Thanks to the crew at NewsRadio 740 AM for having us on this morning to talk about our digging into the federal stimulus weatherization assistance program.

We discussed our latest story, in which we found problems statewide -- including problems so bad in Abilene that the state had to halt the program.

From the Texas Watchdog story:

State inspectors in mid-April notified Community Action Program in Abilene that it was spending more than six times the limit on administration, according to the inspection document. Documentation of work done and money spent was in some case nonexistent, according to the findings.

Read the whole story on statewide stimuls problems here: $5.6 million federal stimulus contract halted in Abilene, subpar work found statewide in Texas' weatherization program.

Also read the other work we've done covering the stimulus:

• Sheltering Arms director out; shoddy work found in $22.3 million federal stimulus contract to fix up low-income homes
  

• Job creation 'has not materialized' from Weatherization Assistance Program: Federal inspector general
  

• Shoddy workmanship found in $22 million federal stimulus contract to improve the homes of the poor
  

• Federal stimulus plan for solar power will take decades to return investment, if ever
  

• 47 homes retrofitted, $3.7M spent in Texas through Dec. under program to improve low-income homes
  

Trent Seibert can be reached at 832-316-4994 or at trent@texaswatchdog.org.