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Alabama

• Federal cuts disable reading program: Mobile READS had helped tutor nearly 2,000 Mobile County students
  Sean Reilly, Washington Bureau, Birmingham News (AL.com) 10/18/2003

• Budget cuts idle AmeriCorps reading tutors in Mobile
  The Associated Press, Birmingham News (AL.com), 10/18/2003

• Student reading program at risk for cuts, elimination
  Sean Reilly, Mobile Register, 06/24/200

• AmeriCorps receives little compassion
  Editorial, The Tuscaloosa News, 06/20/2003

Alaska

• AmeriCorps' Success
  Editorial, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 11/30/03

• AmeriCorps' year of cuts to hurt SAGA
  by Christine Schmid, Juneau Empire, 11/13/2003

• AmeriCorps cuts hit nonprofits
  The Associated Press, News Miner, 06/26/2003

• AmeriCorps program faces ax
  Jenni Dillon, Kenai Peninsula Clarion, 06/25/2003

Arizona

• A Teaching Distaster
  Arizona Republic, 09/03/2003

• Budget cuts threaten AmeriCorps jobs
  Susie Steckner, Arizona Republic, 07/12/2003

• Fix AmeriCorps
  Editorial, Arizona Daily Star, 06/19/2003

Arkansas

• Federal volunteer program will cease to exist in Cowley County Oct. 1
  Marathana Furches, Winfield Courier, 08/22/2003

• United We Stand
  Editorial, Arkansas Times, 06/27/2003

• Miss Arkansas displays poise, learning
  Kyle Brazzel, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 06/23/2003

• Budget Battle Could Cut Americorps Services
  Jason Friedman, KARK, 06/17/2003

• State Group Tries To Save AmeriCorps Money
  Rob Moritz, WMTW, 06/17/2003

California

• $400,000 in federal grants to local homeless aid cut
  Elisabeth Sherwin,
  TheDavisEnterprise.com, 10/09/2003

• Save the teachers
  Pamela Barnhouse Walters, Modesto Bee, 09/27/2003

• Will Bush Stand by Volunteers Who Heeded His Call?
  Robert D. Putnam, Los Angeles Times, 09/24/2003

• Closing the book on literacy program -- AmeriCorps volunteers helped teach kids to read
  Yasmin Assemi, Fairfield Daily Record, 09/15/03

• Family service centers feel effects
  Yasmin Assemi, Fairfield Daily Record, 09/15/03

• AmeriCorps gutted by Washington's inaction - California will be hit disproportionately
  Editorial, Mecury News, 08/06/2003

• AmeriCorps' last hurrah?
  Mike Perrault, The Desert Sun, 07/24/2003

• YouthServe AmeriCorps hanging on
  Christine Walters, Times-Standard, 07/20/2003

• AmeriCorps' condition dire if Bush doesn't act
  Editorial, Mercury News, 07/18/2003

• AmeriCorps may be crippled
  Amy Katz, Mendocino Beacon, 07/17/2003

• Political spat weakens a helping hand
  Anita Creamer, Sacramento Bee, 06/30/2003

• Dashed Dreams: The Demise of AmeriCorps
  Andrew Edwards and Keith Easthouse, North Coast Journal, 06/26/2003

• More work needed to save City Year
  Editorial, The Mercury News, 06/26/2003

• Educators say AmeriCorps closing is a huge loss
  Sara Watson Arthurs, Times-Standard, 06/25/2003

• Schools will lose AmeriCorps workers
  Sara Watson Arthurs, Eureka Times-Standard, 06/24/2003

• AmeriCorps watershed program could get drenched by budget
  John Driscoll , Times-Standard, 06/20/2003

• Budget Cuts Snuff Out Americorps Operations In SLO County
  Jeff Ballinger, The San Luis Obispo Tribune, 06/18/2003

• AmeriCorps Funding Dispute Threatens Berkeley Programs
  Martin Ricard, The Daily Californian, 06/17/2003

• Silicon Valley charities being hit from all sides
  John Boudreau, The Mercury News, 06/16/2003

• School mentoring program in jeopardy
  John Boudreau, The Mercury News, 06/13/2003

Colorado

• 2 Local Non-Profits Suffer from AmeriCorps Cuts
  Staff Writer, CBS 4 Denver, 12/04/03
  

Connecticut

• CitySERVE! AmeriCorps isn't done with the city yet
  Connecticut Record-Journal, 08/23/2003

• Don't Choke AmeriCorps
  Editorial, Hartford Courant, 07/25/2003

• Don't Clip AmeriCorps' Wings
  Editorial, Hartford Courant, 06/25/2003

• State may cut AmeriCorps funding
  News 12, 06/18/2003

Deleware

• President's influence could get AmeriCorps back on track again
  Editorial, The News Journal, 07/24/2003

Florida

• Save AmeriCorps from budget cuts
  Rosabeth Moss Kanter, The Miami Herald, 5/6/04

• Palm Beach County residents among thousands of AmeriCorps members giving a year to community service
  Rhonda J. Miller, The Sun Sentinel, 1/04/04

• AmeriCorps programs at risk
  Joel Eskovitz, The News (Stuart), 10/12/2003

• Accounting snafu at AmeriCorps will affect money to area programs
  Joel Eskovitz, TCPalm.com, 10/07/2003

• Mix-up snarls funds locally
  TCPalm.com, 09/24/2003

• AmeriCorps, Florida Suffer Loss
  In Response, Miami Herald, 08/16/2003

• Congress Fails AmeriCorps - A Promise Left Unfulfilled
  Editorial, The Miami Herald, 08/02/2003

• The core issue
  Editorial, Sarasota Herald Tribune, 07/24/2003

• Funding Cuts Could Hurt Literacy Effort
  Daneesha Davis, The Ledger, 07/21/2003

• Help AmeriCorps
  Editorial, Orlando Sentinel, 07/19/2003

• Help AmeriCorps
  Editorial, Orlando Sentinel, 07/17/2003

• Help agency's future perilous
  Elyse Ashburn, St. Petersburg Times, 07/08/2003

• A job for Congress
  Editorial, Sarasota Herald Tribune, 07/07/2003

• AmeriCorps, clients fall on difficult times
  Tania DeLuzuriaga, Orlando Sentinel, 07/05/2003

• Bush drops AmeriCorps ball
  Daryl Lease, Sarasota Herald Tribune, 06/30/2003

• AmeriCorps officials await cuts
  Ron Hayes, The Palm Beach Post, 06/30/2003

• AmeriCorps ad asks for funding relief
  Ken Lewis, St. Augustine, 06/27/2003

• Let AmeriCorps Soar
  Editorial, Miami Herald, 06/23/2003

• Tough times lie ahead for AmeriCorps
  Ken Lewis, St. Augustine, 06/20/2003

• Expanding 'Acts of Service' Congress answers call for support of AmeriCorps
  Editorial, Sarasota Herald Tribune, 1/26/03

Georgia

• In tandem, volunteers can do more
  John Bridgeland and Michelle Nunn, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 7/01/2004

• Bush, be true to your words; aid AmeriCorps
  Cynthia Tucker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 07/06/2003

• If AmeriCorps loses funds, we lose
  Editorial, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 06/30/2003

• Volunteers face cuts in budget, jobs
  Jan Skutch, Savanah Morning News, 06/17/2003

Hawaii

• AmeriCorps losing 50 percent of budget
  Ilana Weinberg, Kaleo.org, University of Hawaii, (U-Wire), 09/25/2003

Idaho

• AmeriCorps faces cutbacks as Congress slashes program's funding
  Roger Asbury, Idaho State Journal, 07/19/2003

Illinios

• Kenny: Making good on promises ... not Bush style
  Christopher Kenny, DailyNorthwestern.com (IL), 10/08/2003

• Job Corps to help YouthBuild program
  Tina Shah, Rockford Register Star, 08/05/2003

• AmeriCorps denies grant for CHART
  Julie Wurth, News-Gazette, 08/04/2003

• Rescuing AmeriCorps
  Editorial, Chicago Tribune, 07/24/2003

• Bush, House must save AmeriCorps
  Editorial, Daily Southtown (Tinley Park, IL), 07/20/2003

• A real bargain
  Editorial, Chicago Sun Times, 07/17/2003

• When volunteers get squeezed
  Dennis Byrne, Chicago Tribune, 07/07/2003

• Teaching programs reeling from cuts: Racing to replace AmeriCorps funds
  Jeremy Mullman, Crain's Chicago Business, 06/28/2003

• Metro-east awaits budget fate
  Jayne Matthews, Belleville News, 06/24/2003

• AmeriCorps needs hand so others can give theirs
  Editorial, Springfield Republican, 06/23/2003

• Washington whacks at idealism
  Editorial, Chicago Tribune, 06/19/2003

• Volunteer programs at risk
  John Biemer, Chicago Tribune, 06/18/2003

Indiana

• Local, state programs suffer AmeriCorps cuts: South Bend-run program loses all of its funding
  Joseph Dits, South Bend Tribune, 10/20/2003

• EnviroCorps endures: Budget cuts force program to trim staff
  Sara Toth, South Bend Tribune, 10/20/2003

• AmeriCorps cutbacks leave local agencies short on help
  Indianapolis Star, 07/11/2003

• AmeriCorps on the ropes
  Editorial, South Bend Tribune, 06/30/2003

• AmeriCorps members and alumni protest cuts
  Indianapolis Star, 06/27/2003

• AmeriCops supporters rally
  WTHR, 06/26/2003

• Washington dispute guts AmeriCorps
  Brendan O'Shaughnessy, The Times, 06/26/2003

• No Child Left Behind' lets many underprivileged fall through cracks
  Tony Zebrowski, Indiana Statesman, 06/25/2003

• Cuts may curb AmeriCorps' influence
  Rob Schneider, The Indiananpolis Star, 06/18/2003

• Indiana volunteer force faces devastating cuts
  Rob Schneider, The Indiananpolis Star, 06/17/2003

• Americorps Cutbacks
  Kerry Corum, 14 WFIE, 06/17/2003

• Americorps cuts being felt in Indiana
  Linsey Davis, WTHR, 06/17/2003

• AmeriCorps drops hundreds of positions
  WTVW, 06/17/2003

• AmeriCorps plans to cut program funds
  Erie Times, 06/14/2003

Iowa

• Americorps slashed
  Nick Narigon, Pilot Tribune, 08/04/203

• AmeriCorps fades away
  Editorial, Des Moines Register, 06/30/2003

• Cuts may imperil AmeriCorps program staffing
  Ann McGlynn, Quad-City Times, 06/23/2003

• Local AmeriCorps jobs, programs on budget bubble
  Pat Kinney, Waterloo-Ceder Falls Courier, 06/23/2003

• Cuts To Volunteer Program Would Impact Area Programs
  Angie Hunt, KCRG, 06/19/2003

Kentucky

• Area Habitat celebrates despite cutbacks
  Kristin Taylor, Richmond Register, 06/30/2003

• Reading program in jeopardy
  Franklin Favorite, 06/26/2003

• Literacy program may end
  Robyn L. Minor, Bowling Green Daily News, 06/21/2003

• Cuts hurt Kentucky programs
  Brandon Ortiz, Lexington Herald-Leader, 06/19/2003

Louisiana

• Group's funding, openings reduced
  by Kym Klass, The Shreveport Times, 1/02/04

• AmeriCorps' Emergency
  Editorial, The Times-Picayune, 09/12/03

• Effect of looming AmeriCorps funding cuts outlined at meeting
  Amy Wold, Baton Rouge Advocate, 07/22/2003

• AmeriCorps cutbacks could hurt BR schools
  Charlies Lussier, Baton Rouge Advocate, 07/19/2003

• Cut to the corps
  Editorial, The Times-Picayune, 07/11/2003

• Volunteer program in jeopardy
  Robert Morgan, Shreveport Times, 07/09/2003

• Budget errors hit AmeriCorps
  Editorial, Baton Rouge Advocate, 07/05/2003

• AmeriCorps service in La. faces big cuts
  Amy Wold, Baton Rouge Advocate, 07/05/2003

• Cash flow problems threaten AmeriCorps
  Jason McFarley, The Times-Picayune, 06/30/2003

• Area's slice of AmeriCorps funds reduced
  Lynette Wilson, The News Star, 06/30/2003

• Programs here face prospect of loss of AmeriCorps funding
  Jessamyn Blau, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 06/22/2003

• LC AmeriCorps Program In Jeopardy
  Shelley Brown, KPLC TV, 06/20/2003

• A Bargain for America
  Editorial, LA Times, 06/21/2003

• AmeriCorps faces severe funding cuts
  Marsha Sills, The Advertiser, 06/20/2003

• Budget woes plague national service group
  Diane Haag, Shreveport Times, 06/17/2003

Maine

• Fund Programs That Touch Countless Lives
  Editorial, The Portland Press Herald, 08/11/2003

• Senate makes little use of its extra week - Washington Politics
  Bart Jansen, Press Herald, 08/03/2003

• Lack of funding leaves AmeriCorps in limbo
  Bart Jansen, Press Herald, 07/31/2003

• AmeriCorps stalled
  Editorial, Times Record (Mid-coast Maine), 07/23/2003

• Volunteers told to expect the worst
  Editorial, Sun Journal, 07/02/2003

• Cut to the Corps
  Editorial, The Bangor Daily News, 06/20/2003

• Snowe, Collins Fight Americorps Cutbacks
  Bangor Daily News, 06/18/2003

• AmeriCorps to slash staff in Maine unless aid OK'd
  Selena Ricks, Press Herald, 06/18/2003

• Local supporters say cuts would eliminate program
  WMTW, 06/19/2003

• Snowe fighting cutbacks in AmeriCorps
  WMTW, 06/18/2003

Maryland

• Return of the Volunteers
  Editorial, Baltimore Sun, 2/10/04

• AmeriCorps program to get 'historic funding increase'
  Staff Writer, Cumberland-Times News, 1/25/03

• Let volunteer corps help out even more
  John Bridgeland, The Baltimore Sun, 10/30/2003

• A STAR! funding cut, but program still alive
  Maria D. Martirano, Cumberland Times-News, 10/19/2003

• AmeriCorps team helping with renovations: Volunteers working in Decator Heights
  Maria D. Martirano, Cumberland Times-News, 10/19/2003

• Mikulski honors volunteers - 'Godmother' speaks in front of full house
  Maria D. Martirano, Cumberland Times-News, 08/08/2003

• Charitable Giving - Maryland in danger of losing AmeriCorps volunteers
  Betsy Nelson, The Daily Record, 07/25/2003

• Pitch in
  Editorial, Baltimore Sun, 07/23/2003

• Mikulski comes through for AmeriCorps
  Maria D. Martirano, Cumberland Times-News, 07/15/2003

• Senate panel OKs funds to tide over AmeriCorps
  Julie Hirschfeld Davis, The Baltimore Sun, 07/10/2003

• AmeriCorps program struggles to stay alive
  Maria D. Martirano, Cumberland Times-News, 07/07/2003

• Bush's aid sought in crisis for volunteers
  Julie Hirschfeld Davis, The Baltimore Sun, 06/22/2003

Massachusetts

• Kennedy honored for furthering national service
  Staff Writer, Brookline Tab, 2/25/04

• Expand AmeriCorps
  Editorial, The Harvard Crimson, 1/14/04

• Quality of life at stake in AmeriCorps funding, mayor says
  Sasha Talcott, Boston Globe, 07/19/2003

• Life-changing experience
  Sasha Brown, Daily News Transcript, 07/18/2003

• A push for AmeriCorps
  Editorial, Boston Globe, 07/17/2003

• Americorps programs face budget ax
  B.J. Roche, Boston Globe, 07/13/2003

• Bush's unfulfilled promises to AmeriCorps
  Thomas Oliphant, Boston Globe, 07/06/2003

• The bipartisan mission to save AmeriCorps
  E.J. Dionne, Jr., The Boston Globe, 06/28/2003

• Save AmeriCorps
  Editorial, Boston Phoenix, 06/27/2003

• Kennedy introduces legislation
  Dover-Sherborn Press, 06/26/2003

• AmeriCorps under siege: Battle forms over cuts in volunteers
  Noelle Straub and Kevin Rothstein, Boston Herald, 06/24/2003

• Budget cuts threaten volunteer programs
  Steve Eder, Boston Globe, 06/24/2003

• National Disservice
  Editorial, Boston Globe, 6/14/03

Michigan

• A Tide of Violence
  Editorial, Detroit Free Press, 2/18/04

• AmeriCorp: Caught in Political Power Play
  Steve Wilson, WXYZ-TV (ABC), Detroit, 09/12/03

• What the city needs every year
  Jack Lessenberry, Metro Times, 08/06/2003

• AmeriCorps positions now in doubt
  Daily Telegram, 07/30/2003

• Local agencies brace for Americorps budget cuts
  Amanda Hulce, Holland Sentinel, 07/07/2003

• Dingell, students, members of A2 community rally for AmeriCorps
  Karen Schwartz, Michigan Daily, 07/07/2003

• Dingell: Fight for AmeriCorps
  Patty Maher, Ann Arbor News, 07/03/2003

• Americorps: Kids, cities, nation will lose if Congress fails funding
  Editorial, Detroit Free Press, 06/26/2003

• Increase in state aid could mean cut in tuition at GVSU
  Ted Roelofs, Grand Rapids Press, 06/26/2003

• AmeriCorps cuts
  Rachael Ruiz, Wood TV 8, 06/23/2003

• AmeriCorps cuts
  Aaron Baskerville, WILX TV, 06/23/2003

• Children's mentoring program will end
  James McCurtis Jr., Lansing State Journal, 06/22/2003

• Youth program endangered by money problems
  Teresa Taylor Williams, The Muskegon Chronicle, 06/20/2003

• Michigan may see 85% cut to AmeriCorps
  Lisa Zagaroli, Detroit News, 06/18/2003

• Volunteers fear AmeriCorps fate
  Charlie Cain and Lisa Zagaroli, The Detroit News, 06/18/2003

• AmeriCorps funding cut by 85%
  Staff Writer, Lansing State Journal, 06/18/2003

Minnesota

• AmeriCorps needs Congress with it, not against it
  Jim Scheibel, Minneapolis Star Tribune, 6/07/04

• AmeriCorps - Why treat it badly, Peace Corps well?
  Editorial, The Star Tribune (Minneapolis/St.Paul), 08/26/2003

• Milwaukee: Jobs grow scarce even for volunteers
  Tim Cigelske, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 08/10/2003

• Congress rallies to aid Peace Corps, AmeriCorps
  Kevin Diaz and Rob Hotakainen, Star Tribune, 07/16/2003

• Minnesota's AmeriCorps jobs in jeopardy
  Associated Press, Brainerd Dispath, 07/05/2003

• Cuts in funding imperil Minnesota's AmeriCorps programs
  Ilia Rodriguez, Star Tribune, 07/05/2003

• AmeriCorps / Popular program still needs help
  Editorial, Star Tribune, 06/25/2003

• AmeriCorps budget cut sharply
  Melanie Evans, Duluth News Tribune, 06/21/2003

Mississippi

• State crew Mississippi bound
  John Dodge, The Olympian, 9/23/2005

• Views mixed on city layoffs
  Delta Democrat, 09/11/2003

• Funding from AmeriCorps cut
  The Clarion Ledger, 09/09/2003

• Teach For America Has No Money For 84 Educators In Delta Budget Crunch May Have Long-Term Effects
  TheJacksonChannel.com, 09/09/2003

• Tupelo Program Among Many Needlessly Hurting
  Editorial, The Daily Journal, 08/14/2003

• AmeriCorps: Domestic issues cannot be slighted
  Editorial, Jackson Clarion Ledger, 07/18/2003

• AmeriCorps funding in state
  The Clarion Ledger, 07/17/2003

• Miss. AmeriCorps funding at risk
  Riva Brown, The Clarion Ledger, 06/17/2003

Missouri

• Keep the learning beam on our youth
  Editorial, Delta Democrat, Greenville, MS, 09/17/03

• Politics of service
  Miriam Pepper, Kansas City Star, 07/13/2003

• AmeriCorps changing a child's life and mine
  Robert Eckhardt, Kansas City Star, 07/01/2003

• Americorps-funded programs in crisis
  David Goldstein, Kansas City Star, 06/22/2003

Montana

• AmeriCorps official visits Missoula
  Missoulian.com, 09/24/2003

• Lack of funds costs VISTA slots
  James Hagengruber, Billings Gazette, 07/15/2003

Nebraska

• Nelson Institute feels sting of AmeriCorps Cuts; Six Full-time Jobs Eliminated
  Southwest Nebraska News, 08/29/2003

• AmeriCorps cuts hit home
  Bill Hafer/Daily Sun staff writer, Beatrice Daily Sun, 08/08/2003

• Nebraskans worried about cutbacks of AmeriCorps volunteers
  The Lincoln Journal, 07/28/2003

• AmeriCorps cuts threaten programs
  Harold Reutter, The Independent, 06/30/2003

• Lip service to AmeriCorps
  Editorial, The Journal Gazette, 06/20/2003

• Keep AmeriCorps at its full strength
  Editorial, Las Vegas Sun, 07/01/2003

New Hampshire

• Spirit is still strong despite funding cuts
  Darlene M. Valliere, The Portsmouth Herald, 11/12/2003

• City Year continues despite federal cuts
  Susan Morse, The Hampton Union (NH), 09/28/2003

• Dean wows business people in breakfast talk
  Larissa Mulkern, The Portsmouth Herald, 08/24/2003

• AmeriCorps facing cuts
  Steve Jusseaume, The Hampton Union, 08/03/2003

• AmeriCorps role vital to success of support service
  Sara Newbury , The Portsmouth Herald, 07/29/2003

• AmeriCorps Members Rally Against Cuts
  WMUR, 07/14/2003

• Americorps programs face budget ax
  B.J. Roche, Boston Globe, 07/13/2003

• AmeriCorps programs in NH are at risk
  Dale Vincent, Union Leader, 07/01/2003

• Another View: AmeriCorps deserves New Hampshire's support
  Jeff Swartz, Union Leader, 06/26/2003

• Funding for popular program slashed
  Julien Vernet, The Hampton Union, 06/20/2003

• CYNH graduates served others to change the world
  Nancy Cicco, The Portsmouth Herald, 06/18/2003

• City Year funds could dry up with cuts made to AmeriCorps
  Sara Newbury, The Portsmouth Herald, 06/18/2003

• AmeriCorps cuts may doom stateÍs City Year program
  Sara Newbury, The Portsmouth Herald, 06/17/2003

New Jersey

• Despite budget cuts, Teach for America grows
  Daily Princetonian, 09/25/2003

• AmeriCorps faces possible budget cuts
  News 12, 06/23/2003

New York

• Top Graduates Line Up to Teach to the Poor
  Tamar Lewin, New York Times, 10/2/05

• Age of political segregation
  David Brooks, New York Times, 6/29/04

• Crossroad for national service
  Editorial, New York Times, 5/25/04

• DeLay quietly trying to kill AmeriCorps
  Douglas Turner, The Buffalo News, 5/3/04

• AmeriCorps to honor Walsh's commitment, Recognition comes despite criticism of representative's blocking of extra money
  Peter Lyman, Syracuse Post Standard, 2/10/04

• AmeriCorps Back on Job
  Enid Arbelo, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, 12/12/03

• Government Representatives Address United Way Agencies
  By the United Way of Greater Oswego County, Oswego Daily News, 10/21/2003

• AmeriCorps cuts impacting Buffalo Place budgetcut
  Buffalo Business First, 9/24/2003

• The unkindest cut
  The Buffalo News, Jerry Zremski, 08/28/2003

• AmeriCorps faces funding cuts
  Khurram Saeed, The Journal News, 08/14/2003

• AmeriCorps Supporters Fight To Keep Program Going
  Steve Yablonski/Oswego Bureau Chief, Oswego Daily News, 08/11/2003

• AmeriCorps budget woes hit home
  Peter Lyman, Post Standard, 07/29/2003

• AmeriCorps in Jeopardy; Funding cuts affecting programs in metropolitan area
  Sorah Shapiro, Newsday, 07/25/2003

• A worthy cause: President should throw his weight behind effort to fund AmeriCorps
  Editorial, Buffalo News, 07/21/2003

• Timely Help for AmeriCorps
  Editorial, The New York Times, 07/17/2003

• Will Jumpstart Survive?
  Editorial, The Post-Standard, 07/17/2003

• Nun from Buffalo makes plea for AmeriCorps at D.C. rally
  Douglas Turner, Buffalo News, 07/15/2003

• AmeriCorps Funding May Get Cut
  Champlain Channel 07/15/2003

• Americorps County struggles to fund AmeriCorps
  Rhianna M. Brandt, Ithica Journal 07/14/2003

• Americorps Clinton calls for federal funding for AmeriCorps
  Jerry Blair, Herkimer Evening Telegram 07/14/2003

• Americorps Volunteers Use Creativity to Send Huge Message to White House
  WIVB TV, 07/01/2003

• Bush should find funds to keep AmeriCorps going
  Douglas Turner, Buffalo News, 06/30/2003

• Save AmeriCorps
  Editorial, The Albany Times, 06/27/2003

• Slaughter joins in plea for aid to AmeriCorps
  Joseph Spector, Democrat and Chronical, 06/21/2003

• AmeriCorps cuts: If this domestic Peace Corps shuts down, pain will be widespread
  Editorial, Buffalo News, 06/20/2003

• Slaughter Fights AmeriCorps Cut
  R News Staff, Rochester R News, 06/20/2003

• Slaughter seeks to save AmeriCorps here
  Joseph Spector, Democrat and Chronical, 06/20/2003

• AmeriCorps Cuts Hurt City Programs
  Charles Enloe, Newsday, 06/20/2003

• Funding Cuts Could Doom AmeriCorps Program In New York
  Steve Yablonski, Oswego Daily News, 06/18/2003

• AmeriCorps faces grim future
  Victoria E. Freile, Democrat and Chronicle, 06/18/2003

• Area loses funding for Americorps
  Jill Fahy, The Daily Star, 06/18/2003

• Americorps Program in Serious Jeopardy
  WIVB TV, 06/16/2003

• Local AmeriCorps may fold
  Jeffrey Blackwell, Democrat and Chronicle, 06/14/2003

North Carolina

• AmeriCorps may get Budget Boost
  Alesia Dicosola, The Daily Tarheel, 12/08/03

• Testimony: The gift of hope
  James Joseph, News Observer, 09/14/03

• Group supports AmeriCorps
  DailyTarheel.com, 09/09/03

• Helping hands — Gutting AmeriCorps hurts communities
  Editorial, The Daily Reflector, 07/30/2003

• What matters in Washington
  Editorial, Wilmington Star News, 07/08/2003

• Despite shortfall funding bill, AmeriCorps faces cuts
  Teresa Black, Durham Herald Sun, 07/05/2003

• Unkind cut for AmeriCorps
  Editorial, The News & Observer, 07/02/2003

• Nasty cuts for doers of good
  Daniel Thigpen, News Observer, 06/30/2003

• Volunteers and Patriots
  Editorial, Winston-Salem Journal, 06/23/2003

Ohio

• Called to Make a Difference
  Josh Mitchell, Baltimore Sun, 9/13/2005

• An Example for Boomers
  The Cincinnati Post, 7/15/2005

• AmeriCorps cutbacks decimate Arts Council program
  Columbus Business First (OH), 09/30/2003

• Cash for AmeriCorps
  Editorial, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 07/26/2003

• Dashing off a note to President Bush
  Plain Dealer, 07/21/2003

• Teach for America takes a $14.7 million punch
  Andrew Mollison, Cox News Service, 07/17/2003

• Mayor praises AmeriCorps efforts: Team tackled park, beautification jobs
  The Toledo Blade, 07/17/2003

• AmeriCorps braces for cuts
  Andrea Uhde, The Cincinnati Enquirer, 07/14/2003

• AmeriCorps hopes dim
  Jim Carney, Beacon Journal, 07/07/2003

• Making service a priority
  Editorial, The Plain Dealer, 06/26/2003

• Federal budget cuts could pare AmeriCorps volunteer program
  Angela Townsend, The Plain Dealer, 06/21/2003

Oregon

• Saving the 'corps' of our society
  Franz Knupfer, The Oregonian, 09/13/03

• National service: Fiscal woes threaten popular public program
  Editorial, Columbus Dispatch, 07/07/2003

• AmeriCorps lacking Bush aid, volunteers
  Editorial, Statesman Journal, 07/03/2003

• AmeriCorps cuts will hit state
  Elena Lesley, The Oregonian, 06/26/200

• Oregon could lose majority of AmeriCorps volunteers
  KATU, 06/26/2003

• Americorps To Slash Staff In Maine Unless Aid OK'd; Cutbacks Mean The Jobs Of All But 10 Of The State's
  Selena Ricks, Portland Press Herald, 06/18/2003

Pennsylvania

• Aid from Phila. area on its way
  Larry Eichel, Kaitlen Gurney, Larry Fish, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 8/31/2005

• To make us stronger
  Jane Eisner, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/20/04

• A Tide of Violence
  Editorial, Detroit Free Press, 2/18/04

• A costly proposal to alter AmeriCorps
  Jane Eisner, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/9/04

• Money for Good
  Editorial, Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, 12/04/03

• A Nation of Doers Needs to Do More
  Robert D. Putnam and John M. Bridgeland, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/3/04

• AmeriCorps Grows Up
  Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/22/04

• Americorps fund loss cuts programs
  Kim Sinclair, The Digital Collegian (Penn State) 10/01/2003

• American Rhythms -- AmeriCorps cuts mean loss of vital thank-you for those who serve U.S.
  Jane Eisner, 08/31/2003

• Budget reduction threatens national service program
  Bill Cahir, Express-Times, 07/29/2003

• Americorpse? Don't starve a valuable public service program
  Editorial, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 07/26/2003

• Rendell's right: Fix AmeriCorps; do not scuttle it
  Editorial, Daily and Sunday Review (Towanda, PA), 07/24/2003

• An American institution
  Joe Banner, Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, Philadelphia Inquirer, 07/24/2003

• Nation will reveal true character in AmeriCorps
  Jane Eisner, Philadelphia Inquirer, 07/13/2003

• Alumni rally to save funding for AmeriCorps
  Sree Roy, Philadelphia Inquirer, 07/09/2003

• Let's work to save AmeriCorps program
  Ronnie Polaneczky, Philadelphia Daily News, 07/07/2003

• Forum: Civic disengagement
  Tracy Soska, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 07/06/2003

• AmeriCorps tumbles into the chasm between Bush's rhetoric and deeds.
  Editorial, The Philidelphia Inquirer, 06/27/2003

• Specter's on board; Mr. Bush?
  Jane Eisner, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/26/2003

• AmeriCorpse?
  Editorial, Philadelphia Daily News, 06/24/2003

• AmeriCorps under siege due to fed budget cuts
  Debby Higgins, The Citizens' Voice, 06/22/2003

• American Rhythms | Rotten to AmeriCorps
  Jane Eisner, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/19/2003

• Now it's AmeriCorps that needs help
  Jane Eisner, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/15/2003

Rhode Island

• Funding from AmeriCorps allows City Year to continue in fall
  Providence Journal, 08/30/2003

• Many agencies lose grants from AmeriCorps program
  Linda Borg, The Providence Journal, 07/30/2003

• Supporters of the AmeriCorps [photo]
  Steven Senne, Yahoo! News, 06/20/2003

• 2 pen plea to Bush to prevent corps cut
  Jeff Sullivan, Pawtucket Times, 06/20/2003

• Keep the promise of AmeriCorps alive
  Matthew Brown, The Providence Journal, 06/18/2003

• City Year among social services facing budget ax
  Linda Borg, The Providence Journal, 06/17/2003

• AmeriCorps Faces Deep Funding Cuts
  Turn to 10, 06/17/2003

South Carolina

• Save City Year
  Editorial, The State, 07/07/2003

• AmeriCorps worker cutbacks worry state organizations
  Beth Lawton, The Island Packet, 07/07/2003

• Federal Funding Cuts: AmeriCorps may be bare bones next year
  Devon Marrow, The Sun News, 06/25/2003

• Federal cuts threaten AmeriCorps programs
  Devon Marrow, The State, 06/24/2003

• Local schools, agencies may lose AmeriCorps volunteers
  Cindy Landrum, The Greenville News, 06/20/2003

• National Cuts May Spell End To 230 State Volunteer Slots
  Erica Pippins, The Herald, 06/18/2003

• City Year volunteers ask Columbia to fund program
  Megan Hughes, WIS TV, 06/18/2003

• Americorps meeting Tues. in Columbia on funding cuts
  WIS TV, 06/17/2003

• S. C. could lose 200 Americorps volunteers
  Jennifer Holland, The State, 06/13/2003

Tennessee

• Shortchanging AmeriCorps
  Editorial, The Tennessean, 08/05/2003

• Local Will cutting waste hobble AmeriCorps?
  James W. Brosnan, Go Memphis, 07/28/2003

• Local AmeriCorps summer programs are in limbo
  James W. Brosnan, Go Memphis, 06/27/2003

• AmeriCorps deserves boost from White House
  Editorial, Tennessean, 06/20/2003

• Funding Slashed For Americorps
  Cliff Hightower, Knoxville News Sentinel, 06/18/2003

Texas

• AmeriCorps officials hear local concerns
  by Shirley Jinkins, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 4/03/04

• Celebrities with class - Program invites special guests into schools
  Paige Hewitt, Houston Chronicle, 10/29/2003

• Restore AmeriCorps
  Editorial, Houston Chronicle, 07/24/2003

• Funding cuts threaten AmeriCorps
  Todd J. Gillman, Dallas Daily News, 07/20/2003

• AmeriCorps funds should be restored
  Editorial, San Antonio Express-News, 07/09/2003

• Funding cutbacks imperil AmeriCorps services
  Aman Batheja, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 07/06/2003

• Nonprofit organization works to close Austin's 'digital divide'
  Aaron Nelsen, The Daily Texan, 06/24/2003

• Local City Year program faces extinction
  Cari Hammerstrom, San Antonio Express-News, 06/18/2003

Utah

• Matheson seeks more funds for AmeriCorps
  Jacob Santini, Salt Lake Tribune 07/31/2003

Vermont

• AmeriCorps Funding May Get Cut
  Champlain Channel 07/15/2003

• AmeriCorps programs face tough budget times
  David Delcore, Times Argus, 07/14/2003

• Spare AmeriCorps
  Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT), 07/14/2003

• Americorps programs face budget ax
  B.J. Roche, Boston Globe, 07/13/2003

• AmeriCorps decline will hurt area programs
  Kathryn Casa, Brattleboro Reformer, 07/05/2003

• AmeriCorps fills gaps
  Editorial, Burlington Free Press, 07/01/2003

Virginia

• Budget cuts hurt AmeriCorps
  The Collegiate Times, Virginia Tech University, 09/25/2003

Washington

• Congress should rethink cutting service corps
  Letter by Sgt. Shaft, Washington Times, 6/5/2006

• Our Views: AmeriCorps program merits revival
  Editorial, The Olympian, 2/15/04

• AmeriCorps serves the nation's cause
  Editorial, Seattle Post Intelligencer,1/29/04

• Volunteerism on the cheap
  Editorial, Seattle Post Intelligencer, 09/10/2003

• AmeriCorps cuts back
  Genoa Sibold-Cohn, Tri City Herald (WA), 08/30/2003

• Financial Cuts Dig Deep Into Local AmeriCorps Volunteers
  Amanda Hammon, Yakima Herald, 08/06/2003

• Americorps caps volunteers, freezes enrollments due to cuts
  Natasha Jaksich, The Olympian, 07/29/2003

• AmeriCorps program deserves our support
  Editorial, Daily Herald (Everett, WA), 07/25/2003

• AmeriCorps goes another round
  Editorial, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 07/11/2003

• Charities brace for cuts in AmeriCorps program
  Carol Tice, Puget Sound Business Journal, 07/14/2003

• This is no time to cut investment in AmeriCorps
  Editorial, The Daily News, 07/01/2003

• AmeriCorps cuts hit the blameless
  Editorial, Spokesman-Review, 06/25/2003

• President wants us to volunteer but won't stop cuts to AmeriCorps
  Marianne Means, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 06/24/2003

• AmeriCorps Funding Cuts Kill Domestic-Violence Program
  Join Together Online, 06/19/2003

• AmeriCorps budget cuts close violence prevention service
  Matthew Craft, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 06/18/2003

• Budget Woes Leave Americorps Facing Severe Cuts
  Keith Eldridge, KOMO 4 News, 06/16/2003

• AmeriCorps cut 'devastating'
  Sharon Michael, The Olympian, 06/14/2003

• AmeriCorps could get the ax
  Debra Carlton Harrell, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 06/14/2003

Washington, D.C.

• In Commencement Speech, Bush Hails Community Service
  Deb Riechmann, The Washington Post, 5/21/2005

• Court Allows Subsidies for AmeriCorps Teachers in Catholic Schools
  by Christopher Lee, Washington Post, 3/9/05

• AmeriCorps Experience Sticks
  Amy Fagan, The Washington Times, 12/15/04

• AmeriCorps Rounds a Corner
  Christopher Lee, The Washington Post, 12/14/04

• You Gotta Serve Somebody
  Gene Healey, The American Spectator, 4/28/04

• Building a Culture of Service
  John Bridgeland, Washington Times, 12/02/03

• Earning Their Pay
  Editorial, The Washington Post, 08/24/2003

• More Lip Service on Service
  Editorial, Washington Post, 07/23/2003

• Senate Clears Supplemental After Stevens Wins Agreement on Firefighting Funds
  Joseph J. Schatz, CQ, 07/23/2003

• Appropriators May Have to Jettison Add-Ons to Move Emergency Spending Bill
  Joseph J. Schatz, CQ, 07/23/2003

• AmeriCorps asks Congress for $100 million
  Amy Fagan, Washington Times, 07/22/2003

• Rescuing AmeriCorps
  Editorial, The Capital Times, 07/17/2003

• Bush endorsement for AmeriCorps lacks financial backing; cuts pending
  Knight Ridder, 07/06/2003

• Lip Service, National Service
  Editorial, The Washington Post, 06/20/2003

Wisconsin

• Federal funding cuts threaten local AmeriCorps programs
  Kara Patterson, Post-Crescent, 07/20/2003

• Public Allies pushing for restored AmeriCorps funds
  Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 07/15/2003

• Bush must push for more funds for AmeriCorps
  Editorial, The Sheboygan Press, 07/08/2003

West Virginia

• AmeriCorpse: Don't let it wither
  Editorial, The Charleston Gazette, WV, 11/07/03

• Damage: Harm to America
  Editorial, The Charleston WV Gazette, 08/07/2003

• Federal budget crunch may slow local Energy Express program
  Clarksburg Exponent Telegram, 07/08/2003

• Lawmakers Lobby For Americorps Funds
  Charleston Gazette, 06/18/2003

Wyoming

• Wyoming feels AmeriCorps' impact
  Bill Buckett, Wyoming Star Tribune, 07/30/2003