In 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law.
It provided $500 million stimulus to states for research and green jobs training. Washington state received $16 million of that money.
From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Ashley Ahearn of KUOW reports on how that money was used and what it achieved.
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- Ashley Ahearn,science and environment reporter for KUOW in Seattle. She tweets @aahearn.
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