Current Funding News and Article Results

Funding all the fixin's - Dickinson Press & Advertiser
As Thanksgiving approaches, the Dickinson supermarkets are seeing all kinds of activity as families prepare for the holiday. But with prices on many items increasing in the past year is an old-fashioned Thanksgiving dinner still affordable? The ...

Medical funding gap seen in Tulsa - Tulsa World
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma County received about $200 million more than Tulsa County in Medicaid and medical education funding in fiscal year 2008. In Tulsa, those numbers paint a disturbing picture for civic leaders, who foresee a health-care crisis ...

As funding vanishes, a difficult decision to shut down - Tacoma News Tribune
For nearly 50 years, teen mothers looking for shelter for themselves and their children have come to rely on Tacoma-based Faith Homes. And they’re still calling Ken Maaz, director of the nonprofit agency that began as an outreach of the Episcopal ...

Fuel aid requests rise 24 percent, but funding also has increased - Citizen
Struggling individuals and families in New Hampshire and Maine have a place to turn when facing problems paying for electricity and fuel during the winter. The following are the numbers to call and the laws restricting winter electric/natural gas ...

Expect more roadblocks ahead - Ann Arbor News Blog
Bay, Saginaw and Midland counties will each see significant state road improvement projects in 2009, but the Michigan Department of Transportation is warning that cutbacks could come in 2010 and beyond. "We are facing a significant crisis in terms of ...

Lawmakers, schools face hard budget choices - Louisville Courier-Journal
INDIANAPOLIS -- Instead of debating how much to give schools in the next state budget, Indiana lawmakers preparing for their 2009 session are wondering whether to boost the funding at all. State tax receipts are below projections and flat compared to ...

Gazette Opinion: How Schweitzer's budget adds up for schools - Billings Gazette
Gov. Brian Schweitzer's budget proposal includes 3 percent increases in K-12 base funding in each of the next two years. So Billings schools can count on a 3 percent increase in state funding, right? Wrong. According to analysis by Billings Public ...

AUTOMOTIVE ERA: Highways - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Everyone involved in bringing the Toyota assembly plant to Blue Springs agrees that cinching the $1.3 billion development and its jobs-rich network of suppliers would not have been possible without U.S. Highway 78, a four-lane corridor designated for ...

PERA retirees face cuts - Denver Post
The state's largest public pension fund acknowledges that benefits cuts will be necessary for some of its 429,000 members in order to shore up investments decimated by this fall's stock market plunge. The Colorado Public Employees' Retirement ...

Local Mealas on Wheels running strong - Observer Today
Despite a flagging national economy and looming state budget cuts, the Dunkirk-Fredonia Meals on Wheels isn't running low on gas yet. Although cuts in funding at the state and federal level are a real fear for area nonprofit organizations, there has ...