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Recent Examples of state aid
The plan would open a path for Missouri to potentially offer state aid to help pay for up to half of new or upgraded stadiums for the two teams.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
Federal cuts to those and other programs could push Albany to reduce its state aid to the city or shrink services that benefit city residents, such as unemployment insurance and parks.
—Andrew Rein, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
But it is compounded by the fact that, during the period, RBS/NatWest was obliged to offload a number of valuable assets, including Direct Line and its U.S. banking business Citizens, as conditions of its bail-out (the U.K. was, at the time, subject to the European Commission's state aid rules).
—Ian King, CNBC, 4 June 2025
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.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
Federal cuts to those and other programs could push Albany to reduce its state aid to the city or shrink services that benefit city residents, such as unemployment insurance and parks.
—Andrew Rein, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
But it is compounded by the fact that, during the period, RBS/NatWest was obliged to offload a number of valuable assets, including Direct Line and its U.S. banking business Citizens, as conditions of its bail-out (the U.K. was, at the time, subject to the European Commission's state aid rules).
—Ian King, CNBC, 4 June 2025
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.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for state aid
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Having a robust foreign aid operation is about soft power and influence.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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More than 14 million of the world’s most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by 2030 because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of US foreign aid, research projected on Tuesday.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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Because care is about more than physical assistance.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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This safety net extends beyond clinical care to include essential social programs — housing assistance, food programs like SNAP and energy assistance — that address the broader determinants of health, many of which face threatening cuts in their own right.—
Jacob Murphy,
Baltimore Sun,
10 July 2025
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Funding for the initiative comes from the U.S. Department of Energy, through a block grant that was part of the federal government’s 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 July 2025
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Under this plan, agreements for the small states block grant could be executed by June 30 if finalized by Friday.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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Temporary air conditioning units can provide relief from extreme heat, however these systems consume tremendous amounts of energy.—
Claire Poole,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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And there is a clock to be watched that ticks down toward relief.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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“State aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/state%20aid. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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