Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State, we head to Oklahoma. Quick Oklahoma facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Oklahoma was 5.0%. As of July 31, 2010, the unemployment rate was 6.9%–a net increase of almost 2%! (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics) According to Recovery.gov, Oklahoma has received 4,959 awards. This has resulted in [...]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State, we head to Idaho. Quick Idaho facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Idaho was 6.7%. As of July 31, 2010, the unemployment rate was 8.8%–a net increase of 2.1%! (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics) According to Recovery.gov, Idaho has received 1,778 awards. This has resulted in $1,613,171,961 [...]

Continuing on our series to investigate how the “Summer of Recovery” and the “stimulus” affected the economies of all 50 states, we covered Oregon, Maryland, Kentucky, Arizona and Virginia over the past week. As we have been finding all along, any signs of a “recovery” are yet to be discovered. Arizona is one of the worst hit states in the [...]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State, we head to Montana. Quick Montana facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Montana was 5.6%. As of July 31, 2010, the unemployment rate was 7.3%–a net increase of 1.7%! (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics) According to Recovery.gov, Montana has received 2,227 awards. This has resulted in $1,254,531,657 [...]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State, we head to Virginia. Quick Virginia facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Virginia was 5.7%. As of June 30, 2010, the unemployment rate was 7%–a net increase of 1.3%! (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics) According to Recovery.gov, Virginia has received 5,032 awards. This has resulted in $5,403,710,795 [...]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State, we head to Kentucky. Quick Kentucky facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Virginia was 9.1%. As of June 30, 2010, the unemployment rate was 10%–a net increase of 0.9%! (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics) According to Recovery.gov, Kentucky has received 3,157 awards. This has resulted in $2,874,119,574 [...]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State, we head to Arizona. Quick Arizona facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Arizona was 8%. As of June 30, 2010, the unemployment rate was 9.6%–a net increase of 1.6%! (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics) According to Recovery.gov, Arizona has received 4,791 awards. This has resulted in $4,694,698,082 [...]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State, we head to Maryland. Quick Maryland facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Maryland was 6.1%. As of June 30, 2010, the unemployment rate was 7.1%–a net increase of 1%! (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics) According to Recovery.gov, Maryland has received 4,188 awards. This has resulted in $4,578,522,103 [...]

Over the past week, we covered the following states at NetRightDaily.com to see how Recovery Summer and Stimulus affected those states’ economies. We examined New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina and Washington and the results were alarming to say the least. As we continue to discover, the Big Government schemes from Washington, D.C. have had no positive effect on the [...]

Continuing on the Recovery Summer and Stimulus: State by State, we head to Oregon. Quick Oregon facts: In January of 2009, the unemployment rate in Oregon was 9.9%. As of June 30, 2010, the unemployment rate was 10.5%. (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics) According to Recovery.gov, Oregon has received 4,001 awards. This has resulted in $2,771,630,831 being spent to create/save [...]