[CPEO-IRF] Texas' low Labor grant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State at low end of base-closure aid

By Chris Vaughn
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
July 8, 2005

Few states stand to lose more civilian jobs in the base-closure process 
than Texas, but the state received one of the smallest Labor Department 
grants to help communities prepare for the losses.

The reason? The state didn't ask for any more.

Last week, the Labor Department handed out $28 million in grants to 35 
states and Washington, D.C., to help them plan economic development 
efforts, job training or other initiatives.

Texas received $235,000, ahead of only five other states. Twenty states 
received $1 million or more, including several states with no bases 
slated for closure.

The Texas Workforce Commission did not ask for more because it didn't 
need it, said Larry Jones, spokesman for the state agency.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/12084015.htm


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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