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Clock is ticking for local governments to use billions of dollars of federal pandemic aid

Time is running out for local governments to use billions of dollars of federal pandemic relief funds

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2024

Proposed Lexington park projects include a refurbished passive park downtown and a rural new recreat

The budget proposed by Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton calls for more than $5 million in park improvements. These projects are in addition to a variety of park projects paid for with $10 million in federal American Rescue Plan dollars.

WEKU · Apr 21, 2023

How a small town in Iowa banded together to build a new daycare center and ease the local childcare crisis

The Biden administration hasn't been able to solve the U.S. childcare crisis on a federal level, so the burden of finding a solution falls on local communities.

Fortune · Mar 7, 2023

Biden's New Industrial Policy Will Fail, Just Like Industrial Policy Always Fails

While campaigning for the midterm election, the president is promoting a disastrous and expensive form of economic protectionism.

Reason · Oct 17, 2022

Commentary: The government is actually doing a good job

You wouldn’t know it from watching the news, but American children are doing better than they were at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least when it comes to having their basic needs met.

Tribune News Service · Oct 11, 2022

States spend federal COVID aid on roads, buildings, seawalls

States are spending billions of dollars of federal pandemic relief funds on infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges and public buildings

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022

Spending Down $12 Million in Pandemic Relief Money on an Immigration Stunt Isn't 'Responsible Fiscal Policy'

Ron DeSantis paid for the Martha's Vineyard migrant flights through interest earned on American Rescue Plan money, which he's said was designed "to bail out the poorly governed states.”

Reason · Sep 19, 2022

Inflation is hitting ACA health insurance plans in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvanians who plan to shop later this year on the state’s Affordable Care Act exchange are unlikely to find shelter from the inflation that has engulfed other areas of the economy, according to a preview offered Monday by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Aug 2, 2022

Federal tourism aid funds gas stations, trash cans, jazz

Hundreds of tourism projects nationwide are collectively getting about $2.4 billion in federal coronavirus relief funding

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2022

How ready is California to help if Congress kills Obamacare subsidies?

The state of California is ready with $304 million to help lower- and middle-income consumers pay for health insurance if federal subsidies end. But the fund will cover only a fraction of what would be lost.

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022