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Recent Examples of state aid
The plan, pitched by Gov. Mike Kehoe earlier on Tuesday with no public hearings, would open a path for Missouri to offer state aid to help pay for new or upgraded stadiums for the two teams.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
Demolishing the department of education and cutting state aid to veterans are just two measures that increase vulnerability.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
In public statements following the withdrawal of the sales tax ordinance proposal, county officials acknowledged exploring other revenue alternatives, including seeking additional state aid.
—Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
In 2020, the Florida Supreme Court gave religious schools access to state aid.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
Demolishing the department of education and cutting state aid to veterans are just two measures that increase vulnerability.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
In public statements following the withdrawal of the sales tax ordinance proposal, county officials acknowledged exploring other revenue alternatives, including seeking additional state aid.
—Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
In 2020, the Florida Supreme Court gave religious schools access to state aid.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for state aid
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With the Republicans enjoying a majority in both the House and Senate, the courts have emerged as a major impediment to Trump administration policy, and have ruled against the government on a range of issues including the presence of transgender personnel in the military and a foreign aid freeze.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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The Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, known as PRM, is assuming that function from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the main U.S. foreign aid agency that the Trump administration has been dismantling, say the excerpts reviewed by Reuters.—
Jonathan Landay,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Trained Individuals People who train to increase their breath-holding abilities, like free divers—people who swim or dive beneath the water’s surface to a considerable depth and without assistance from a breathing device–have reportedly been able to hold their breath for three minutes or longer.—
Patty Weasler,
Verywell Health,
4 June 2025
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Time and again, both parties have reinforced systemic inequality through cuts to housing assistance, erosion of the social safety net, and a growing trend to treat housing as a commodity rather than a public good, the book argues.—
Ericka Taylor,
NPR,
4 June 2025
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There are no houses for humans on the property, so these structures will be new. O’Connor is also looking to state, county and community block grants for the $3.5 million required to get the program on its feet.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
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The analysis starts with the House bill’s plan to convert Medicaid to a block grant for states.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Walters moved from the rotation to the bullpen midseason and excelled in the closer role, logging eight saves in 11 relief appearances.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
26 May 2025
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Nixon’s resignation, in 1974, must have come as something of a relief.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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“State aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/state%20aid. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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