Article: GETTING A TASTE OF STIMULUS RELIEF; Projects are taking off, but will the millions spent give the economy a lasting boost?(NEWS)

Byline: MIKE KASZUBA; STAFF WRITER

Of the more than $502 million in federal stimulus money for highway pro-jects now pouring into Minnesota, just over $4 million is going to repave a four-mile stretch of Interstate 35 near Faribault.

For a few weeks anyway, some of it is also going into the pockets of 27-year-old Eric Margelofsky. He is one of scores of people who have gotten work fixing the bumpy chunk of 40-year-old roadway in the summer sun.

This is the scenario of success President Obama had in mind when billions of dollars began flooding out from Washington to jump-start an ailing economy. Critics have, meanwhile, complained that the ...

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