Economic Stimulus

Governor Richardson said in a press release Friday that 10,00 full and part time jobs are the result of federal stimulus money. In a breakdown of the numbers 7,372 people got full or part time jobs in the last quarter of 2009.

A package of green jobs bills before the Legislature could be key to how New Mexico uses federal stimulus money. The final federal package provides potentially $1.15 billion for green jobs training, in a larger $113.5 billion package to stimulate a clean energy economy.

If you were watching C-SPAN Wednesday during the debate in the U.S. House about the economic stimulus package, you probably noticed a new talking point coming from the Republicans.
The Republicans, every single one, voted against the bill. Instead, they offered their own bill that focused on tax cuts, and in defense of that bill, the [...]

The $825 billion federal stimulus proposal presented by House Democrats this week proposed $275 billion in tax cuts and $550 billion in spending. That’s $25 billion less in tax cuts than the figure President-elect Obama has used in recent weeks.

Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez wants $1.6 billion from Barack Obama. Well, not in the way that Rod Blagojevich wanted money from politicians, but rather for the city government he leads.
KOB-TV reported that Chavez sent over the wish list at the request of Obama — for big-city mayors and the projects they want included in an [...]