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May 14, 2008

NDIC in limbo (The Tribune-Democrat, Pennsylvania)
Blue Dogs Fight Tuition Perks for Vets (The Washington Independent, Washington DC)

May 13, 2008

Grassley: Congress Has Votes To Override A Farm Bill Veto (National Journal, Washington DC)

May 12, 2008

Dems, GOP together nix Murtha earmark (The Hill)

May 10, 2008

Proxmire would probably roll in his grave if he could see today’s ... (Asheville Citizen-Times, North Carolina)
Lawmakers ask, knowing they're not likely to receive special requests (The Tennessean)

May 9, 2008

Cash-strapped Florida gives $9.1M to Orlando military training ... (Orlando Sentinel)
House Passes Homeowner Aid (Wall Street Journal)

May 8, 2008

Rising Worries - From The Pump House To The White House (Dublin Courier Herald, Georgia)
On the Edge (Boston Herald)

May 7, 2008

Well-Fed Farm Bill Waddles On Despite Record Prices For Crops (Investor's Business Daily)

May 4, 2008

Zimmer vows fiscal conservatism if elected to Senate (Asbury Park Press, New Jersey)

May 3, 2008

Critics take look at 'earmarks' (Chambersburg Public Opinion, Pennsylvania)

May 2, 2008

Border Fence Critics: Too Fast, Too Costly (Wired News)
Feeding at the trough (The Daily Deal, New York)
Judd-head pol to NYC: Bring it on (New York Daily News)
Transparency bill worked on in the open (The Hill)

May 1, 2008

The Gas Tax Vacation: A Cheap Holiday (U.S. News & World Report)
Gas Tax Gotcha (Washington Post)
Sen. Clinton’s office changes funding request Web page (The Hill)
Lawmakers being forced to give up gas-guzzling cars (Los Angeles Times)

April 29, 2008

Wild Shakeup to Hit New Mexico (The Washington Independent, Washington DC)
Earmarks help define candidate choice (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Texas)

April 28, 2008

Friends of the Earmark Make Themselves Heard (Washington Post)
Clinton: $2.3B in earmarks (The Hill)

April 22, 2008

House Speaker Pelosi OK with bill's language on Young (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
House leaders don’t force Young ethics probe (The Hill)
Food fight (The Christian Century)

April 18, 2008

Database Allows Examination of Federal Budget Earmarks (Kitsap Sun, Washington)
Morning Bell: More Empty Ethics Promises (Heritage.org, DC)

April 17, 2008

Senate Seeks Federal Probe of Manipulation of Earmark (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Pelosi: Let's Get The House Ethics Committee on The Case! (TPMmuckraker)
Today's Must Read (TPMmuckraker)
Coconut Road earmark sprouts into full-fledged debate in Congress (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Alaska)

April 16, 2008

Senate divided over response to Florida earmark (The Associated Press)
Gillibrand returns contributions (Glens Falls Post-Star, New York)
Angry buzz seems small as bee hives go silent (St Petersburg Times, Florida)
Schwartz requests $100M in earmarks (Bucks County Courier Times, Pennsylvania)
Senate to Vote to Investigate Young's Coconut Road Earmark (TPMmuckraker)

April 15, 2008

Reyes denies donations, contract linked (El Paso Times)
Coconut Road earmark investigation gains major momentum in Congress (Naples Daily News, Florida)
WSJ Uses Reyes as Exhibit "A" in Story About Contributions and ... (Newspaper Tree, Texas)

April 14, 2008

Crusader's wiggle room on earmarks (The Hill)
Probe Puts Spotlight on Earmarks (Wall Street Journal)
Defense Firm Forged Close Ties To Congress to Get No-Bid Contracts (Wall Street Journal)

April 11, 2008

Investigation of road earmark sought (Anchorage Daily News)
Coconut Road funding may be probed (The News-Press, Florida)
Earmarks and Misdirection (Washington Post)

April 9, 2008

Examining the Pork: Barack Obama and Earmarks (National Ledger, Arizona)
VA spending: Some purchases don't make sense (El Paso Times)

April 7, 2008

Lawmakers react to pork pressure (Pittsburg Morning Sun, Kansas)
Pork Barrel Remains Hidden in US Budget (New York Times)

April 6, 2008

Investigators Review VA Credit Charges (Associated Press)
Railroads are expanding at a record clip (The Virginian-Pilot)
Companies get millions from Congress in earmarks (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

April 4, 2008

Meet Congress' "King Of Pork" (CBS News)
Mr. Jumbo Goes to Washington (Tufts Observer, Massachusetts)
Who Let the Kid and the Masseur Scam the Army? (Wired News)
Rep. Jim Cooper and 12 Congressional Challengers Take Pledge to ... (Earthtimes, UK)
Obey to seek 'earmarks' but won't identify projects yet (Wausau Daily Herald, Wisconsin)
Udall's earmarks included two for Boulder firm (Denver Post)
McConnell backs GOP spending reforms (Louisville Courier-Journal)

April 2, 2008

Beacon or Boondoggle? New Lights For the Capitol (Washington Post)
The Hi-Desert Star’s View: A cautious argument for earmarks (Hi-Desert Star, California)
Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation hopes to upgrade to keep up ... (Orlando Sentinel)

April 1, 2008

No more bacon for the locals? Well, let them eat principle (Winston-Salem Journal)
'Dirty' political trick benefits PSU (The Daily Collegian, Pennsyvlania)
Denogean : Sow what's up on political pork? (Tucson Citizen)

March 31, 2008

Congress Forgets Ban on Pet Projects (The Associated Press) 
Wisconsin congressmen divided on local project requests (Appleton Post Crescent, Wisconsin)
Louisiana ranks high in local project funding (Shreveport Times)

March 30, 2008

Senate urged not to add wind coverage (United Press International)
Lawmakers tight-lipped on pet projects (Salt Lake Tribune)
Spending requests not always top secret (Connecticut Post)

March 28, 2008

St. Helena Democrat won't disclose funding requests for projects ... (Santa Rosa Press Democrat, California)
The Schemes That Renzi Allegedly Ran (CBS News)
Battle Looms Over Adding Wind Coverage to Federal Flood Insurance (CQPolitics.com)

March 27, 2008

Bend fails to ask Walden for $15M to aid projects (Bend Bulletin, Oregon)
Farm Lobby Beats Back (Wall Street Journal)

March 26, 2008

Ex-congressman's role in water project blasted (Boston Globe)
Coalition forms to oppose flood insurance plan (Reuters)
Yale stands apart from peers in refusing federal earmarks (Yale Daily News, Connecticut)
Pork Three Ways (Town Hall, Washington DC)
Earmark 'fetish' confounds lawmaker (Tallahassee Democrat, Florida)
University ranks high in earmarks (The Daily Collegian Online, Pennsylvania)

March 25, 2008

Political Bacon Or Deserving Projects? (Media General, Washington DC)
Pork Shoveling: Consider it a Virtue (13WHAM-TV, New York)
Billion$ in earmarks go to colleges and universities (OneNewsNow, Mississippi)
Earmark transparency (Bucks County Courier Times, Pennsylvania)
Mack's area wish list $12.6 million (The News-Press, Florida)
Lawmakers Keep Pork On USF's Plate (Tampa Tribune,)

March 24, 2008

Something's fishy about pork debate (Chicago Tribune)
Deal, other Ga. Republicans join anti-earmark crusade (Access North Georgia) 
Earmark requests under wraps (Honolulu Advertiser)
‘Ed McMahon Syndrome’? Gilhooley, Holden voice differences over ... (Republican & Herald, Pennsylvania)

March 23, 2008

Texas reaps $2.2 billion in earmarks (Houston Chronicle)

March 22, 2008

Would Kansas snub McCain over tankers? (The Wichita Eagle, Kansas)
Alaska 1st, Arizona last in pork-barrel spending (USA Today)

March 21, 2008

Earmarks go to the lawmakers in need (Arizona Republic)
Solar Cities — Santa Rosa — $350000 (Santa Rosa Press Democrat, California)
A Michigan view of earmarks (Detroit Free Press)
Earmarks create a Web collapse (Marketplace, California)
Lean times for bacon? (Courier Times Pennsylvania)
Loebsack defends earmarks (Iowa City Press Citizen)
Castle seeks $220 million in earmarks for Del. (The News Journal, Delaware)

March 20, 2008

Leaders mum on money requests (Springfield News-Leader, Missouri)

March 18, 2008

McConnell’s silence before the earmark vote triggers criticism (The Hill)
From livestock ears to Acadia National Park ...or a brief history ... (Kennebec Journal, Maine)

March 17, 2008

Business as Usual on Earmarks (Inside Higher Ed, Washington DC)
Queen Of The Hidden Dollar (Huffington Post)

March 16, 2008

McCain's 'earmarks' plan blocked as Senate, House pass budgets (Waterbury Republican American, Connecticut)
March 16 editorial: Intervention needed (Elizabethtown News Enterprise, Kentucky)

March 15, 2008

Leaders look at requests (St. Cloud Times, Minnesota)
Rep. Miller to disclose earmark requests (Pensacola News Journal, Florida)
Corker Supports One-Year Time Out on Earmarks (UC Daily News, Tennessee)
Temporary ban on pet projects fails (Springfield News-Leader, Missouri)
Montana earmarks safe for now (Great Falls Tribune, Montana)
Carper, Biden agree to disclose earmark requests earlier (The News Journal, Delaware)
Thune still backs SD earmarks (Sioux Falls Argus Leader, South Dakota)

March 14, 2008

Rep. Pence pledges timeout on earmark spending requests (Indianapolis Star)
McCain: Congress 'disconnected' from Americans (CNN)
Pork dieting? Earmark rhetoric does not reflect the money trail ... (Medill Reports, DC)
Earmark Ban Fails in Senate (The BLT, Washington DC)
Senators can't lop off those earmarks (Los Angeles Times)

March 13, 2008

Campaigns detour to Senate for budget vote (Austin American-Statesman)
CNN Student News Transcript: March 14, 2008 (CNN)
Clinton’s options open on earmarks (The Hill)
Senate defeats earmark moratorium (CNN)
Stop Legislative Land Swaps (Hawaii Reporter)
Congress grapples with proposed ban on earmarks (St Louis Post Dispatch)
DeMint vs. earmarks: Senate votes today (The State, South Carolina)
McCain's Plan to Ban `Earmarks' May Get US Senate Test Today (Bloomberg)
Senate to vote on one-year earmark ban (CNN)
Cooper vows not to ask for special projects money (The Tennessean)
Obey target of Republican ire over special projects' money (Green Bay Press Gazette)

March 12, 2008

Light-rail funding becomes entangled in earmark battle (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Members dodge criticism for no-earmark pledges (The Hill)

March 11, 2008

Researchers brace for NIH cutbacks (News & Observer, North Carolina)
Moratorium sought on lawmakers' pet projects (USA Today)
Earmark Moratorium Looks Good Until Red Line is Drawn (FOXNews)
McCain leads pack to stop pork (Wisconsin State Journal)
Dems accused of shooting the messenger in failed Boeing contract (OneNewsNow, Mississippi)
Del. lawmakers open to earmark moratorium discussion (The News Journal, Delaware)
"Earmarks," reform linked in Senate (Denver Post)
Boeing to challenge Air Force decision on tanker contract (Los Angeles Times)
Obama, Clinton support McCain-backed earmark measure (The Hill)

March 10, 2008

ANALYSIS-McCain budget numbers don't add up, experts say (Reuters)
Earmarks defended: Not evil, just part of budget (The Union Leader, New Hampshire)

March 9, 2008

Biden is 19th most influential in Senate (The News Journal, Delaware)
HUD a dud at FHA refund payouts (San Diego Union Tribune)

March 8, 2008

Angry Boeing Supporters Target McCain (Associated Press)
Lobbying is costly for Boeing, EADS (Press-Register, Alabama)

March 7, 2008

Earmarks: Get 'Em While They Last (Inc.com, New York)

March 6, 2008

Boeing blame game is played on Sen. McCain (The Hill)
Senate Republicans are likely to reject idea of earmark freeze (The Hill)
Obey criticizes Kingston on earmarks (The Hill)
Funding would help farmers build reservoirs (Media General, Washington DC)

March 4, 2008

Tanker Contract Award Fuels Fierce Dispute (CQPolitics.com)
Study: Biden 19th most powerful senator (The News Journal, Deleware)

March 3, 2008

Penn State receives requested earmarks (The Daily Collegian Online, Pennsylvania)
‘Pork’ funds hit $1 billion in California (San Luis Obispo Tribune, California)
2008 Knowlegis 'Power Rankings' Measuring Power in Congress ... (Earthtimes, UK)
Where the presidential candidates stand on pork (North by Northwestern, Illinois)
Kucinich now fights to keep seat in Congress (Chronicle-Telegram, Ohio)
McCain's Economy Platform: Big Tax Cuts, With Caveats (Wall Street Journal)

March 2, 2008

Delegation vows to list all earmark requests (Anchorage Daily News)

March 1, 2008

Giving pays off well for donors (Salt Lake Tribune)
Earmark vote could pit McCain against GOP caucus (The Hill)

February 29, 2008

Education Earmarks Get Scrutiny (Education Week News)

The nation needs relief from farm subsidy disaster (San Francisco Chronicle)

February 28, 2008

7th District candidates differ on earmarks (Indianapolis Star)

February 27, 2008

Ted Stevens to reveal requests for earmarks (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)

February 26, 2008

Members of Congress Urge Federal Government to Base Salmon Plan on ... (FOXBusiness)
Congress still dishing out pork (Daily Breeze, California)
Politicians blast earmarks but quietly rake them in (Tri-Valley Herald, California)
Congressional earmark welcomed by the people it helps locally (Detroit Free Press)

February 25, 2008

Dem hopefuls won tax breaks for contributors (USA Today)

February 24, 2008

State still scores earmarks (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, California)

E-mails connect UMDNJ lobbyist with campaign contributions (Newsday, New York)
State's special projects expected to push on (Montgomery Advertiser)
Feeding at the trough (Las Vegas Sun)
Local lawmakers rake in millions in earmarks (North County Times, California)
Congress Operates in the Dark Ages (Town Hall)

February 23, 2008

Earmark spending has power to divide, unite (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Earmarks, source of debate in Washington, garner love back home (Austin American-Statesman)

February 22, 2008

Earmarks under scrutiny (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
During CNN debate, John King falsely claimed Obama "refused" to ... (Media Matters for America)

February 21, 2008

Shelby near top of pork list (Birmingham Business Journal)
Link between programs' funding, performance ratings is tenuous (GovExec.com)
Car-eating potholes dead ahead (Detroit Free Press)

February 20, 2008

Smart Growth Plan Proposed In Anticipation of BRAC-Related Development (Southern Maryland Online)
Bonner promises to try to reform earmark process in new committee spot (Media General, Washington DC)
Allegheny National Forest: Forest or Plantation? (The Patriot-News, Pennsylvania)
ElectionWatch: Networks Downplay Earmarks, Despite Millions Spent ... (Business Media Institute, Virginia)
Capitol Hill 'pork' reformer faces uphill battle (Christian Science Monitor)
Editorial - Praise for pork-free politicians (Dunn County News, Wisconsin)

February 18, 2008

Salazar ranks 65th out of 100 in earmark requests in Senate (Grand Junction Sentinel, Colorado)
Bonner bashed on 'pork' (Press-Register, Alabama)

February 17, 2008

End the underhanded congressional spending (Concord Monitor, New Hampshire)
Video prompts Henley to take it to the limit (News & Observer, North Carolina)
Granger forced to walk fine line on earmarks (Fort Worth Star Telegram)
Valley congressmen serve up the pork (Modesto Bee, California)
Potomac Fever: Iowa got $152 million in earmarks last year (Des Moines Register)
Stevens, Young take fire over budget earmarks in Washington (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
Representatives set aside $1M for emergencies (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Georgia)

February 16, 2008

ON THE HILL (The Times-Picayune, Louisiana)
Praise for pork-free politicians (Wisconsin State Journal)
Don Young earmarks unfairly singled out (Anchorage Times)

February 15, 2008

McCain pro-military, but worries defense firms (Guardian Unlimited, UK)
The Year in Earmarks (TPMmuckraker)
Romney endorsement trumps McCain’s earmarks message (Reuters)
Pork anyone? State's leaders among top money-getters (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
The race for earmarks (Boston Herald)
HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS (Press-Register, Alabama)
EDITORIAL: Report details pork addictions (Las Vegas Review – Journal)
O'Malley seeks help on bay, economy (Baltimore Sun)
Just say no (Albany Times Union)
Rogers taps budget for institute he helped create (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Few earmarks for Michigan (Detroit News)

February 14, 2008

More Pork for Trident (Harper's Magazine)
McCain Strikes Anew at Obama, Calls on Him to Disclose ‘Pork’ Projects (FOX News)
Report: $141 million in earmarks for Kansas (Kansas.com)
First-term House Dems win earmarks while dueling over mantle of reform (GovExec.com)
The Political Battle Over Earmarks (Huffington Post)

Clinton among tops in 'earmark' spending (United Press International)
Quantifying the Earmark Scene (Roll Call) sub req.
Earmark data tough to fry up (Marketplace)
Lawmakers Put Out New Call for Earmarks (New York Times)
'Earmarks' fill security spending (Miami Herald, Florida)
Watchdog groups fault Georgia lawmakers about earmarks (Macon Telegraph, Georgia)
Redlands' Rep. Lewis a leader of the earmark pack (Los Angeles Times)
State hogs funding of earmarks (Sun Herald, Mississippi)
Area pet projects remain well-fed (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Neither party can resist pork's allure (St. Petersburg Times)
Minority Lawmakers Lag in Earmark Take (CQ Politics)
Cochran Brings Home $837 Million in Earmarks, Leading Congress (Bloomberg)
Candidates' Earmarks Worth Millions (Washington Post)

February 13, 2008

Only 18 Lawmakers Shunned Pet Projects (Associated Press)
Dem leaders shower pork on freshmen (The Hill)

Swimming upstream in Congress (Indianapolis Star)
Budget Battle Never Seems to Change (Washington Post)

February 11, 2008

Earmarks curb fails to win over Utahns (Salt Lake Tribune)

February 10, 2008

Earmarks 'necessary,' not evil (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Earmarks draw ears and eyes to federal budget (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Alaska)
LaHood: Federal earmarks crucial (Springfield State Journal Register, Illinois)

February 7, 2008

Spending panels open up requests for earmarks (The Hill)
A Pork Baron Strikes Back (Washington Post)

February 6, 2008

McCain not a favorite of all (Sun Herald, Mississippi)
Yazoo pump: EPA recognizes it's a boondoggle (Clarion Ledger, Mississippi)

February 4, 2008

Editorial: Dredging of Gordon Pass meets hallmarks of serving the ... (Naples Daily News, Florida)

Lawmakers vary on Bush's call for no budget earmarks (Macon Telegraph, Georgia)
Minnesota Rep. Kline's strict 'no pork' stance rankles some other ... (Pioneer Press, Minnesota)

February 3, 2008

Stop the backsliding on ethics reform law (San Antonio Express)

Earmarks unlikely to be curtailed (Hattiesburg American, Mississippi)

February 2, 2008

Criticized earmarks help local projects get done (Rockford Register Star, Illinois)
Crusader, courthouse count on earmarks (Rockford Register Star, Illinois)

February 1, 2008

Clap If You Love Earmarks (CBS News)
Hillary Clinton's Senate-race tactics in NY could be key for campaign (Dallas Morning News)

January 31, 2008

Losing ground on earmarks (Mountain Mail Newspaper, Colorado)
Going Deep for Gulf Access  (Naples Daily News, Florida)
Bush orders Congress to rein in pet projects (The Times-Picayune, Louisiana)
Clinton's Senate-race tactics in NY could be key for campaign (Dallas Morning News)

January 30, 2008

Bush's earmarks veto vow could dry up funding for future Inland ... (Press-Enterprise, California)
Clinton By Far Worst Abuser Of Earmarks (Huffington Post)
When in Doubt, Keep Porking It Up (KXMB, North Dakota)
Lockheed-Boeing bomber partnership draws interest (GovExec.com)

January 29, 2008

Congress must control earmarks (Journal and Courier, Indiana)

US Failed to Oversee Corps on Iraq Work, Agency Says (New York Times)
Bush orders agencies to ignore earmarks (GovExec.com)
Ethics Reform Recap: Pelosi follows in Gingrich’s footsteps (Harper's Magazine)
Bush’s tough talk on pork spending criticized (Federal Times)
Targeting the Tongass (The Register-Guard, Oregon)

Bush Gives Earmarks an Earful (U.S. News & World Report)  
Ala. lawmakers pan Bush's pledge (Pensacola News Journal)
Bush plans to eliminate earmarks (Marketplace)

Bush moves to limit pork; critics wanted earlier action (Press-Register, Alabama)
Bush pledges to slice earmarks (Anchorage Daily News)
Pelosi slams Bush as late on economy (San Francisco Chronicle)

January 28, 2008

President’s Tough Talk on Budget Earmarks Is Met With Questions on ... (New York Times)

Alabama lawmakers pan Bush's pledge to cut pet projects (Press-Register, Alabama)

SOTU Earmark Plan is a Lame-Duck Promise (Town Hall)

Bush to focus on pork-barrel spending (Marketplace)

Bush Postponing Action Against Earmarks Until Later This Year (Bloomberg)
Pots, Kettles and Earmarks (Washington Post)
In Speech, Bush to Pledge Vetoes to Slow Earmarks (New York Times)

January 27, 2008

Georgia runs dry as clout in Congress runs low (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

January 26, 2008

Ills can't be cured by big government (Toledo Blade, Ohio)

January 25, 2008

Federal Cash Boosts Anchorage Port (Forbes)

January 24, 2008

ProLogic ‘believes it has acted responsibly’ (Times-West Virginian)

January 23, 2008

Corporate farmers hog our bucks (Mountain Mail Newspaper, Colorado)

January 22, 2008

GOP plans to shame Dems on earmarks (Politico)

January 21, 2008

Earmarks Seen Likely to Continue, but With Details (New York Times)
Day, Kline oppose earmarks (Post-Bulletin, Minnesota)

January 20, 2008

Federal earmarks to religious group raise constitutional concerns (Kansas City Star)
New rules make it easier to track earmarks (Salem Statesman Journal, Oregon)

January 18, 2008

Defense and the Future of Contracting (Washington Post)

January 17, 2008

One way to calculate true cost of earmarks (Nashua Telegraph, New Hampshire)

January 16, 2008

Donnelly defends earmark requests (WSBT-TV, Indiana)

January 15, 2008

Push is on to name Flake to Appropriations Committee (East Valley Tribune, Arizona)

January 14, 2008

Bush may slash earmarks with his pen (Marketplace)

The Pork King Keeps His Crown (New York Times)

Ferry money draws scrutiny (Anchorage Daily News)

Bob Casey: Earmarked for success (Philadelphia Inquirer)

January 13, 2008

Kagen and Congress begin a new year (Green Bay Press Gazette)

January 12, 2008

Butterfield: Free market or caste system? (Daily Camera, Colorado)

January 9, 2008

Northland gets a thin slice of thick federal budget (KC Community News, Kansas)

January 8, 2008

Lift up the curtain on earmark spending (Hilton Head Island Packet)
Campaign Funds for Alaskan; Road Aid to Florida (New York Times Blogs)
Too late to become a fiscal conservative (Oakland Tribune)

January 7, 2008

Kagen focuses on new farm bill (Appleton Post Crescent)

January 4, 2008

Feeding the ‘Green Monster' makes free market less competitive (Savannah Morning News)

Dole leads way in bringing home 'pork' (Triangle Business Journal, North Carolina)
Too late to become a fiscal conservative (Miami Herald)
Trim pork from military appropriations bill (Detroit News)

January 3, 2008

Northland gets thin slice of thick federal budget (KC Community News, Kansas)
President gains the high road as lawmakers reach for pork (The Tennessean)

January 2, 2008

Maple to get almost $1 million for smart traffic (C&G Newspapers, Michigan)

Appropriations Process Completed (Windy City Times, Illinois)

Dozens of Oklahoma earmarks in bill (Associated Press)

Blink. Blink. Blink. (Kingston Daily Freeman, New York)
Projects planned for state (The Oklahoman)
Mack secures earful of funding (The News-Press, Florida)

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