Senator Susan Collins- Stimulus Update

Snowe, Collins Announce $9.4 Million for Verso Paper Corporation

2009-11-03T12:02:00.000-08:00

Funding Will Boost Energy Efficient Projects for Paper Mills in Jay and Bucksport U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today announced the U.S. Department of Energy will award Verso Paper Corporation $9, 356, 177 in federal funding to assist with the deployment of waste...

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More than $5 million in police funding for Maine

2009-07-29T07:44:00.001-07:00

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins announced that the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has awarded grants totaling $5,098,572 to 18 Maine police departments through the COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP). Funding from the CHRP program...

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Funding for Biomedial Research at Maine Medical Center

2009-06-18T04:45:00.000-07:00

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institute of Health has awarded a $434,492 grant totaling biomedical research and training at the Maine Medical Center. The funding is being distributed to...

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Stimulus funds for cancer research at Jackson Labs

2009-06-01T12:17:00.000-07:00

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institute of Health has awarded $361,050 in grant funding for cancer research to Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor. The funding is being distributed to Maine...

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Laid-off Mainers may benefit from expanded recovery benefits

2009-06-01T07:51:00.000-07:00

Bangor Daily News: More than a thousand Mainers who have been laid off from 21 companies from South Portland to Baileyville to Ashland because of unfair trade practices are poised to receive expanded benefits under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. “This has been a critical program for...

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$2.5 million in funding for Northern Maine Regional Airport

2009-05-19T11:33:00.000-07:00

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $2,500,000 to the City of Presque Isle for the improvement of taxiways at the Northern Maine Regional Airport. The funding is being distributed to Maine through the American...

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ARRA: $3 million for rural community facilities projects in Maine

2009-05-19T07:21:00.000-07:00

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Community Facilities program will award more than $3 million in funding for rural community facilities projects in Maine. The funding is being distributed to Maine...

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Senator Collins announces more than $30 million in clean water funding

2009-04-24T09:56:00.000-07:00

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will distribute a combined $30,643,200 to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. The funding comes through the Water Quality Management Planning and Clean Water State Revolving Fund programs. The...

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More than $8 million in stimulus funds for Acadia National Park

2009-04-22T08:32:00.000-07:00

Senator Collins today announced that the National Park Service will invest more than $8 million in repairs and improvements at Acadia National Park. The funds are being distributed under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which Senator Collins helped craft with a bipartisan...

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Nearly $20 million in drinking water funding announced

2009-04-02T08:09:00.000-07:00

Senator Collins today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will distribute $19,500,000 in federal Drinking Water State Funding to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. The funding is being distributed to Maine through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of...

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Senator Collins announces nearly $100 million in single family housing loan funding

2009-04-01T13:48:00.000-07:00

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will distribute $99,996,518 in federal Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program Funding. The funding is being distributed to Maine through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Senator Collins...

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Senator Collins announces nearly $15 million in VA funding in Maine

2009-03-23T12:21:00.001-07:00

Funding for Togus VA Hospital, Augusta, Caribou, and South Paris VA Homes WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees, announced that the Department of Veterans’ Affairs will be awarding $14,809,493 in funding to Maine’s...

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Senator Collins announces $485,000 in senior nutrition assistance funding

2009-03-18T13:24:00.000-07:00

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services will distribute a total of $485,000 in federal senior nutrition assistance to Maine through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Senator Collins led a bipartisan group of senators to...

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Stimulus package increases criminal justice grants

2009-03-15T07:42:00.000-07:00

from the Portland Press Herald: The federal stimulus package approved by Congress includes a major increase in the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant, federal law enforcement funding that has been sharply cut in recent years. The state's Justice Assistance Council is scheduled to meet Monday at 1:30...

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Nearly $70 million in weatherization funding for Maine

2009-03-12T14:07:00.000-07:00

SEN. COLLINS ANNOUNCES NEARLY $70M IN WEATHERIZATION FUNDINGWeatherization reduces home heating bills by an average of 32%Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that the State of Maine will be receiving a total of $69,240,015 in federal funding for weatherization and energy...

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Senator Collins announces Justice Assistance Grant funding

2009-03-10T07:40:00.000-07:00

Funding to help support drug/gang task forces Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that law enforcement agencies in Maine are eligible to receive $9,608,065 in federal funding in Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program. The funding is being distributed to Maine through the...

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Daily Bulldog: Federal stimulus package benefits New Sharon road project

2009-03-04T11:58:00.000-08:00

from the Daily Bulldog: NEW SHARON - Thanks to the federal stimulus package, a construction road project on Route 27 will begin immediately. The state’s Department of Transportation has listed among its projects to be completed since the federal infusion of funding earmarked for infrastructure...

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MPBN: Two Maine Health Centers to Get Stimulus Funds

2009-03-03T10:59:00.000-08:00

from MPBN: Maine's congressional delegation says two health centers in Maine will be receiving more than $2.5 million in stimulus funds. In a release today in conjunction with President Obama, Maine Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, and Representatives Mike Michaud and Chelie Pingree...

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First stimulus project comes to Maine

2009-03-03T08:01:00.000-08:00

U.S. Senator Susan Collins released the following statement in response to the news that the Maine Department of Transportation has identified the first project to receive federal money distributed through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Senator Collins worked with a...

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