Business Grants in the News
02-Mar-2010

Mass. gov. makes pitch for biotech initiative (The Nashua Telegraph)
BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick testified Tuesday that Massachusetts was on the verge of losing its grip on a key industry if lawmakers fail to act on his 10-year, $1 billion life sciences initiative. ... - By STEVE LeBLANC The Associated Press

Audit: Management of business grants was lax (The Beaver County Times)
HARRISBURG - State officials gave tens of millions of dollars to businesses without adequately checking whether the companies kept their job-creation promises and without recovering the money from failed deals, state Auditor General Jack Wagner said Wednesday.

Audit: Management of business grants lax (Lebanon Daily News)
HARRISBURG ? State officials should do a better job managing a multi-million-dollar grant program intended to create or retain jobs, Auditor General Jack Wagner said yesterday.

Greenville City Council District 4: Katherine Wetherington (The Daily Reflector)
Name: Katherine Wetherington

Patrick makes pitch for $1 billion, 10-year biotech initiative (7 News Boston)
BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick testified Tuesday that Massachusetts was on the verge of losing its grip on a key industry if lawmakers fail to act on his 10-year, $1 billion life sciences initiative.

How to get small-business grants (Honolulu Advertiser)
The High Technology Development Corp. will hold a series of conferences next week to show small businesses how to compete for more than $2 billion in research and development grants.