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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Supreme Court allows California to grant in-state tuition to illegal immigrants

Posted by Linda H on 1:20:00 PM

June 6, 2011, 9:12 a.m.WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to California's policy of granting reduced, in-state tuition at its colleges and universities to graduates of its high schools who are illegal immigrants.

The justices turned down an appeal from lawyers for a conservative immigration-law group that contended "preferential treatment" for illegal immigrants violated federal immigration law. They cited a little-known provision in a 1986 law that barred states from giving "any postsecondary benefit" to an "alien who is not lawfully present in the United States … on the basis of residence within a state."

Hawaiian islands getting money for job training

Posted by Linda H on 8:00:00 AM

HONOLULU -- Hawaii's senators say $4.3 million is being appropriated to the University of Hawaii for job training and educational opportunities on the Big Island, Kauai, Lanai, Maui and Molokai.

U.S. Sens. Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka said the funding was obtained through an earmark in last fiscal year's federal budget recently released by the U.S. Department of Labor.

The University of Hawaii-Maui College oversees the program, which started 14 years ago.

It offers training in disciplines including health care, culinary arts, food service, veterinary care, automotive repair and procurement.

Jobs: India Confirms $4.1 Billion Boeing Order

Posted by Linda H on 8:00:00 AM

NEW DELHI—The Indian government approved a plan to buy 10 C-17 Globemaster III airlifters from Boeing Co. for $4.1 billion in the South Asian nation's largest military transaction with the U.S.

The deal also includes an option for India to order six more C-17 aircraft, a senior government spokesman said.


The White House has previously said that the C-17 deal could support more than 22,000 jobs in Boeing's Long Beach, Calif., facility

Investing in Our Communities and Creating Jobs

Posted by Linda H on 7:53:00 AM

Since EPA’s brownfields program began less than a decade ago, it has spurred almost 70,000 American jobs. To build on this record of success, Lisa Jackson, administrator of the EPA was in Lansing, Michigan today where she announced  $76 million in clean-up grants that will be used for projects throughout the nation.



The Colbert Report: Mitt Romney - The Business End

Posted by Linda H on 7:09:00 AM

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