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Friday, November 19, 2010  Hannibal Convention and Visitors Bureau positions itself for federal stimulus transportation money.

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, February 17, 2010  Lee County has been awarded $669,492 for road and bridge projects as part of the Stimulus bill.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke began Wednesday to outline the central bank's strategy for reeling in stimulus money once the economic recovery is more firmly rooted.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 

Monday, February 01, 2010  The new service could result in up to 2,000 new jobs, including 650 construction jobs.

Thursday, January 28, 2010  Not everyone's happy.

Thursday, January 28, 2010  Iowa officials are awaiting word on whether the state will receive federal economic stimulus money to develop a high-speed rail system that would link eastern Iowa with Chicago.

Thursday, January 21, 2010  Projects include the Greater Rockford Solar Initiative and the Chicago Green Jobs for All Initiative.

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, May 12, 2009  The Iowa State Education Association, the Iowa Association of School Boards, the School Administrators of Iowa, the Urban Education Network and the Area Education Agencies are asking Culver to intervene.

Thursday, April 23, 2009  The Hamilton Police Department decided not to apply for the Community Oriented Policing Services, also known as COPS.

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

Tuesday, April 14, 2009  The projects for state, county and city road systems include federal economic stimulus money.