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Downers Grove council increases funding for Ogden Avenue grant program
Owners of businesses along Ogden Avenue will have more resources available to improve their properties, following a recent vote by Downers Grove village officials. The village council unanimously agreed to put up more funding for a matching grant program...Tags: Business, Rental Service, Local Government
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Friday Morning Coffee: The weekend warm-up.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Welcome to the penultimate weekend of August 2012. This month's been another quick one in a summer that -- as they all do -- just seems to have flown by. But don't worry, there are...... -
FEMA snub surprised Palm Beach County
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County and the rest of Florida getting turned down for federal aid in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaac came as a surprising snub ??? especially given who signed the letter. The Federal Emergency Management Agency last week......Tags: Jeb Bush, Hurricane Isaac (2012), Local Government, Executive Branch, FEMA
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Report lays out a bleak scenario under Medicaid cuts
HealthWith the nation on a fiscally unsustainable path, the federal government has these choices: Cut spending, raise taxes, or do both. Health care spending, a huge part of the government's budget, stands as a huge target. A new report lays out the impact of... -
Fresno teachers union backs controversial federal grant
L.A. NOWAfter a marathon debate, the Fresno teachers union agreed to endorse its school district's application for a federal grant that will require controversial changes in instructor evaluations.... -
Gov Scott’s teacher training grant program
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelGov. Rick Scott has proposed a $2 million teacher training grant program — one that would be partially funded by matching dollars from private donations. We mentioned the grant in this story about Scott seeking to remake his image by focusing on... -
Tuesday Morning Coffee: Five days and counting.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Tuesday Morning, Felllow Seekers. It's Tuesday, June 26, 2012. And there are a mere five days to go before the start of the new fiscal year. In 1948, the U.S. began its famed Berlin Airlift. In 1956, Congress approved...... -
Want to secede from the U.S.? Ask the Valley how that goes
Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, take a lesson from Los Angeles. From the San Fernando Valley. Don’t even think about seceding. You can’t afford it. Ten years ago, the San Fernando Valley -- about half of the city’s area -- began a...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Bobby Jindal, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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Glendale Unified disqualified from Race to the Top competition
Glendale's Hail Mary pass in the $400-million Race to the Top federal grant program has been called by the officials: Incomplete. One day after the U.S. Department of Education announced it received 371 applications for the $400 million grant program,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Washington, DC, Arne Duncan, Career and Workplace
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Ag Secretary announces projects to create rural jobs in 38 states
WASHINGTON - On Oct. 17 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the selection of 112 recipients in 38 states, Washington, DC, and the Western Pacific for loans and grants to help spur rural economic development and create or save jobs. "These awards...Tags: Economic Policy, Business, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, Tom Vilsack
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Voters to decide if large projects get state grants
Editor's note: This is the fifth in a series of stories about the four constitutional amendments, two referred laws and one initiated law that South Dakota voters will decide on the November 6 election. PIERRE - At its root, Referred Law 14 is a question...Tags: Dennis Daugaard, Renewable Energy, Elections, Wind Power, Executive Branch
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October Storm Hits Connecticut
Nov 8 Some 18,000 Connecticut Light and Power customers were still without power midday Tuesday, most in the Simsbury area. About one-third of Simsbury was without electricity, as was a quarter of Avon and Farmington, and many in Granby, Canton,...Tags: Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Canton (Hartford, Connecticut), Business, Litchfield County, South Windsor
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