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Part of the effort to highlight stimulus projects involved the big green and white signs some of you have seen. if you are driving down the highwayen you see these things, they advertise a project paid for by your stimulus dollars. but we are learning that one of these signs cost $10,000 to make and install for a single sign. now on cert can that be? major garrett is much better at math than i am. he is live in washington with the latest. $10,000 for one sign? >> reporter: thats for a sign near ...

Controversy is a sign of the times. the administration knows if there was greater public appreciation for what the stimulus accomplished so far, this would not be an issue. but most americans dont believe the stimulus financing has improved the economy nearly as much as the administration sit would. because of that, this controversy appears to be take on a life of its own. megyn: that one sign costed $10,000. do you know what the overall cost is for these signs? maybe you could put out a web sit...

Gone into effect. but in this case here because its so connected with federal power in the first place, its difficult to say. >> reporter: the law does go into effect july 29. the judge said that she may not rule in this case prior to the law taking effect on july 29. remember this is just one of seven different lawsuits. we got our size outside the courthouse on those protests. if it gets heated well bring those pictures. megyn: we got some new polling on the stimulus act. the president should ...

Together big apple by nearly a quarter this year. the white house has been quick to point out that the number does not include more than $100 million coming to the city through the stimulus act. the stimulus act, by the way, were told was to create job growth in our country. not fund the counterterrorism budget cuts. new york all in, good for $245 million when you add it up, which is an increase of 24% from the bush administration. but that is not nearly enough for members of the new york delega...

>> front line. >> can i interrupt you there? when i look at that and i understand that and i see the massive extraction perpetrated against our country by the banks that caused the need for what you guys call the stimulus act, i call it the cover-up act. and all the state budget shortfalls as a result of the bank scam. and then you tell me youre creating jobs. when what youre really doing is using our tax money to fill in the hole to keep police and hospitals operating that would otherwise be pu...

Consumer advocates wanted. some 212,000 people rolled off their benefits last week, and if nothing is settled, it will be 1 million people this month in april, tom, who will lose their benefits. at issue here is the cost of another extension. some $9 billion. and there are some republicans who are concerned that this so-called emergency spending, first begun underneath the stimulus act, theyd like to see some, as they say in washington parlance, budget offsets. theyd like to say is there going t...

Subsidy thats helping people pay for their cobra health insurance, which is still very expensive. the stimulus act helps pay for some of the co-insurance from the people who are getting cobra and also the unemployment benefits. so were not every six weeks talking about this. doesnt it feel like weve been talking about this all year? weve been trying to patch it and patch it and patch it. there will have to be a longer term discussion of what were going to do if were going to have unemployment ha...

College. you continue to go through. have you purchased a home recently. $8,000 credit. this is when people are going to start to get it back. >> this is great. >> this is absolutely great. >> if you are getting your taxes prepared by someone else, work through this and go to your tax preparer, it said i might get a college credit or a new home buyers credit or something else. >> you should do it before you go. >> and talk to your tax guy. >> and talk to your tax guy. make sure you are doing it ...

They have been tweeting me all morning. >> really? >> they have. >> thats a plan. see you next hour. the stimulus act is having an effect on tax refunds if you take credit where credit is due. we will explain. thats next in the cnn newsroom. hey, i know you. so what can you tell me about shell nitrogen enriched gasoline? did you know they could protect your engine? and how do they do that? they clean up gunk left by lower quality gasoline. then they act as a protective barrier... that shields ...

April 15th is less than a month away. if you havent filed your taxes just yet, heres a reason to get moving. the irs says tax refunds are much bigger this year. allison, lets put some specifics on this. how much money should people be expecting here? >> reporter: yeah, nothing like a little extra cash in your pocket to get you moving to file early. exactly. so listen to this, tony. the average tax refund is nearly 10% higher than last year. and thats a nice little chunk of change. just over $3,0...