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Block Grants: Perspectives and Controversies (open access)

Block Grants: Perspectives and Controversies

This report provides an overview of the six grant types with criteria for defining a block grant and a list of current block grants. It also examines competing perspectives concerning the use of block grants versus other grant mechanisms to achieve national goals, provides an historical overview of the role of block grants in American federalism, and discusses recent changes to existing block grants and proposals to create new ones.
Date: July 5, 2014
Creator: Dilger, Robert Jay & Boyd, Eugene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 54, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 5, 2014 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 54, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 5, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 5, 2014
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 337, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 5, 2014 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 337, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 5, 2014

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 5, 2014
Creator: Parks, Scott K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Saturday, July 5, 2014 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Saturday, July 5, 2014

Triweekly newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 5, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 77, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 5, 2014 (open access)

The Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 77, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 5, 2014

Semiweekly newspaper from Port Lavaca, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 5, 2014
Creator: French, Tania
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Estelle Adams, July 5, 2014

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Estelle Adams discussing her life growing up in Wheelock, Texas as well as her grandparents who left Georgia and other extended family members. She also talks about her experiences teaching in various Texas towns, including a segregated school in Bryan, Texas and being transferred to a school in Dallas, Texas during integration.
Date: July 5, 2014
Creator: Smith, Tiffany & Adams, Estelle Mitchell
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History