How Are Airport Stimulus Funds Being Spent?
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has nearly finished awarding $1 billion in stimulus funds to cities and towns across the country to improve airports. Even though the agency has urged 11 of the country’s 30 busiest hubs to drastically improve safety standards on runways, that isn’t where the money went. Joining The Takeaway are two investigative reporters who have been following the stimulus money: Mike Grabell from ProPublica, The Takeaway partner in the Shovelwatch project, tracking and reporting on stimulus spending; also on the show is Sharyl Atkinson of CBS News who reported with Michael about the airports’ stimulus funds.
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