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Wednesday, July 07, 2010  Community groups say federal stimulus money helped double the number of Illinois homes that were weatherized to help save energy and money.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010  More than $14 million in loans and more than $8 million in grants will go toward setting up a fiber-optic network in 24 southern Illinois counties.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010  Gov. Pat Quinn said Tuesday that the state of Illinois is to receive nearly $12.4 million in federal stimulus money for the program.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009  Education officials say Illinois public schools could get $1.4 billion in federal stimulus money this week.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009  Senators vote to change Missouri's highway construction law with the hope of tapping into additional federal stimulus money.