by Associated Press Published: October 8,2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP)–In an effort to loosen loans for small businesses, Mississippi could get up to $13.2 million from a newly created $30 billion fund, the U.S. Treasury Department said Friday. The fund is part of a bill to aid small businesses and encourage hiring signed by President Obama on Sept. 27. Under the new [...] [...]
JACKSON — Mississippi has received approval of its application for $97.8 million in federal stimulus money for its schools. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made the announcement in a news release. Mississippi was one of seven states and the District of Columbia to receive application approval. Gov. Haley Barbour applied for the money last [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Gov. Haley Barbour is telling school districts it might be smarter to save their federal stimulus money for next year rather than spending it all this year. Barbour said in a news release yesterday that he’s applying for $98 million in federal stimulus money. That’s Mississippi’s share of education funding from a [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: September 2,2010
Tags: appliances, energy, recession, retail, stimulus
JACKSON — The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) has reopened for additional consumer reservations the State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program (SEEARP), a first-come, first-served program encouraging Mississippians to replace old, inefficient appliances with new energy-efficient ENERGY STAR-qualified appliances. The SEEARP, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, kicked off April 22, and within [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 1,2010
Tags: recession, state budget, state government, stimulus
JACKSON — Republican Gov. Haley Barbour and a bipartisan group of Mississippi lawmakers are considering saving, rather than spending, one of the two pots of federal stimulus money Congress recently approved. Doing so could make it easier for officials to craft a state budget during the 2011 election-year session when most lawmakers are either seeking [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 27,2010
Tags: real estate, recession, recovery act, stimulus
FRESNO, Calif. — Vice President Joe Biden says the Obama administration “hit the accelerator” toward spending $5 billion under the economic stimulus law to weatherize people’s homes, create thousands of jobs, help consumers save money and put the nation on track for energy independence. Yet the weatherization program Biden highlighted in his visit yesterday to [...] [...]
JACKSON — The State of Mississippi will apply for $98 million for school districts from the recent education stimulus bill passed by Congress, Gov. Haley Barbour told legislators, superintendents and school board members in letters. The Governor’s Office has been assured by federal officials that Mississippi meets the requirements allowing states to access the funds. [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says Mississippi will receive $47 million to help improve the state’s most low-performing schools. The money is part of the $3.5 billion that will be made available to state’s this spring from the 2009 budget and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Duncan says in a news [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 12,2010
Tags: bailout, banking and finance, economy, recession, stimulus
WASHINGTON — The $700-billion U.S. bailout program launched in response to the global economic meltdown had a far greater impact overseas than other countries’ financial rescue plans did on the U.S., according to a new report from a congressional watchdog. Billions of dollars in U.S. rescue funds wound up in big banks in France, Germany [...] [...]
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing loan guarantees to 128 businesses in 35 states, the territory of American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to provide economic opportunities and create jobs. The funding is made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [...] [...]
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