Sentences with phrase «in federal stimulus»

The money was included in the federal stimulus bill or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

It wasn't so long ago that Florida Governor Rick Scott notoriously denied his state $ 2.4 billion in federal stimulus funding for a high speed rail line that would link Tampa, Orlando, and Miami.

Today we learn that the FBI has raided their offices: «Federal agents executed a search warrant at the Northern California headquarters of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra Inc., which filed for bankruptcy protection this week despite receiving $ 535 million in federal stimulus loan guarantees.

That is not at all surprising since last year $ 3 billion in federal stimulus funds was provided to the National Science Foundation in addition to their normal budget of about $ 6 billion.

In 2009, Obama allocated $ 467 million in federal stimulus funding for geothermal and solar energy projects.

The carrot that lawmakers were reaching for was hundreds of millions of dollars in federal stimulus funding Obama is offering as part of Race to the Top in exchange for improvements in the educational system.

Some cash - strapped states and school districts are signaling a major expansion of charter schools to tap $ 5 billion in federal stimulus funds, despite strong opposition from some teachers unions...

In fiscal 2010, schools actually received more in state aid, helped by an additional $ 1 billion in federal stimulus money.

The infusion of close to $ 2 billion in federal stimulus funding prevented major cuts in many education programs.

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.

The NEA was among the groups that championed $ 100 billion in federal stimulus aid for education that helped many teachers maintain their positions, as well as a supplemental $ 10 billion specifically earmarked for education jobs.

Culver signed the measure, which could attract up to $ 175 million in federal stimulus money, just hours after the House Friday voted 56 - 37 to approve it.

Race to the Top: President Obama's Race to the Top (RttT) initiative helped (and continues to help) to distribute billions of dollars in federal stimulus monies to states, thus far to a total of $ 4.35 billion, if states promise via their legislative policies that they will use students» large - scale standardized test scores for even more consequential purposes than NCLB required prior.

Milwaukee saw not only a decrease in state aid, but a loss of $ 82 million in federal stimulus aid that expired that same year.

Then the district, awash in federal stimulus money, decided to buy dozens of smartboards and desktop computers.

The poster child for this critique was Colorado's EAGLE - Net, funded in 2010 with $ 100 million in federal stimulus support.

The association has a point: Within the past decade, more than $ 200 million in federal stimulus funds, plus millions more from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, have been spent in New Mexico alone on efforts to extend high - speed broadband networks to rural areas.

Not only was state aid decreased, but the district also faced a loss of $ 82 million in federal stimulus aid that expired that same year.

The district is scheduled to receive $ 149 million in federal stimulus funds, but only $ 11 million of this can go toward reducing the deficit.

In other locations, TAP may get a financial boost from money in the federal stimulus package that's designated for performance pay.

The termination of almost $ 1 billion in federal stimulus funding for education in Pennsylvania was to be offset by only a very modest replacement by the state.

The fallout from the 2009 legislative session continues in state court, as Gov. Sanford and lawmakers battle over whether South Carolina will accept $ 700 million in federal stimulus money that would help pay teachers» salaries and fund public safety.

The South Carolina Supreme Court late last week ordered Gov. Mark Sanford, a Republican, to request $ 700 million in federal stimulus money aimed primarily at struggling schools, ending months of wrangling with legislators.

How has the $ 4.8 million in federal stimulus funding from the National Cancer Institute impacted your research in the past year?

Utility executives and smart grid advocates agree that apart from the smart grid projects funded by $ 4 billion in federal stimulus grants, most current smart grid investment is going into improving the efficiency, reliability and profitability of power supply, rather than reaching consumers directly.

The money will come from $ 108 million in federal stimulus funds, $ 210 million from bond sales, $ 42 million from the state, and an annual $ 65 to $ 75 million from a federal subsidy program.

Larry Silverstein may be about to receive tens of millions of dollars in federal stimulus leftovers for the construction of his office towers at the World Trade Center.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Wisconsin spent more than $ 1.5 billion in federal stimulus funding in the budget year that ended June 30, according to an audit report released Thursday.

The State, through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), awarded LIPA $ 6.7 million in Federal stimulus funding which will allow LIPA to connect the solar panels installed on the carports to the Long Island electric grid.

According to the mayor, the state budget reduced education spending next year by $ 1.2 billion, while the city also lost $ 850 million in federal stimulus money that's used to support teachers» salaries.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- The Wisconsin Senate passed a series of education reform bills Thursday designed to make the state compete for nearly $ 4.5 billion in federal stimulus money.

The budget is expected to be cut to $ 132.9 billion, a 2.7 % reduction, a source said - in part because of a loss in federal stimulus aid.

The budget is expected to be cut to $ 132.9 billion, a 2.7 percent reduction, a source told the DN — in part because of a loss in federal stimulus aid.

The $ 30 million in federal stimulus funds for the Brooklyn Bridge will pay for 150 jobs, and the funds also free up precious New York City capital money for other projects, Biden said.

Not exact matches

The shift downwards could be due to a number of factors, with the most likely culprit being comments made recently by American Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, indicating an upcoming pullback in the Fed's economic stimulus program.

Given the billions in stimulus dollars that will be spent in coming years on infrastructure projects, demand for planners is likely to grow in lockstep with the flow of federal and provincial dollars to social housing, transit, public spaces and recreational amenities.

Index - tracking products have taken off over the past few years, especially in the United States, where the broad S&P 500 index has risen more than 200 % since the market bottom in 2009, aided by the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus.

Just as he did this week, he'll now regularly share headline space with Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, as all three grapple with the ongoing task of economic stimulus in the wake of the 2008 - 09 financial crisis.

The report said fiscal stimulus and a series of cuts by the Federal Reserve to its policy rate will help the U.S. economy to bounce back in 2021 and grow by 2.1 percent, followed by growth of 2 percent in 2022.

Retail sales rose less than expected in June, the latest sign of a slowdown in economic growth that offers a cautionary note to the Federal Reserve as it mulls scaling back its monetary stimulus.

When I interviewed him in Nashville, he chided his gubernatorial colleagues for relying too heavily on federal stimulus money, saying, «An awful lot of states took that money and treated it as continuing money and not like one - time help.»

The greenback may lag further against its peers in 2018 as investors expected other major central banks to reduce their stimulus while the Federal Reserve has signaled it would raise interest rates further, analysts said.

When federal stimulus money runs out in the first quarter of next year, Bredesen doesn't want to be one of the states that «think Uncle Sam will somehow step in and fix it all up,» he said.

A rift has emerged in the Canadian economic community, with Bay Street economists calling for fiscal stimulus from the federal government while academic economists are openly hostile to the idea.

The Federal Reserve, then, might be right to back off on its stimulus, and may even be justified in moving faster than it is.

In one of the report's recommendations of policies to enhance global financial stability, it urged the Federal Reserve to clearly communicate its intentions on tapering the stimulus.

The Australian bourse has clocked up its best two - day gain in over 33 years after the market closed four per cent higher, following the biggest point gain ever on Wall Street and news of the federal government's $ 10.4 billion economic stimulus package.

Given that the Federal Reserve was tapering from its bond - purchasing stimulus program (otherwise known as quantitative easing), Doll said, you had to be crazy bearish to not believe interest rates would fail to reach 3.5 % in 2014.

The withdrawal of Federal Reserve stimulus and attendant normalization of interest rates is also a hot topic — as is the bloodbath in emerging markets — while many are coming around to the notion that the American economy just can't grow like it used to anymore.

It's not impossible to arrive at the conclusion that the federal government should use fiscal policy to increase aggregate demand: you can mount a strong case to support the stimulus package in the 2009 budget.