KCBS, CA
"This is a very exciting day for the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County," declared Kevin Zwick, the Trust's executive director. The federal government has provided the Trust with a check for $237500 for the first-time homebuyer program.
Wall Street Journal
By CHRISTOPHER CONKEY and ALEX ROTH DWIGHT, Ill. — The Obama administration on Thursday will outline how it plans to spend $8 billion in stimulus funds on high-speed passenger-rail service, a new federal commitment that has rail advocates and states …
The Associated Press
WREX-TV
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Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA
Santa Clara County agencies that provide emergency food, shelter and rental assistance are invited to an informational meeting about how to apply for a piece of the nearly $600000 in federal stimulus funds allocated for the county through The Emergency …
Daily Californian, CA
Berkeley City Council will hold a public hearing next Tuesday about a proposal to give the city manager authority to enter a joint application with the cities, said the city's Acting Housing Director Jane Micallef. The requested $2.34 million in …
Bloomberg
By Ryan Flinn and Andrew Davis April 14 (Bloomberg) — Central Italy was shaken by a magnitude-5 temblor, a week after an earthquake killed hundreds, as the government sought to raise funds to aid victims and rebuild the province of L’Aquila.
Environment News Service
Voice of America
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BBC News
China has unveiled plans to establish a $10bn (£6.8bn) investment fund for south-east Asian countries. It has also offered credit of $15bn to the Association of South-East Asian Nations, or Asean.
Reuters
Wall Street Journal
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
By Karen Holzmeister The federal economic stimulus act has given cities nationwide — including those in Alameda County — their marching orders: Purchase vacant and foreclosed properties to get people back into housing and to prevent empty buildings …
San Jose Mercury News, USA
DUBLIN — The Dublin Housing Authority voted 5-0 Tuesday to reject $358087 in American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funds allocated for capital improvements at Arroyo Vista, a low-income housing neighborhood. Citing a pending legal case, the housing …
Terre Haute Tribune Star
Baltimore Sun, United States
A student programming committee voted to screen the movie and, as recently as Wednesday, campus officials defended the event as a "fun" alternative to off-campus drinking and were vowing not to block the showing. That was before Sen. …
Washington Post
ABC News
Entertainment Weekly
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Half Moon Bay Review and Pescadero Pebble, CA
When that failed, city lobbyists pushed for money from a pool set aside for housing near parks. That effort also earned the ire of some who thought the money would have been used in a way not originally intended by voters. …