Which State College area university is still waiting for state government funding?
Where Mesa County’s stimulus dollars go By EMILY ANDERSON/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Thursday, October 15, 2009 More than $50 million has been promised to various agencies in Mesa County through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. A new breakdown of stimulus projects and funding by county shows the money will pay for road construction, school programs, extended unemployment benefits, energy efficient remodeling and putting more police officers on the beat. Mesa County’s project list is available at Colorado’s headquarters for the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, a state Web portal found at www.colorado.gov/recovery. Two Grand Junction businesses, gravel and asphalt company Elam Construction and asphalt plant United Companies of Mesa County, garnered two contracts apiece paid for in part by the recovery act. United Companies has been hired to widen lanes on Interstate 70 at Palisade Exit 42 and chi
State-related universities waiting for their money from Pennsylvania STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State and three other state-related institutions were still waiting Wednesday for their appropriations, despite the end of Pennsylvania’s state budget stalemate. Money for Penn State, Lincoln, Pitt and Temple was not included in the budget bills signed by Gov. Ed Rendell on Friday, more than three months after the start of the fiscal year. The University of Pennsylvania, which is not a state-related school, also stands to receive some of the discretionary money. Those institutions receive just a part of their funding from the state. Their appropriations have been held up as lawmakers negotiate legislation to legalize table games at slot-machine casinos as a way to provide revenue to help the state close a multibillion-dollar, recession driven shortfall. House Democrats say the expected $200 million in revenue from table games would ensure a balanced budget and allow the schools’ funding to be
Penn State and three other state-related institutions are still waiting for their appropriations despite the end of Pennsylvania’s state budget stalemate. Money for those four schools, which also includes Lincoln, Pitt and Temple, wasn’t included in the budget deal signed Friday. Those institutions receive just a part of their funding from the state. Their appropriations have been held up as lawmakers negotiate legislation to legalize table games at slot-machine casinos. Neither the House nor the Senate is in session this week, and legislative aides say talks are moving slowly. Penn State has the biggest hole. It is waiting on roughly $318 million from the state, or 9 percent of its budget for the current fiscal year. The university says it is dipping into reserves to cover the shortfall. Sources: http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/
