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...billion federal stimulus plan signed on Tuesday has given state and local officials dealing with the fallout from the current economic downturn cause for optimism. In an announcement yesterday morning to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick ’78 said that the stimulus package will give the state $6 to $9 billion over the next two years. Throughout the state, towns and cities have submitted thousands of shovel-ready projects—immediately actionable proposals—in the hopes of receiving funding from the stimulus package, and Cambridge was no different. According...
...referendum promotional blitz only compounded the advantages Chávez typically enjoys. The president hosts a talk show for about five hours each Sunday broadcast on state media, addressing current events and showcasing copious on-location footage of Chávez’s social-welfare programs in action. In 2006, Chávez refused to renew the broadcasting license for Venezuela’s second largest TV station, which had voiced opposition to Chávez’s policies and may have endorsed a coup against Chávez in April 2002. There are also reports of Ch?...
...projected expansion in financial aid is a response to both a five percent increase in the number of financial aid applicants in the class of 2013 and the likely greater need of current Harvard students affected by the economic downturn, said Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67. This year, 78 percent of applicants to the class of 2013 applied for financial...
...only a few years ago that fewer than 50 percent of students were on grant aid,” Fitzsimmons said, “This year almost 60 percent of the current class is on some form of grant aid… given unprecedented economic challenges we could have an even higher percent [of the class of 2013] on financial...
...There is only one hitch. Congress isn't about to pass the Freedom of Choice Act - because no such bill has been introduced in the current Congress...