Latest American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Stories

Special National Association of College Stores web site explains benefit OBERLIN, Ohio, Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lost in the rush to pass the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance and Job Creation Act of 2010 last month was the significant fact that the legislation also continues an important reform in the tax code that benefits college students and their families. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110118/MM31761LOGO ) The legislation extends the American Opportunity...

San Diego State University has been awarded a $4.95 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant that will fund most if not all of the costs for providing education, training, and employment support services to eligible participants working or who want to work in the life sciences and biotechnology industries. This program will provide these services to more than 1,000 participants who meet eligibility requirements including veterans, dislocated and unemployed workers, and...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania has more jobs, safer infrastructure, greater energy independence, better schools and a clear path to economic stability because of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Governor Edward G. Rendell said today before the regular public meeting of the state's Stimulus Oversight Commission. "During the recession, we made tough decisions to cut the budget and wisely invest Recovery Act funds in crucial education,...

New CER Database Catalogues Ongoing Research Studies Funded with $1.1 Billion Provided by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) has created a new Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Database available to the public on its website, www.npaf.org. The new database compiles comparative studies funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Research...

BOSTON, Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterprise Community Investment, Inc. (Enterprise), a national leader in affordable housing and one of the largest allocatees of New Markets Tax Credits, in coordination with Citi Community Capital, the community development lending and investing arm of Citi, recently closed on a combined $25 million New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) transaction that will finance the construction of a new facility for the Whittier Street Health Center (Whittier). Located in...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi will travel to Detroit for the North American International Auto Show on Monday, January 10, 2011. "A strong American manufacturing base is essential to our national security and competitiveness, and when we make it in America, our workers have a chance to make it in America," Pelosi said. "Detroit is at the center of our efforts to create the jobs of the future, grow a clean, green economy, and strengthen our economy....

Required energy audit creates demand for local approved contractors HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 29, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord today announced new, innovative financing options available through the Keystone Home Energy Loan Program (HELP). Qualified Pennsylvania homeowners can now take advantage of lower-rate, fixed-term loans for whole home energy efficiency projects - upon completion of a home energy audit designed to identify the most effective energy...

Bridge Repair Goal Exceeded; Challenges Remain HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 29, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Transportation opened bids during 2010 on 885 highway and bridge improvement projects worth more than $2.1 billion, Secretary Allen D. Biehler, P.E. said today. The bridge contracts alone are worth more than $900 million, including the reconstruction of 611 structurally deficient bridges done as part of the Accelerated Bridge Program sought by Governor Rendell and...

SEATTLE, Dec. 28, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Onvia (Nasdaq: ONVI), the leading provider of gBusiness solutions and the creator of the stimulus-tracking website Recovery.org, predicts that the government will remain a significant catalyst for economic recovery in the coming year as stimulus dollars continue to reach states and cities. This prediction, along with a report on the stimulus' impact in 2010, is included in Onvia's 2011 Government Market Outlook Report, released today. 2011 Government...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With a new majority in the House, a new chairman and many new members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, as well as a changing national economic picture, it is worth asking the question, "What's ahead for transportation in 2011?" The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has compiled a list of very distinct - and pressing - issues that loom at the local, state, and federal...