San Diego is fixing over 6,000 broken street lamps after receiving a $3.5 million federal grant in April secured by U.S. Congressmembers Scott Peters (D-San Diego) and Juan Vargas (D-Chula Vista). Normally, the city’s transportation department replaces broken wiring for the city’s roughly 54,000 streetlights but a backlog has piled up in recent years due…
Another COVID Fail: School Budget Cliffs With Gaping Holes
April 5, 2023
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New York City’s school system went on a spending spree during the pandemic, thanks to the $7.5 billion in federal money it received as part of a $189 billion national relief package aimed at addressing education problems incurred by lockdowns and school closures. Although the funds were nonrecurring, the nation’s largest school district used some of…
Legislators Call for Better Oversight of USDA Spending After 2022 Audit Shows Millions in ‘Questioned Costs’
Republican and Democrat legislators voiced the need for increased oversight in spending for the U.S. Department of Agriculture during a hearing on March 9. In response, representatives from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) illustrated the need for more funding to keep pace with a rapidly expanding series of projects under the U.S. Department of…
California Granted Millions in Federal Funding to Stretch Water Supplies
August 21, 2022
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Millions of federal dollars are headed to California to help battle water shortages around the state, federal officials announced Aug. 18. Twenty-five projects will split $310 million in federal cash to increase water capacity by 213,000 acre-feet and support more than 850,000 people. Of the total, 20 projects are in California; the remaining five are…
New York Is Urged to Pay Public’s Ballooning Utility Debt
ALBANY, N.Y.—At least 1.4 million households and other residential customers in New York are behind on electric and natural gas bills—a number that soared during the pandemic—and consumer advocates are calling on the state to pay off their ballooning debt with federal funding. In the spring of 2020, New York passed the nation’s only utility…
States Want a Huge Federal Top-Off to ‘Zuck Bucks’ for Future Elections, but They’re Already Sitting on a Pile
March 5, 2022
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Drawing on research from a multimillion-dollar Mark Zuckerberg-linked initiative viewed as pivotal in the 2020 presidential election, 14 states carried by Joe Biden have appealed to him for billions of dollars more to secure elections for the next decade. But most of them have spent less than half their shares of previous federal funding to…
States Can’t Block Federal Funds for School Districts That Mandate Masks: Ed Sec
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Monday that public schools that impose mask mandates in defiance of state laws or executive orders can’t be denied federal funding, as the political battle over masking requirements in schools roils on. Cardona’s remarks, made in an Aug. 22 interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” come amid controversy over school…
Ottawa Announces $440 Million for Quebec Aerospace Industry
MONTREAL—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing up to $440 million in federal funding for Quebec’s aerospace industry. Trudeau told a news conference today in Montreal that coupled with money from Quebec, the package of government aid for the key sector of the province’s economy will total as much as $693 million. The prime minister says…
Stefanik Unveils Bill to Block Federal Funding for Colleges, Universities With CCP Links
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Tuesday introduced a bill that seeks to block federal funding for American schools that have links with the Chinese regime.
Stefanik Proposal Would Block Federal Funding for Colleges, Universities With CCP Links
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Tuesday introduced a bill that seeks to block federal funding for American schools that have links with the Chinese regime.
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