State Aid

NY Times: Debt Deal Does 'Real Damage' At The Local Level

The New York Times | Editors | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Discretionary Spending, State Spending, Debt Ceiling, State Aid, Spending Cuts, Debt Deal, Federal Spending, Republicans, Municipalities, Business News

States and cities had already endured a harrowing three-year financial slide when the debt-ceiling crisis darkened their outlooks even further. In the...

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States Begin To Cut Aid For Cities As Budget Woes Mount

nytimes.com | MICHAEL COOPER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Budgets, State Debt, State Aid, Municipal Debt Crisis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Nebraska, City Budgets, Muni Debt, Business News

The cuts are widespread. Ohio plans to slash aid to Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and other cities and local governments by more than a half-billion...

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States To Recieve $1.5 Billion In Small Business Aid

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business Loans, Small Business, Small Business Bill, State Aid, Economy, Small Business Aid, Recession, Business News

Reuters) - The Treasury Department on Friday announced a $1.5 billion lending initiative to promote small businesses at the state level. To receive...

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The Top Recipient Of Federal Aid? It's Alaska

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Census, Alaska, Federal Aid Per Capita, State Aid, Business News

The US Census came out with its annual report, the "Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2009: State and Country Areas" on how much the ...

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House Forced Back To D.C. Now That Senate Has Passed State Aid Bill

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Aid Bill, House Jobs Bill, Jobs Bill, State Aid, House State Aid Bill, House Back to D.C., Politics News

House Democrats may be feeling that they should be careful what they wish for. After months of grousing that the Senate was unable to get anything ...

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UCLA Anderson Announces Plan To Reject State Aid

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business School, Public Funding, Ucla, The West, State Aid, UCLA Anderson, California Budget Cuts, College News, Budget Cuts, College News

According to Bloomberg Businessweek, UCLA's Anderson School of Management might join the ranks of a few public graduate programs that refuse state aid...

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Republican Strategy for Victory: Stall Economic Recovery

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Unemployment, President Obama, State Aid, Republican Revolution, Wall Street Reform, Filibuster, Economic Recover, Teachers, Newt Gingrich, Democrats, Stimulus, Recession, Repulblicans, Politics News

For the last twenty months, Democrats have been pushing to get the economy out of the ditch. Not only have Republicans refused to lend a hand, they have been actively throwing rocks under the wheels.

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House Expected To Pass State Jobs Bill After Being Called Back From Recess

JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Aid Bill, House Jobs Bill, Jobs Bill, State Aid, State and Local Government, Economic Crisis, House State Aid Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House members are giving up a couple of days reconnecting with folks in their districts this week to pass a jobs bill that Democra...

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Let Them Eat Paste: Democrats Cut Food Stamps To Fund Education, Health Care

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vision, Fmap, Congress, Wealthy, Bush, Food Stamps, Economy, Progressives, Compromise, Jobs, Funding, Rich, Democrats, Teacher, Deficit, State Aid, Tax Cuts, Medicaid, Politics News

When asked to sideline the needs of, say, poor black folks or undocumented immigrants and prioritize the needs of working class white folks, unfortunately few groups in Washington bat an eye.

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Senate To Vote On State Aid Monday

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fmap, National Guard, Mark Begich, State Aid, Nebraska, Politics News

The Senate will hold a key vote Monday afternoon on a bill to provide $26 billion in Medicaid and education money to states. Previous domestic aid b...

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Call Your Senators Today to Protect a Million Jobs

Gerald McEntee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fmap, Rush Limbaugh, State Aid, Republican Obstructionism, Create Jobs, Protect Jobs, Harry Reid, Economic Recovery, Medicaid, Unemployment, Jobless-Americans, Jobs, Politics News

If we fail to break the Republicans legislative lockdown today, there should be no doubt that there will be more pain for working families, more debt and a prolonged recession.

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Pelosi: House Will Pass COBRA Subsidies, State Aid

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blue Dogs, House, Deficit, Congress, Spending Bill, Unemployment, Midterm Elections, Jobs Bill, State Aid, 2010 Elections, Nancy Pelosi, Health Insurance, Dutch Ruppersburger, Cobra Subsidies, Democrats, Elections 2010, Politics News

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Tuesday that the House would return to the debate over COBRA subsidies and aid to state governments when Congr...

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Big Push Needed To Win 60 Votes For State Aid ... And More Private Sector Jobs

Bill Scher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fmap, Jobs, State Aid, Home News

On a blogger conference call earlier today, representatives from AFSCME, Economic Policy Institute and Progressive States called for a major grassroot...

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