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Government

Mar. 13, 2009

Spending Bill Helps Courts and Legal Aid

San Diego's federal courthouse project can start in earnest with $110 million in additional funding provided for it in the spending package signed Wednesday by President Barack Obama. The spending package also boosts funding for Legal Services Corp.

By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - San Diego's federal courthouse project can start in earnest with $110 million in additional funding provided for it in the spending package signed Wednesday by President Barack Obama.

The new money means construction on the courthouse can start by the end of the month, said General Services Administration spokeswoman Gene Gibson. Congress already had appropriated $302 million to build the a...

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