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Illinois' method for measuring student poverty raises count statewide
In the federal government's view, an estimated 1,339 poor schoolchildren live within the affluent Arlington Heights-based School District 59. But the state counted 3,536 poor students when it doled out a "poverty grant" to the district this school year....
Tags: Riverdale (Cook, Illinois), University of Chicago, Health Insurance, Arlington Heights, O'Hare International Airport
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Ind. House votes to approve school safety grants
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The state would start a grant program to help school districts hire police officers and buy safety equipment under a stripped-down school security proposal approved Monday by the Indiana House. The 86-6 vote in favor of the...Tags: Politics, Health and Safety at School, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Crime, Law and Justice
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School safety worries stir Ind. Statehouse debate
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The debate inside and outside the Indiana Statehouse over the past couple weeks over a lawmaker's proposal that all public schools should have a gun-carrying employee on hand had an undertone magnified by the deadly December...
Tags: Politics, Mike Pence, National Rifle Association of America, Local Elections, Government
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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, raise taxes on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs including Social Security and...Tags: Medicare, Agriculture, Laws, Early Learning, Human Interest
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Jewish community to recruit men and boys in fight against abuse
When Nancy Aiken talks to students in Baltimore's Orthodox Jewish community about domestic violence and sexual assaults, she asks the boys a simple question: How many of you want to grow up to be a perpetrator of violence? Aiken knows the students...
Tags: Human Interest, Sex Crimes, Religion and Belief, Assault, Religious Conflicts
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Wilmette expanding youth services grant
Wilmette is expanding its youth services grant to consider proposals that benefit senior citizens. The village is now accepting applications from nonprofits that focus on the social, emotional and safety needs of teens and seniors through support and...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Hotel tax produces windfall grant amount for county businesses and organizations
Daily American Staff WriterForty-nine organizations and businesses will receive 52 grants worth $305,222 — the largest amount awarded in the Somerset County Tourism Grant Program's 10-year history. The amounts of the competitive grants for marketing and capital improvement...Tags: Business, Travel, Marketing, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Tourism and Leisure
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Hoteliers form association for more marketing might
DAILY AMERICAN REPORTERTen Somerset County hoteliers have formed an association to market their businesses and the county. The group was motivated to join forces by nearly two years of construction at the Pennsylvania Turnpike interchange in Somerset that changed...Tags: Business, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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Minimum wage and the cost of labor
In their Op-Ed article Sunday, economists Kevin A. Hassett and Michael R. Strain said President Obama's proposal to boost the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour would do little to blunt poverty in the United States and would make it more difficult for...
Tags: Politics, Pension and Welfare, Business, Barack Obama, Personal Income
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Somerset County organizations receive $305K in hotel tax grants
DAILY AMERICAN REPORTERSummer’s Best Two Weeks will use its $3,000 marketing tourism grant to jump-start a year-round facility, Executive Director Kent Biery said Wednesday. “This grant is very significant to us,” he said. “It will help us market our...Tags: Laurel, Spirit Airlines, Business, Marketing, Travel
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Baltimore County gets FEMA grant for Sandy damage
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will grant Baltimore County disaster aid to help pay for damage from Superstorm Sandy, officials announced Thursday. Under the grant program, the federal government will reimburse the county for expenses,...
Tags: FEMA, Baltimore County, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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