Congressman Meek To Tour St. Lucie County’s Green Collar Training Center

U.S. Congressman Kendrick Meek, District 17, is scheduled to visit St. Lucie County’s Green Collar Training Center, located within St. Lucie County Logistics Center at 3855 S. U.S. 1 in Fort Pierce. Congressman Meek will tour the Green Collar Training Center on Tuesday, April 6 at 2 p.m. to learn first-hand about the County’s Green [...]

Obama: State of the Union

In his State of the Union Address, the President laid out an agenda attempting to attack one problem from every conceivable angle: the terrible squeeze felt by America’s middle class.  Fundamentally, that means prying government away from special interests and dedicating it to measures that put Americans to work and lay the foundation for a [...]

More Jobs And More Money

Reports from the Department of Labor and Department of Commerce indicate that the number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, dropping below 500,000 for the first time since January, and that consumers started spending again in October as their incomes grew modestly as signs continue to [...]

FDOT and the Federal Stimulus

The Florida Department of Transportation has a really good “At-a-Glance” page dedicated to the Federal Economic Stimulus as it relates to Florida’s Department of Transportation projects.
There is a status report that gets updated weekly on the progress with the ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) projects.  Here is the link to the status [...]

Weekly Address: Traveling In Asia

President Obama discusses his trip to Asia. He talks about his push to stop nuclear proliferation in North Korea, Iran, and around the world. He talks about promoting America’s principles for an open society in China while making progress on joint efforts to combat climate change. And talks in-depth about the primary objective of his [...]

Chase To Add $4B Small Business Loans In 2010

Chase announced that it plans to increase its lending to small businesses by up to $4 billion in 2010, boosting expected new lending to about $10 billion to this vital segment of the U.S. economy.
This will provide businesses with increased access to working capital, term loans for expansion, commercial mortgages, lines of credit, and business [...]