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US Hurricane Aid Snarled in Red Tape

$3.5B to replace schools and firehouses languishing in accounts

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 11, 2008 3:20 AM CST

(Newser) – Billions of dollars in FEMA aid earmarked for rebuilding infrastructure pulverized by the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes have yet to be spent on thousands of important projects such as replacing schools and firehouses, USA Today reports. Out of $4.5 billion in aid to Louisiana... Read full story »

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