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Obama's Jobs Plan Splits State Leaders

AP | By DAVID A. LIEB | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: State Budgets, U.S. Economy, Obama Jobs, Infrastructure, State Budget Cuts, Budget Cuts, 112th Congress, Obama Jobs Speech, Federal Aid, Obama Jobs Plan, Barack Obama, Politics News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- President Barack Obama's latest jobs plan calls for $130 billion in aid to state and local governments, providing either a welc...

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Title I Students Assisted By Federal Aid, New Study Reports

Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Title I, Test Scores, Arne Duncan, Debt Ceiling, Budget, Center-for-Education-Policy, President Obama, Education Reform, Federal Aid, Education News

Students receiving federal aid are improving in math and reading, according to a new study from the Center on Education Policy. The new report, ...

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Why the Government Should Help Low-Income Women Pay for Child Care

Christine Bork | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Taxes, Welfare, Single Mothers, State Assistance, Child Care, Wic, Single Parents, Federal Aid, Child Nutrition, Chicago News

It's no secret that common sense is in short supply in contemporary policy-making. A case in point is the situation that most lower-income women with children find themselves in.

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Americans Depend More on Federal Aid Than Ever

usatoday.com | Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: Government, Government Assistance, Social Security, Poverty, Wages, Financial Aid, Economic Recovery, Federal Aid, Recession, Politics News

Americans depended more on government assistance in 2010 than at any other time in the nation's history, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data finds. T...

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President Obama Proposes Cuts in Aid Programs to Preserve Pell Grant

Mark Kantrowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College Loans and Debt, Department of Education, College, Economy, Budget, Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Student Aid, Fafsa, Pell Grants, College Board, College News

It is unlikely that Congress will increase student aid funding by much over the next decade. Instead, there will be greater emphasis on using current funding more effectively.

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Nearly Half Of Federal Loans Paid To For-Profit Colleges In Default

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Defaults on Federal Aid, Debt, Student Loan Default, Federal Aid, Default on Student Loans, Student Debt, Gainful Employment, For-Profit College Regulation, For-Profit Colleges, College News

A whopping 46.3 percent of federal loans distributed to students at for-profit colleges in 2008 would go into default, according to new Education Depa...

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Assistance Placebos: City Denying Half Homeless Aid For Study

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Aid, Charity, Homelessness, Ny News, Homeless, Aid, Homeless Assistance, News, New York News

In order to gauge how successful the homeless assistance program, Homebase, is, The Department of Homeless in New York is denying aid to half its part...

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WATCH: Video Shows Rise Of Food Stamp Use

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hunger, Video, Poverty, Food Stamp Usage, Food Stamps, Wic, Map, Zero Hedge, Federal Aid, Business News

A new time-lapse video illustrates the depressing rise of food stamp usage throughout the U.S. The video's creator, Zero Hedge's John Lohman, point...

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The Triumph of Student Loans

Daniel Luzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College, Student Loans, University, Debt, Education, Credit, Ohio State University, Loans, Federal Aid, College News

The US government has not attempted to make university affordable by stepping in to control costs. Instead, they have focused on offering assistance to pay whatever those costs might be.

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College Students Encouraged To LIE For Financial Aid, Study Finds

Huffington Post | Sara Yin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Aid, College, Fafsa, Financial Aid, Government Accountability Office, College Tuition, For-Profit Colleges, Video, College News

Sparked by an increase in defaulting student loans, an undercover government investigation into for-profit colleges has found that campus recruiters u...

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Ryan Grim Discusses Governors' Discontent With Washington On MSNBC (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fmap, Video, Congress, Msnbc, Federal Aid, Washington D.C., Economy, National Governors Association, National Governors Meeting, Governors, Ryan Grim, Politics News

Huffington Post political reporter Ryan Grim went on MSNBC this afternoon to discuss the National Governors Association meeting this past weekend and ...

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Struggling States Seeking More Aid from Washington

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Economy, Washington DC, National Governor Association, Federal Aid, Struggling States, Recession, Economy, Congress, Recovery, Stimulus Bill, Jobs Bill, 2010 Elections, Deficit, Financial Crisis, Tea Party, Elections 2010, Politics News

BOSTON — Governors hamstrung by the sluggish economic rebound in their states and bound to balance their own budgets are pressing anew for Washi...

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Senator Schumer Seeks Federal Aid After Storm Battering

Crain's New York Business | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Fema, Federal Aid, New York Flooding, New York Storms, Charles Schumer, New York City, New York, New York News

Sen. Charles Schumer is pressing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to expedite disaster aid. The metro region has been hit with three big storm...

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Charter Schools Bill Ignored By Albany, State To Lose $700 Million In Federal Aid

silive.com | AP File Photo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Aid, Governor Paterson, Children, Charter Schools, David Paterson, New York Charter Schools, Paterson Charter Schools, Schoolchildren, Race to the Top, Albany, New York News

The Legislature in a special session this evening refused to act on a bill Gov. David Paterson said is needed for the state to have a chance at $700 m...

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Students Borrowing Dramatically More To Pay For College

The Wall Street Journal | ANNE MARIE CHAKER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University, Standard of Living, Student Debt, College Graduates, Banks, Student Loans, Credit Cards, Higher Education, Stafford Loans, Debt Load, U.S. Education Department, College, Federal Aid, Borrowing, Pell Grants, Personal Finance, Home News

Students are borrowing dramatically more to pay for college, accelerating a trend that has wide-ranging implications for a generation of young people....

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