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nj.com — Supporters of higher education from across the nation on Thursday praised President Barack Obama's budget plans to increase opportunities for students to receive federal aid for college, making it more affordable and more accessible.

nj.com — Supporters of higher education from across the nation on Thursday praised President Barack Obama's budget plans to increase opportunities for students to receive federal aid for college, making it more affordable and more accessible.

wbir.com — Indianapolis-based Earth-Solar Technologies Corp. has enjoyed a steady increase in interest in its solar energy systems since starting up two years ago.

And business will only get better if Congress passes the Obama administration's plan to curb global warming by making it more expensive to emit greenhouse gases.

da.wvu.edu — Advocates for affordable higher education announced their support for President Barack Obama's higher education budget proposals Thursday.

"(Obama) has made the commitment in this budget to really try to make significant steps toward ensuring that college stays affordable" said Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future. "We're excited about his budget, and as members of the Campaign for College Affordability, the Campaign for America's Future will lend its voice and its efforts to push to make sure that these reforms take place."

bizjournals.com — An additional 20,069 students in Texas would receive Pell Grants if lender subsidies are cut, according to a new report released Friday by the Campaign for America's Future.

The report shows that the changes proposed under the Obama Administration's budget would provide an average Pell Grant of $3,443 to about 417,810 students across the state.

politics.theatlantic.com — Considering that Democrats last November won their most sweeping electoral victory since 1964, and now enjoy unified control of government for the first time since 1994, the organized Left doesn't seem very happy these days. Some of that discontent reflects the difficulty of moving from an opposition party that perpetually prizes conflict to a governing party that must compromise to advance an agenda. But it also reflects a potentially destabilizing imbalance between liberal expectations and assets rooted in little-discussed truths about the balance of power within the Democratic coalition.

mndaily.com — The Institute for America’s Future and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group released a report Thursday praising Barack Obama’s budget proposal for supporting students and taking support away from banks.

Obama’s budget would eliminate the Federal Family Education Loan Program and move that funding to the U.S. Department of Education’s Direct Loan program, which awards Pell Grants, the report stated. A Pell Grant is a federally awarded, need-based grant for post-secondary education.

medpagetoday.com — In debates about reforming the nation's healthcare system, policymakers have recently looked to Massachusetts for lessons on how -- or how not -- to insure everyone.

The state's revolutionary mandatory-coverage plan was enacted in 2006 and more than 97% of all Massachusetts residents are now covered -- whereas nationally some 40% of Americans have no health insurance.

pww.org — President Obama appealed to the people to throw their support behind his first federal budget to help pull the country out of the deep economic crisis. Speaking at his second White House news conference the President said the $3.5 trillion Fiscal Year 2010 budget is “is going to need the support of the American people,” adding that it is “inseparable” from his economic recovery program.

journalgazette.net — Opposition to a government spending bill and concerns about President Obama’s plan for limiting greenhouse gases put Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., at the helm of a group of Senate Democrats trying to nudge policies in a direction they say is more moderate.