Posts Tagged ‘government’

HUD, Miss. provide $132M for needy Katrina victims

A lawsuit that challenged the federal government’s approval of Mississippi’s plan to divert a half-billion dollars in Hurricane Katrina housing funds to a port project has led to an agreement that aims to help thousands of needy storm victims. View full post on All Stories

Public housing plans delayed by rain

The federal government’s plan to boost public housing in Australia is behind schedule but under budget. View full post on All Stories

High Unemployment Stalls Spanish Economic Recovery

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Madrid, Spain (AHN) – Spain’s weak economic recovery stalled in the third quarter, according to data from Spain’s National Statistics Institute. Preliminary figures for the gross domestic product (GDP) from July to September shows it unchanged from Q2. In addition, GDP for the year was only up 0.2 percent [...]

Calif borrows $40M a day to pay unemployment

With one in every eight workers unemployed and empty state coffers, California is borrowing billions of dollars from the federal government to pay unemployment insurance. Read comments View full post on All Stories

Proposed Federal Role in Catastrophe Insurance Would Increase Earthquake Coverage

A proposal for the federal government to support state-run catastrophe-insurance programs would increase the number of people buying earthquake coverage in California and modestly lower both … View full post on All Stories

How the 2010 election results will affect health care and health freedom

(NaturalNews) In what appears to be a broad backlash against Obama-era policies, U.S. voters swept Republicans into office in record numbers in last night’s election. As of this writing, Republicans had clearly taken the House but failed to win a majority in the Senate. This effectively ends the Democratic super-majority alignment among the House, Senate [...]

Councils get housing benefit cash

The government is to give £10m to local councils to soften the blow of changes to housing benefit but insists the controversial reforms will go ahead. View full post on All Stories

Fannie, Freddie bailout to cost taxpayers $154 billion

The government bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac likely will cost taxpayers $154 billion, less than worst-case projectio … View full post on All Stories

U.S. Tries to Ease Wider Worries Over Foreclosures

The housing secretary said that the government had yet to find evidence of widespread problems in the foreclosure process, but that the investigations would continue. View full post on All Stories

France Breaks Depot Blockades To Ensure Fuel Supplies

AHN News Staff Paris, France (AHN) – In an attempt to ensure fuel supplies disrupted by nationwide strikes in response to the government’s controversial pension reforms, French authorities on Wednesday forced fuel depots to reopen. Three fuel depots at Donges, La Rochelle, and Le Mans faced the broken blockades, while the rest of the French [...]

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