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Bill Hanka has 26 years of proven success advocating for private sector and local government clients.
LATEST CLIENT NEWS
March 9, 2024: Congratulations to the City of Sterling Heights, Michigan, for a $7.4 million FY2024 Transportation/HUD Appropriations earmark for the Clinton River Road Corridor Improvement Project.
Nov. 9, 2023: Congratulations to the Velocity Center for a $1.8 million Michigan Economic Development Corporation Small Business Support Hubs grant.
Nov. 2, 2023: Congratulations to the City of Sterling Heights, Michigan, for a $125,000 COPS Hiring grant
March 15, 2023: Congratulations to the Road Commission for Oakland County, Michigan, for a $2 million Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grant.
Feb. 1, 2023: Congratulations to Macomb County and the City of Sterling Heights, Michigan, for a $1 million Safe Streets and Roads for All action plan grant.
Oct. 28, 2022: Congratulations to the Port of Cleveland and the Port of Detroit on their grant awards from the Fiscal Year 2022 Port Infrastructure Development Grant Program, totaling over $43 million.
This Week's Trivia Question:
Two new Giant Pandas arrived at the National Zoo last week, costing the Smithsonian $1 million per year for 10 years under a lease from the Government of China. Where is the Smithsonian getting the $10 million to pay for this lease: (1) taken from its annual $1 billion appropriation from Congress; (2) a special spending earmark inserted into the FY24 Interior Appropriations Act by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC); or (3) a donation by billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein?
Answer: David Rubenstein. On Sept. 17, 2024, the National Zoo announced that David Rubenstein, co-founder of the global investment firm Carlyle Group, pledged $10 million to support its giant-panda conservation program, bringing his 10-year total of donations to the program up to $22 million.