December 9, 2009 in Business Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress Wednesday that the administration will extend the government’s financial bailout program until next fall, saying it’s needed to protect against fresh economic shocks.

• New Obama plans: ‘spend our way out’ of downturn

  December 8, 2009 in Nation/World President Barack Obama outlined new multibillion-dollar stimulus and jobs proposals Tuesday, saying the nation must continue to “spend our way out of this recession” until more Americans are back at … 9

• State’s stimulus take hefty

  November 2, 2009 in City on Page A1 In the race for stimulus dollars, Washington is well ahead of the pack in winning valuable government contracts. Federal contracts awarded to companies and government agencies in the state are … 2

• Wash. stimulus update show more than $1.4B spent

  October 30, 2009 in City More than $1.4 billion in federal stimulus money has been spent in Washington state, and the influx of cash has helped pay for tens of thousands of jobs, officials said … 1

• Stimulus moving nation’s economy

  October 29, 2009 in Business on Page A7 WASHINGTON – The government is expected to report today that the U.S. economy resumed growing in the third quarter, which would mark an end to the worst economic contraction since …

• Stimulus jobs being counted

  October 13, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A10 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s stimulus plan spared tens of thousands of teachers from losing their jobs, state officials said Monday amid a nationwide effort to calculate the effect of …

• Calls grow for more relief

  October 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Eight months after enacting a massive economic stimulus package, the Obama administration is facing rising pressure from some congressional Democrats to move more aggressively to jump-start the moribund …

• Senate Democrats reach deal on extending benefits

  October 8, 2009 in Nation/World Senate Democrats said Thursday they have reached a deal to extend unemployment insurance benefits to the nearly 2 million jobless workers across the country who are in danger of running …

• Energy projects get stimulus funds

  October 7, 2009 in Business on Page A12 A bio-energy park near Fishtrap is among the largest Washington recipients of $20 million in federal stimulus money set aside for energy projects. The city of Spokane and Sirti received …

• Bio-energy park, Sirti, city of Spokane receive energy funds

  October 6, 2009 in Business A bio-energy park near Fishtrap is among the largest Washington recipients of $20 million in federal stimulus money set aside for energy projects. The city of Spokane and Sirti received …

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