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To keep track of how stimulus money is being spent, ProPublica has asked volunteers across the country for help. Joining The Takeaway are ProPublica editor Amanda Michel and Geoff Badenoch, a volunteer tracker from Missoula, Montana.
President Obama’s stimulus plan’s main goal was to help needy communities build roads and create jobs, to help kick-start the economy. To keep track of how the stimulus money is being spent, ProPublica has asked for volunteers from communities across the country for help. The Adopt-a-Stimulus Program is being launched today. Joining The Takeaway to talk about the program is Amanda Michel, Editor of Distributed Reporting at ProPublica; also joining the show is Geoff Badenoch, a volunteer tracker from Missoula, Montana.