A deal with nurses and others will ease some of the pain on the state-funded public health system, which has been beset by winter viruses, staff shortages and backlogs from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: https://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/business_news/national_business/article_e57b8611-d56a-5529-b328-3ee01c999b6a.html

China’s domination of the worldwide market for combat drones is partially thanks to a major state-funded program that strives to upgrade the country’s armed forces.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/china-sends-military-drones-to-drc-amid-fears-of-regional-war/

For example, Kramer’s latest slam on the Grace Hudson Museum’s Wild Gardens project is recycled, ill informed gibberish he has written from the beginning about a state-funded project to highlight environmental practices of the native Pomo culture.

Source: https://theava.com/archives/220259

In an effort to bring a protest over student allowances to an end, Walter Sisulu University (WSU) has used its own money to pay state-funded students.

Source: https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/they-are-studying-without-food-wsu-pays-meal-allowances-to-14-000-nsfas-funded-students-20231012

LONDON (AP) — Britain is bracing for a four-day walkout by tens of thousands of doctors at the state-funded health care system that one official warned Monday could be “catastrophic” and postpone up to 350,000 appointments.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/04/english-doctors-strike-could-be-catastrophic-official-says/

Poland is also in discussions with representatives from countries including South Korea, Japan and Great Britain to partner with Polish companies more familiar with Ukraine, said the head of the state-funded agency's Kyiv office, Karol Kubica.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/central-europe-firms-stake-positions-in-ukraine-reconstruction-race/article_b1e3ef60-0b76-5c3c-889a-a851006d5d81.html

The change was prompted by a decision by Democratic Party leaders to bring the state-funded primary date forward to earlier than was allowed under Republican National Committee (RNC) rules.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/trump-team-lobbying-for-primary-rule-changes-to-boost-his-2024-chances/article_7fe715fa-aa7e-50b8-87bf-359a1e076e14.html

The strike piles more pressure on the state-funded National Health Service, already staggering under demand from winter viruses, staff shortages and backlogs built up during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/uk-nurses-ambulance-crews-strike-straining-health-system-96916502

The union said that while nine in 10 of their members voted to strike over pay, the government’s “anti-trade union legislation has prevented members in state-funded schools and colleges from taking industrial action”.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/teachers-expected-to-go-on-strike-as-union-prepares-to-announce-ballot-results_uk_63c3e4f1e4b0d6f0ba05adea

What is pitiful is that successive Nigerian administrations with few if any exceptions furrow the backs of the masses while officials enjoy state-funded largesse.

Source: https://guardian.ng/art/literature/lola-fabowale-writes-to-heal-nations/

While applications have been approved, parents have to secure enrollment in a private school for their child and the state will announce this fall how many of the state-funded accounts have been activated.

Source: https://www.kjan.com/index.php/2023/08/18627-applications-for-state-funded-accounts-for-private-schooling-approved/