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High-Speed Rail / Mo. Budget
10:15 am
Wed April 13, 2011

Mo. lawmakers deal setback to high-speed rail plan

Credit (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
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A Missouri House committee has dealt a setback to Gov. Jay Nixon's quest for $1 billion in federal high-speed rail money.

The House Budget Committee rejected an attempt Wednesday to insert the rail money into a state budget bill.

That comes just two weeks after Nixon held a news conference to announce Missouri was applying for $1 billion of the $2.4 billion of federal rail money that Florida decided not to use.

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St. Louis SAFER grant
1:19 pm
Wed March 30, 2011

St. Louis gets SAFER grant for firefighters

Credit (Adam Allington/St. Louis Public Radio)
Firefighters from IAFF Local 73 on the day they learned about possible layoffs. A federal grant may allow the city to avoid those layoffs.
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Firefighters in the city of St. Louis got some better news today.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that the department will receive $3.2 million federal funds over the next two years in the form of a SAFER grant. (That stands for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response.)

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