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Byrne, Bentley say no new taxes

July 6, 2010

Alabama’s next governor will have to design state budgets without federal stimulus money, a potentially huge hole with political implications.

Byrne, Bentley say no new taxes, cut costs

July 6, 2010

Alabama’s next governor will have to design the first state budgets without federal stimulus money, a potentially huge hole.

PSC getting stimulus funds

April 26, 2010

MONTGOMERY | The Alabama Public Service Commission is receiving nearly $869,000 in federal stimulus funds to use for electricity matters. The PSC says the two-year funding will allow it to develop in-house expertise in advanced metering and for regulatory policy research on issues such as energy efficiency and…

Alabama PSC getting $869,000 in stimulus funds

April 26, 2010

MONTGOMERY (AP) — The Alabama Public Service Commission is receiving nearly $869,000 in federal stimulus funds to use for electricity matters.

FBI looking for stimulus fraud

April 16, 2010

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) – The FBI is asking for help in finding public corruption and fraud in connection with federal stimulus money.

Crews try to save Coffee Island from washing into the sea

April 13, 2010

Millions of dollars in federal stimulus money is being dumped overboard in the Mississippi Sound in order to keep Coffee Island from washing away. View full size (Press-Register/Ben Raines) Crews work to place artificial reef balls along a 1.5 mile stretch of shoreline on …

South Alabama gets stimulus grant to modernize medical records statewide

April 13, 2010

The University of South Alabama will help doctors statewide transition to electronic record-keeping, thanks to a $7.5 million federal grant. MOBILE, Ala. — The University of South Alabama will help doctors statewide transition to electronic record-keeping, thanks to a $7.5 million federal grant. Electronic records …

Mobile nonprofit hopes to hang onto stimulus-funded weatherization program

April 12, 2010

In the year since the $6.75 million grant was awarded, the group has completed about 60 houses, said its spokeswoman, Arnita Diamond. The grant funding comes in two installments, only the first of which has been disbursed, Diamond said. MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile Community Action …

Nearly 34,000 Alabamians used homebuyer credit

April 9, 2010

The Internal Revenue Service says nearly 34,000 Alabamians have collected almost $237 million in homebuyer tax credits, but time to use the federal stimulus program is running out

University of South Alabama grants dip for 3rd straight year

March 29, 2010

The University of South Alabama received $37.5 million in research grants in fiscal 2009 — making it the third year in a row of declining numbers — but school officials believe that federal stimulus money will bolster those totals over the next two years. View full size (Press-Register file) The…

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