Mar 212009
The state is due about $930.7 million from the $787 billion stimulus package passed in February, the Anchorage Daily News reports. But Palin is rejecting about $288 million of that amount, which includes money for schools, energy programs and social services.
The biggest hit is education, which was set to gain $172 million before Palin’s announcement. Various education officials in Alaska aren’t too happy with the move and have started lobbying state lawmakers to reinstate the money…
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