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Biden Urges Local Leaders to Boost Public Safety Spending
Mayors, police chiefs and other local officials have visited the White House to share with President Joe Biden how they are spending money from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on policing and public safety programs. Biden highlighted some of these efforts during an event in the Rose Garden on Friday. And he urged cities to spend even more of...
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EXPLAINER: How to Claim Child Tax Credit Dollars on Your Taxes
Millions of Americans who have never filed a tax return will need to do so this year in order to claim what’s coming to them under the enhanced child tax credit
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Texas Man Who Got $1.6M in PPP Loans, Bought Lamborghini Sentenced to 9 Years
The man spent some of the money on a Lamborghini Urus, a Ford F-350 and a Rolex watch, according to court documents.
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White House Offering More Aid for Winter Heat, Utility Bills
The Biden administration is helping to distribute several billion dollars in aid for winter heating and utility bills
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Cities Seek to Loosen Rules on Spending Federal Pandemic Aid
Some cities are urging President Joe Biden’s administration to loosen its rules for spending $350 billion of coronavirus relief money directed toward state and local governments.
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AP: States and Cities Slow to Spend Federal Pandemic Money
Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year’s coronavirus relief package championed by President Joe Biden and Democrats
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Internet Funding Rule Could Favor Rural Areas Over Cities
Officials in some urban areas are raising concerns about a federal rule limiting how federal coronavirus relief money can be spent on high-speed internet
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‘Easy Money': How International Scam Artists Pulled Off an Epic Theft of Covid Benefits
Russian mobsters, Chinese hackers and Nigerian scammers have used stolen identities to plunder tens of billions of dollars in pandemic aid, officials say.
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MBTA Gets Nearly $860M in Federal Coronavirus Relief Funds
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is getting nearly $860 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to help maintain services and jobs as the pandemic drags on, federal transportation officials said Wednesday. The funding for the Boston area public transit system is part of more than $30 billion for public transportation included in the American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law…
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Families Paying Off Rent, Food, Debts With Child Tax Credit
Families are starting to spend the money from the expanded child tax credit.
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US Economy Surpasses Pre-Pandemic Size With 6.5% Q2 Growth
Fueled by vaccinations and government aid, the U.S. economy grew at a solid 6.5% annual rate last quarter in another sign that the nation has achieved a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession
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Bonus Pay for Essential Workers Varied Widely Across States
About one-third of the states have used federal coronavirus relief aid to provide extra pay to workers who were considered essential during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Baker Admin. Worried About Holdup as House Dems Vote to Stash Fed Aid
The House on Tuesday rejected Gov. Charlie Baker’s request to immediately spend $2.8 billion in federal COVID-19 relief money, choosing to follow through with the plan of Democratic leaders to sweep most of the $5.3 billion the state received into a separate fund as they consider how to deploy the money. The action by the House reflects not only a…
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Ex-Olympic Skater Charged With Defrauding Virus Relief Fund
A former Olympic figure skater has been arrested on charges that he ripped off a program to help struggling small businesses harmed by the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said Tuesday.
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States Rebound From Bleak Forecasts to Pass Record Budgets
Just a year ago, the financial outlook for state governments looked bleak as the coronavirus pandemic shook the entire U.S. economy
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Some States Plan Big Spending With Biden's Aid, Others Wait
Some states are making plans to spend billions of dollars from President Joe Biden’s pandemic relief act, though the money has yet to arrive.
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From Scarcity to Abundance: US Faces Calls to Share Vaccines
President Joe Biden has highlighted how the United States has administered 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine before his first 100 days in office.
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Biden Expands ‘Obamacare' by Cutting Health Insurance Costs
President Joe Biden is pledging that his $1.9 trillion rescue package will build on the promise of the Affordable Care Act
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Check Your Balance: Stimulus Payments Begin Arriving in Bank Accounts
The third round of coronavirus stimulus checks have begun arriving in Americans bank accounts.
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In Pennsylvania, Biden Showcases Aid to Small Businesses
President Joe Biden has visited a small, minority-owned business in suburban Philadelphia to showcase his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package