Economic Stimulus and Job Creation – Tennessee

To create jobs, Tennessee looks to New Deal model, By Michael Cooper, July 27, 2009, New York Times: “Critics elsewhere may be questioning how many jobs the stimulus program has created, but here in central Tennessee, hundreds of workers are again drawing paychecks after many months out of work, thanks to a novel use of federal stimulus money by Tennessee officials to help one of the state’s hardest-hit areas…”
Stimulus creates 12,000 teen jobs, By Clay Carey, July 27, 2009, The Tennessean: “As she searched for what would be her first summer job, Jasmine Frazier hit dead end after dead end. Clothing stores and boutiques near her family’s home in Wilson County weren’t hiring. In a tight economy, she was competing with older, more experienced workers for low-paying jobs teens typically land…”