Category Archives: Budget
NEW FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ALZHEIMER’S RESEARCH
Obama Administration Announces New Steps to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease The Obama Administration is making an additional $50 million available for cutting-edge Alzheimer’s research. The administration’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget will increase funding for Alzheimer’s research by $80 million, plus an … Continue reading
Filed under Budget, Healthcare
Texas, Model for California? Maybe Not!
The Houston Chronicle (CFED) By: Chris Tomlinson February 5, 2012 Texans politicians (and our local Assemblymember, Dan Logue) like to tout the state’s economic growth, but more and more Texans are finding themselves teetering on the edge of poverty. … Continue reading
Filed under Budget, Employment, Poverty
Judge Extends Block to IHSS Cuts
As reported in the Sacramento Bee, a federal judge on Thursday (1/19/12) continued to block the state from reducing in-home care to low-income disabled and elderly residents, a budget cut pursued last year by Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers. The reduction … Continue reading
