From the AP via HuffPo:
Alaska Gov. SarahPalin will sign bills accepting most of the federal stimulus funds available to the state, her spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Palin initially said she would accept only about two-thirds of the $930 million available to Alaska.
Palin spokeswoman Sharon Leighow said the governor changed her mind after the public weighed in during legislative hearings prior to lawmakers passing bills to seek almost all of the funding.
Palin had warned about the state having to finance projects created by the stimulus funds after the federal money runs out. She earlier called the stimulus package "an unsustainable, debt-ridden package of funds."
Alaska's Legislature conducted more than 20 public hearings on the federal stimulus package, and legislative leaders said they couldn't find any of the strings attached to the funds that Palin had warned about.
They passed bills accepting nearly all the funds before the April 19 adjournment.
"I thank legislators for their work on the federal economic stimulus package and the public for participating in the process," Palin said Tuesday in a statement.
Unfortunately for the ethics-challenged moose shooter, none of the stimulus funds will be available to be used for her mounting personal legal woes, stacks of Bibles or for lipstick.
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