Sentences with phrase «federal stimulus package»

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today voiced strong support for a proposal by Senator Charles Schumer to have county governments in New York State receive direct funding from the federal government as part of additional Medicaid funding for New York that will be included in the upcoming federal stimulus package.
The S&P 500 continued its record rise Thursday following Federal Reserve Chair nominee Janet Yellen's comments that she would continue the federal stimulus package.
But as a protectorate, and not a state, Puerto Rico can not file for bankruptcy and be eligible for a federal stimulus package, according to the Times.
Leading conservative voices — including The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and The Weekly Standard and the talk show personalities Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck — took on the Republican nominee, Assemblywoman Scozzafava, who supports gay rights and abortion rights and had embraced some Democratic economic policies like the federal stimulus package.
The gutting of America's capitol press corps comes just as a large portion of the federal stimulus package becomes the responsibility of state governments.
«Getting people to work is the mission of our Office of Workforce Development and it is also the goal of the federal stimulus package,» Picente said.
Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. and Utica Mayor David Roefaro today announced that the City of Utica will receive a $ 2 million grant as part of the federal stimulus package, opening a new chapter in the county - city partnership to reduce lead exposure in the City of Utica by funding efforts to abate lead in some 190 rental and... Read more
As training money from the federal stimulus package opens new possibilities for Mohawk Valley workers looking for the skills that will be in demand when the economy recovers, Mohawk Valley Community College is offering area residents an opportunity to learn about exciting programs that can be the first step in a new career.
Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. and Utica Mayor David Roefaro today announced that the City of Utica will receive a $ 2 million grant as part of the federal stimulus package, opening a new chapter in the county - city partnership to reduce lead exposure in the City of Utica by funding efforts to abate lead in some 190 rental and owner occupied housing units.
Solar energy companies owned by a tea party Republican running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Wisconsin who is strongly opposed to the 2009 federal stimulus package have received $ 500,000 in grants under the program.
«Without the funding that our region is receiving from the federal stimulus package, along with the funding Gov. Paterson and the Legislature approved for our youth, these young people would be left behind.
Picente noted that this year's program is larger than past years due to funding through the federal stimulus package that is helping Oneida County youth learn work skills.
Similarly, programs to weatherize homes as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, better known as the federal stimulus package, may fail because they are not widely known and feature an incentive in the form of a tax credit that could take up to a year to collect.
Environmentalists had hoped President Obama's federal stimulus package might be an opportunity to hasten the remediation process.
One big reason for his hesitation was the giant influx of money from the federal stimulus package that had to be disbursed.
Barack Obama, thanks to often overlooked steps like raising car fuel efficiency standards and making alternative energy projects a big part of the federal stimulus package.
NEW YORK — The federal stimulus package and the city's ambitious «green building» initiative should provide a jobs bonanza for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) specialists, city officials said yesterday.
In other locations, TAP may get a financial boost from money in the federal stimulus package that's designated for performance pay.
As recent news reports have detailed, over half of the jobs created or saved by the federal stimulus package (325,000 out of 640,000 jobs) have been in public education.
Programs serving the nation's economically disadvantaged students and those with disabilities are receiving massive funding boosts through the federal stimulus package — $ 13 billion for Title I aid and $ 11.3 billion for special education — but how school districts choose to use the money may set them up for problems when it dries up.
The money, which was part of the federal stimulus package, is expected to be released in two phases, with the first occurring early next year.
July 16, 2009 Gov. Charlie Crist keeps hailing the federal stimulus package as a magic job - saver — on Wednesday he pointed to $ 2 billion of the money helping 26,000 teachers stay employed in Florida.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger noted that he pushed for the grant approval - money that originally came from the federal stimulus package.
School districts are getting extra Title I money this year as part of the federal stimulus package, so that will help eligible schools meet the new requirements.
Common Core really took off, though, with the Race to the Top grant program that was part of the 2009 federal stimulus package.
recognizing the importance of the matter, president Obama and congressional leaders included $ 650 million in the federal stimulus package for the enhancing education Through technology (eett) state grant program — 25 percent of which must be used for professional development on the best uses of technology — that will begin flowing to schools later this month.
As part of the federal stimulus package of 2009, Congress provided jumbo - sized School Improvement Grant money to states in exchange for commitments to identify and restructure their most academically troubled schools.
Investment in U.S. wind, solar, and geothermal resources actually grew during the recession of 2009, due in large part to President Obama's federal stimulus package, which set aside $ 90 billion for clean energy and is projected to result in 720,000 new or saved jobs by 2012.
Congress has extended it in the past, most recently in 2009 as part of the federal stimulus package.
The tax credit was created as part of the $ 787 billion federal stimulus package in February to help stimulate the property market.
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