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House Appropriations Committee Approves FY2016 Agriculture Spending Bill; Includes $2.5 Billion for Rural Development Programs
This week, the House Appropriations Committee approved their version of the fiscal year (FY) 2016 Agriculture Appropriations bill. The legislation funds the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The bill totals $20.65 billion in discretionary funding, which is $175 million lower than...
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EDA Releases FY2014 Annual Report
The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) recently submitted its annual report for fiscal year (FY) 2014. The report includes an interactive map of EDA’s FY2014 investments in any given state and case studies of high-impact projects across the country. In...
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Southwestern Massachusetts: Strengthening Businesses and Communities through Disaster Recovery
This case study is part of a series produced by the NADO Research Foundation exploring how regional development organizations1 have addressed the impacts of natural disasters, built resilience to future events, and increased long-term economic competitiveness and quality of life...
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Census Bureau Webinar on Economic Indicators to Occur July 8
On July 8 at 1 p.m. (ET), the Census Bureau will hold the webinar “Understanding Construction and Housing Statistics” as part of its Investigating Economic Indicators webinar series. Webinar participants will learn about the relationship between New Residential Construction, New...
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New Eno Primer: Highway Trust Fund 101
The Eno Center for Transportation released the primer Highway Trust Fund 101 (https://www NULL.enotrans NULL.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/HTF-Primer NULL.AH_ NULL.EB_ NULL.FINAL_ NULL.pdf) (PDF) in June 2015. The primer answers such questions as “What is the Highway Trust Fund (HTF)? What constitutes HTF income?...
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Senate Committee Approves Six-Year Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill; Funding Remains Uncertain
This week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, a six-year reauthorization of surface transportation programs. The bill would fund surface transportation programs at $278 billion,...
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Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2016 T-HUD Spending Bill; Includes $2.9 Billion for CDBG
This week, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved their version of the fiscal year (FY) 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD) spending bill. In total, the bill reflects an allocation of $55.65 billion in discretionary spending, which...
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House and Senate Appropriations Committees Approve FY2016 Labor-HHS-Education Spending Bills
This week, both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees approved their respective versions of the fiscal year (FY) 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS-Education) funding bill. Both bills include $153 billion in discretionary funding for FY2016, which...
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Bipartisan Brownfields Reauthorization Legislation Introduced in Senate
Recently, a bipartisan group in the Senate lead by Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Edward Markey (D-MA) re-introduced the Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2015 (BUILD Act) to reauthorize the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Brownfields program. ...
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Google Ad Grants Available for Nonprofits
Looking for ways to increase public participation in your regional development organizations’ efforts? Generate donations for a project? Register volunteers for an event? Increase newsletter sign-ups? Get new information to the public? Organizations with 501(c)3 status can apply for a...