Missouri - Economic Policy

US President Barack Obama Thursday bemoaned a "sledgehammer" last decade of economic irresponsibility, but insisted his policies were succeeding in powering a genuine recovery.Obama launched a two-day western political swing by touring a plant which makes electric vehicles, a symbol of his ...

Zweig argues in his piece that "the bad behavior on Wall Street in the 1920s wasn't really caused by the blurring of commercial and investment banking. However, Zweig presents the argument that "there is a strain in the American psyche that has ...

Mo. Gov. Nixon declares job creation top priority, but says state cannot fully fund schoolsGov. Jay Nixon declared job creation his top priority while suggesting that Missouri's public schools and colleges should share the burden for the state's burgeoning budget woes.In a ...

Rebound in taxes will take years, forcing states to make deeper cuts to jobs and servicesThe recession is probably over, which means states' financial troubles have only begun.History suggests it could take six or more years for sales and income taxes which ...

Mo. seeks $142M from stimulus to expand high-speed Internet access to 91 percent of residentsMissouri is seeking $142 million of federal stimulus money to expand high-speed Internet access to remote parts of the state.A project proposal being submitted Thursday to the federal ...

Federal stimulus money could help expand rural broadband network in MissouriA speedier Internet hookup might be on its way to some of Missouri's rural residents, courtesy of federal stimulus funds.About one-fifth of the state's residents live in areas without access to high-speed ...

Minutes after President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package on Feb. 17, construction crews in rural central Missouri began replacing a 1,000-foot bridge in Tuscumbia. The project was timed to be the first in the nation to commence under the ...

Construction begins on Mo. bridge, believed to be first project under federal stimulus planConstruction crews have started working on a replacement for a rural Missouri bridge within minutes of President Barack Obama's signing the $787 billion stimulus package.Officials expected the Missouri bridge ...

Update1: Originally published 8 September at 21.55 Former Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee (R-RI), a moderate who voted against the Iraq War Resolution (and the only Senate Republican to do so), has left the party. " According to the article, the 2006 election ...

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Obama bemoans 'sledgehammer' recession

Two More Takes on the Politics of Bank Regulation

Mo. Gov. Nixon: Jobs top priority in poor economy

Recession's end marks start of states' budget woes

Mo. seeks $142M from stimulus for Internet access

Federal stimulus could expand Mo. rural broadband

How the Stimulus Money Will Flow

Mo. bridge project touted as first under stimulus

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