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Persistence Pays Off for Public Broadcasters

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We just got word [Monday] night that the Alabama House of Representatives has approved a 38 percent increase in state funding for Alabama public television,” he said. If all goes well, the state will join Florida, Indiana, and 19 others that have increased their support in the current state budget cycle.

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Government Shutdown: Head Start Protest Draws Hundreds to Capitol Hill

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Mary Lee Freeze, a Community Action of Northeast Indiana Head Start director, told Washington, DC, ABC affiliate WJLA that her program’s fiscal year starts on November 1. ” Likewise, a program in Talladega, Alabama, was forced to close its doors after the federal fiscal year began on October 1. “The October 1 programs?

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