Posts Tagged ‘ plan ’

Students earn scholarships, venture capital grants

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May 15, 2012

Young business students from the Topeka and Lawrence area were awarded $7,000 in scholarships and $3,550 in venture capital grants by the Youth Entrepreneurs program last week, the organization announced. At the Youth Entrepreneurs Dreams to Dividends regional events, more than $130,000 was awarded to high school students in Kansas and Missouri. Youth Entrepreneurs...
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Baltimore, other cities battle federal security funding plan

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May 12, 2012
Baltimore, other cities battle federal security funding plan

Local homeland security officials in Baltimore and across the country are fighting a proposal to change how $2 billion in federal emergency management money is distributed — a change they say would jeopardize regional efforts to respond to terrorist attacks, major storms and other disasters. The proposal by the Obama administration would require local...
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Dems propose school/local government plan for frack tax, rainy day money

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April 18, 2012

By MARC KOVAC Dix Capital Bureau COLUMBUS — Democrats in the Ohio House are asking the Republicans who control the chamber and Gov. John Kasich to consider diverting state surplus funds and part of the proceeds of a proposed fracking tax to local governments and school districts. Backers say their “Kids and Communities First...
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Portland council hands out $1.8M in community development grants

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April 10, 2012

PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday unanimously approved the city manager’s plan to distribute $1.8 million in federal Community Development Block Grants. The big winners include the Abyssinian Meeting House and the Maine Irish Heritage Center, organizations dedicated to preserving Portland’s cultural history, which were at risk of not receiving funding under one...
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US transportation funding sets off political fighting

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April 3, 2012

Before Congress left town for a two-week recess, lawmakers approved a 90-day extension of transportation funding. But there are clear divisions that jeopardize passage of a long-range plan before the 2012 elections, and some of those were on display Monday in the Quad-Cities. At a morning news conference, U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling, R-Ill., blamed...
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Council approves participation in APCD grant

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March 22, 2012

ATASCADERO After nearly three hours of discussion, the Atascadero City Council voted to participate in a grant with the other cities in the county. The available grant is $400,000 of funding available from the countys Air Pollution Control District, PGE and SoCal Gas. The grant would pay for a consultant with the participating agencies...
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