Arts groups get $16.7m from state for projects
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In a move hailed by arts leaders across Massachusetts, the state's new Cultural Facilities Fund yesterday allocated an unprecedented $16.7 million worth of grants for building projects to more than 60 arts and cultural organizations throughout the state. But noticeably absent from the list of recipients was the Citi Performing Arts Center.
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By Mark Guydish, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader  Sep. 22--UNION TWP. -- Northwest Area High School students will have access to more computers, and teachers will have more high-tech "smart boards," thanks to a $67,000 state grant.
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An economic aid plan to send rebates of $600-$1,200 to most taxpayers passed a key test Monday in the Senate, where Democrats are pushing to add more than $40 billion in help for seniors, disabled veterans and the unemployed.
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By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 15--Staff members of the Carl Small Town Center and David Perkes of the Gulf Coast Design Studio are organizing the event. The center and design studio are outreach arms of Mississippi State University's College of Architecture, Art and Design.
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MEMBERS of a Thirsk arts group are to take part
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By TONI-LYNN ROBBINS; OF THE NEWS STAFF  HERMON - The town has received a community planning grant to research extending public water and sewer into the village area.
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By Soule, Alexander  After coming up short in its bid for $15 million in federal grants a year ago, The Workplace Inc. last week received a $5 million commitment from the U.S. Department of Labor to create new work-force development programs in Fairfield County.
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City school officials are expected to announce a five (m) million dollar grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will help pay for the district&#39;s secondary school redesign plan, and create new partnerships with colleges in the area.
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Gov. Kathleen Blanco said her administration has found up to $700 million in state money to put into Louisiana's grant program for rebuilding hurricane-damaged homes, which faces a deficit of as much as $5 billion.
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Officials are considering plans to hire private groups at taxpayer expense to manage scores of public schools.
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The state handed out millions in taxpayer dollars to community groups and local agencies without providing adequate oversight of how the money was spent, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 20  /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today said Pennsylvania will invest nearly $12 million in projects in Fayette and Somerset counties that will help to strengthen two of the commonwealth's largest industries, agriculture and tourism.
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A Â£7.5m scheme will match private donations to universities with government money.
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A major donor to New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will benefit from $4 million in state financing for a road project providing access to a 6,000-acre real estate project the donor's company is developing.
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The Department of Homeland Security awarded $191 million in grants yesterday to defend ports, transit systems and bus lines from terrorists, increasing funding for major urban areas in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states whose funds were slashed earlier this year in a controversial decision.
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Arts & entertainment: Arts Council decision will shut many groups in April but majority are to get budget rise of at least inflation
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Commission an original composition for $2,000, or even $5. Some music lovers have even formed investment clubs to raise funds for new works.