Beshear releases general plan for use of federal stimulus dollars

Gov.  Steve Beshear released a general overview of how Kentucky will use the estimated $3 billion the state expects to receive under the federal economic stimulus package. 
Beshear released the breakdown following a press conference this afternoon with Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson about the plan. 
The governor plans to create a state Web site to track the [...]

Beshear to talk about stimulus plan today in Louisville

Gov. Steve Beshear will be talking more today about Kentucky’s share of the recently passed federal economic stimulus package at a press conference with Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson. 
The press conference follows Beshear’s trip to Washington D.C. this past weekend for the National Governors Association winter conference that included meetings with President Barack Obama. 
Some details about [...]

Louisville bridges project won’t qualify for stimulus dollars

WHAS-11’s Mark Hebert is reporting today that the planned Ohio River bridges project at Louisville won’t qualify for funds available avunder the recently passed federal stimulus package. 
According to Hebert, none of the $421 million the state expects to receive for road and bridge projects under the stimulus plan will go to the multi-billion dollar bridges [...]

Several takes on the impact of the stimulus package on the states

Stateline.org this week has been asking various officials their thoughts on how much the federal economic stimulus package signed into law Tuesday by President Barack Obama will impact the economy on the state level. 
Today, the site turned to the head of the American Association of Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and an official with the [...]

White House launches site to track specifics of stimulus package

The White House has launched Recovery.gov to help shed some more light on the economic stimulus plan signed into law today by President Barack Obama. 
The site provides a general breakdown of where the $787 billion called for in the plan is going to, a timeline on how the programs will progress and dollars will be spent [...]

Guthrie among GOP members targeted by DCCC over stimulus package vote

U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie, a Bowling Green Republican who began his first term in Congress last month, is among a group of GOP lawmakers targeted in a round of radio ads offered by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, according to the Washington Post. 
Chris Cillizza with the paper’s “The Fix” blog is reporting that the ads are [...]

Report: States should look to economic stimulus plan to plug budget holes

A report issued Monday by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that the proposed federal economic stimulus package wouldn’t go very far in plugging a $350 billion gap in state budgets over the next 30 months. 
In an article today at Stateline.org, reporter Pamela Prah cites the report by the center as saying that [...]

U.S. House Dems unveil $825 billion stimulus package

The Washington Post and others are reporting that U.S. House Democrats today unveiled a broad economic stimulus package with a price tag of $825 billion they hope will help jump start the economy. 
The cost of the package tops the $775 billion plan that President-elect Barack Obama put forth earlier this month, and additions to the [...]