Evslin: Did the stimulus work? There are no simple answers
This debate that started in the Wall Street Journal will continue because National Public Radio invited both Gary Burtless and me along with Washington Post columnist Harold Meyerson to be guests on “To The Point” hosted by Warren Olney. The live interview is Monday, January 3, between 2:10 and 2:45 PM ET.
Evslin: Confessions of a Stimulator – jobs don’t count
Trouble is that, if you borrow money to hire people to dig holes in the ground (and presumably to fill them up again), all that you’re left with is disturbed dirt and debt, not a “real national dividend of goods and services” as Keynes claims.
Presser on video: Smith, Vermont House leaders announce imminent passage of $8.6 million Jobs Bill
The bill passed second reading 139-0. It will be read for final passage tomorrow before being sent to the Senate for reconciliation.
Vermont Department of Education amends list of ‘lowest achieving’ schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2010 Contact: Jill Remick, 828-3135 STATE OF VERMONT Department of Education 120 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620-2501 Department Amends List of Vermont ’s ‘Lowest Achieving’ Schools Click here for the complete list of Tier I and II Schools MONTPELIER – On March 10, 2010, the Vermont Department of Education released [...]
U.S. Dept. of Education requires states to identify “persistently low-achieving schools” for funding
Contact: Rae Ann Knopf, (802) 828-3813 STATE OF VERMONT Department of Education, 120 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05620-2501 Federal Funds Available for Vermont’s Lowest Achieving Schools MONTPELIER – A new federal regulation from the U.S. Department of Education required states to identify “persistently low-achieving schools” in order to receive federal funding as part of the [...]
Vermont’s Rhino Foods to Receive Over $1.2 Million in stimulus loans
The funding will help Rhino Foods expand its capacity for new production as well as increase workplace safety initiatives.
