Showing posts with label Public funding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Public funding. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Religious Pre-Schools Seek Exemption From Non-Discrimination Laws To Participate In "Build Back Better" Funding

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New York Times yesterday reported that Catholic and Orthodox Jewish groups are lobbying hard for changes in President Biden's proposed ...
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Provides Grants For Non-Profits To Increase Energy Efficiency

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H.R.3684 , the bipartisan  Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act , which was passed by Congress last week and now awaits President Biden...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Massive Tax and Spending Bill Passed By Congress Includes Issues of Interest on Religion

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As reported by the Washington Post , the House and Senate yesterday evening both passed a wide-ranging 5,593-page government funding and pan...
Monday, February 25, 2019

HHS Issues Final Rule Changes For Title X Family Planning Programs

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In a 312-page release ( full text ) issued on Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services issued final rules revising regulation of ...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Michigan Appeals Court OK's State Funding For Incidental Costs of Private Schools [UPDATED]

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Detroit News  and Michigan Radio report on a 2-1 decision yesterday by the Michigan Court of Appeals that allows the state to reimburse pri...
Thursday, April 19, 2018

6th Circuit: Ohio's Cutoff of Non-Abortion Funding To Planned Parenthood Is Unconstitutional

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In Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, Inc. v. Himes ,  (6th Cir., April 18, 2018), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held unconstitutio...
Sunday, April 15, 2018

In Michigan, Battle Over Appropriations For State Mandates On Private Schools, Continues

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Detroit News yesterday reported on developments in Michigan in the battle over legislative appropriations to fund state mandates imposed on ...
Thursday, October 26, 2017

HHS Seeks Comments on Faith-Based Participation In Programs

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The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday published a Release ( full text )  in the Federal Register seeking comment on removal ...
Thursday, February 09, 2017

British Lottery Approves Grants To Deal with Bats In Churches

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With the U.S. Supreme Court still scheduled this term to hear the Trinity Lutheran  case on government grants to religious institutions, th...
Wednesday, December 02, 2015

New Religion In Iceland Seeks To End Tax Support of Churches

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According to yesterday's  BBC News , in Iceland in recent weeks more than 1,000 people have registered as members of a new religious den...
Monday, November 02, 2015

State Taxpayers May Not Intervene In Religious Theme Park's Suit Against State Officials

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In Ark Encounter, LLC v. Stewart ,  (ED KY, Oct. 30, 2015), a Kentucky federal district court refused to permit four Kentucky taxpayers to i...
Saturday, January 31, 2015

Luxembourg Revises Support of Religious Communities

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Article 106 of the Luxembourg Constitution provides: The salaries and pensions of ministers of religion shall be borne by the State and ...
Thursday, December 11, 2014

In Reversal, Kentucky Denies Tax Incentives To Noah's Ark Theme Park

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The Louisville Courier-Journal reported yesterday that Kentucky's Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet has now turned down a request by a...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

New Mexico Court Upholds Furnishing Instructional Materials To Private and Religious Schools

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In Moses v. Skandera ,  (NM App., Oct. 26, 2014), a New Mexico appellate court upheld New Mexico's Instructional Materials Law which pr...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Massachusetts Judge OK's State Funds To Restore Historic Church Windows

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On Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts yesterday, a state trial court judge denied a preliminary injunction, refusing to block the use of...