Sentences with phrase «federal grants worth»

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The federal government offer grants for women - owned and minority - run businesses, which might be worth a look.

In exchange, the company received a package of state and federal tax credits, local property tax breaks, discounted power, and grants worth a combined $ 85 million.

And it's worth remembering what happened after former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, a Republican, was charged in a federal indictment with directing state grants to a favored business client.

Back in 2004, Spencer Hsu told the story of how the first federal voucher program was launched, when George W. Bush signed legislation providing grants worth as much as $ 7,500 each to children from dozens of public schools in the District of Columbia for their use at private or religious schools in a five - year experiment.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Last year, when Tennessee was named one of the first two states to win a federal Race to The Top grant, worth $ 501 million, there was great joy all around.

Sharon Robinson, president and chief executive officer of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, warned against linking eligibility for the federal grants — about $ 100 million's worth per year, given to prospective teachers who are planning to work in high - need schools — in part because of the precedent it could set.

The Duluth Transit Authority was awarded grants for electric buses and charging stations worth more than $ 6.3 million by the Federal Transit Administration on Monday.

Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal government offers businesses a cash grant worth 30 percent of the cost of qualifying renewable energy systems, provided they're installed in 2009 and 2010.