state aid
noun
: public monies appropriated by a state government for the partial support or improvement of a public local institution
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Missouri legislators are set to squabble next week over whether to offer state aid for big-ticket sports stadium construction for both the Royals and the Chiefs.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
Emphasizing that each community’s financial situation is different, Delong still said a few factors are hurting nearly all cities and towns: soaring medical insurance premiums for employees, and state aid that never rose to cover the federal pandemic relief funding that’s been going away.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2025
Kehoe’s stadiums proposal would allow Missouri to offer state aid to pay for up to 50% of new or upgraded stadiums for the two teams.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
In response, California created its own version of the program to provide state aid to immigrants legally present in the U.S. who are not eligible for the federal version of the program.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 13 May 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
Emphasizing that each community’s financial situation is different, Delong still said a few factors are hurting nearly all cities and towns: soaring medical insurance premiums for employees, and state aid that never rose to cover the federal pandemic relief funding that’s been going away.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2025
Kehoe’s stadiums proposal would allow Missouri to offer state aid to pay for up to 50% of new or upgraded stadiums for the two teams.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
In response, California created its own version of the program to provide state aid to immigrants legally present in the U.S. who are not eligible for the federal version of the program.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 13 May 2025
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“State aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20aid. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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