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Adam Beam covers the City of Columbia for The State newspaper. Here, he blogs about local government. Reach him at (803) 386-7038 or abeam@thestate.com
Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Stimulus money will repave roads
President Barack Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package has been written about mostly in terms of dollars and cents. Here’s how the stimulus package looks like in terms of asphalt.
The S.C. Department of Transportation has a list of 11 miles worth of Richland County road paving projects scheduled to be paid for with stimulus money. The [...]
Bad news for cities
Wednesday was Columbia City Council’s first meeting without lunch, but they never said anything about not having breakfast.
About 50 people attended a breakfast at the Clarion Hotel for Carolyn Coleman, federal relations director for the National League of Cities. Coleman has been working hard on lobbying Congress for President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill and she [...]
Posted in Columbia city government | Also tagged Bob Coble, Carolyn Coleman, economic stimulus | 1 Comment
S.C. could get $920 million from stimulus
McClatchy’s James Rosen has a good story in today’s newspaper about how South Carolina would benefit from President Barack Obama’s proposed stimulus package. Here’s an excerpt:
“Nearly $480 million for highways and bridges
$125 million for school construction
• $59.5 million for water plants
• $34.2 million for public transportation
That funding infusion would just about double the state’s total [...]
Mayor Bob's favorite part of the inaugural address
Without a doubt, it had to be these two sentences:
“The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act – not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our [...]
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