A handful of Florida lawmakers have called for emergency funding in the wake of Hurricane Ian, but last month opposed legislation providing billions of dollars in disaster relief. Twelve Florida House lawmakers wrote a letter to Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Kay Granger (R-Texas), respectively chair and ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, Tuesday …
JEFFERSON CITY — The Connecting All Missourians Summit will kick off Tuesday with a series of speakers, including Gov. Mike Parson, to discuss high-speed internet connectivity issues and solutions in Missouri. Missouri currently has planning funds to kick off its Connecting All Missourians tour across the state, but will receive the bulk of the five-year …
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The administration of President Joe Biden announced Thursday that full federal funding will be made available to help Alaskans recover from the powerful storm that devastated western Alaska at the mid-September. According to a White House press release, the president’s major disaster declaration issued last Friday paid for 75% of the …
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Maria Effertz Hanson of the State Community Services Division testifies before the Budget Section’s interim hearing, BISMARCK, ND (KFGO) — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle squabbled yesterday during a hearing on the Interim Budget section over the authorization of federal funding to support the relief package for North Dakota weatherization. The effort to …
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Congress is poised to pass interim legislation to avoid a government shutdown, a rare bipartisan compromise on the eve of hotly contested midterm elections. The Senate is expected to introduce a Continuing Resolution — a bill to keep government funding at current levels, often referred to as a “CR” — on Thursday that would allow …
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