Sentences with phrase «in federal stimulus funds»

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

Governor Paterson Announces $ 15 Million in Federal Stimulus Funds for Long Island Solar Energy Projects Tuesday November 23, 2010 at 12:33 pm

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.

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

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.

The demonstration project was to be cited at Southern's Plant Barry, and it was earmarked for about $ 295 million in federal stimulus funding through the Energy Department's Clean Coal Power Initiative.

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 $ 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.

At the request of the Erie County Legislature, $ 70,000 in federal Stimulus funding was allocated in the form of local grants for municipalities interested in providing this public health service to residents.

ALBANY, NY (11/23/2010)(readMedia)-- Governor David A. Paterson today announced that $ 15 million in Federal stimulus funding has been allocated to the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) for residential and large - scale solar energy projects.

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.

Detroit Public Schools will spend $ 49 million in federal stimulus funds to buy laptops for 40,000 students in grades 6 - 12.

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

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.

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

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.