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.
Not exact matches
My guess is that as the problems of the real estate sector kick in, with lower prices causing a drop in real estate development, which matters for employment, we are likely to see additional
stimulus spending
aimed at managing the threat of unemployment and, perhaps more importantly, at managing the possibility of rising anger among provincial elites as the glorious prospect of easy
money continues to retreat.
The House of Representatives version of the draft
stimulus package does not specify how much
money NSF, NIH, and other science agencies will be expected to carve out from their portions of the boost the House wants to give them for scholarships and fellowships, besides $ 60 million for NSF's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, which is
aimed at getting undergraduates majoring in science and engineering fields to become teachers.
And
stimulus money not
aimed specifically at the sciences has nonetheless softened the impact of reduced state funding at many public universities, allowing some to borrow against future retirements to hire new faculty members now.