A year of recovery

This morning, President Obama marked a year since signing the Economic Recovery Act. So has the stimulus package worked? Here are just a few examples from EconomyStory’s partners examining the industries and projects that have benefited the most, and areas of the country that are still waiting for their funding to arrive:

Propublica’s Eye on Stimulus looks at opinions from the left and the right about the package’s successes and failures, and provides tools to check up on projects in your local area.

Has the stimulus lived up to its promise? As we’ve reported before … where you stand depends on where you sit.

The White House is marking today’s anniversary with a stimulus progress report [2] (PDF), which claims the Recovery Act has created or saved 2 million jobs; extended unemployment benefits for almost 20 million Americans; and cut taxes for more than 95 percent of working families. The administration says that by the end of last month, the combination of tax cuts and obligated funds came to a total of $453 billion.

Dante Chinni at NewsHour’s Patchwork Nation reports on what types of communities have gotten the most out of the stimulus package.

NPR features snapshots from around the country of various stimulus projects, including health care facilities in West Virginia, and a jobs program for young people in Washington, DC.

Nightly Business Report answers pressing questions about the extension of TARP benefits.

And PBS’s Blueprint America series focuses on infrastructure projects around the country.

Do you think recovery funds are going to the right places? What should the government’s next step be? Take your pulse on the issue with KQED’s You Decide.

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