Help is here — no thanks to a single Republican in Congress
Thanks to President Biden and Democrats, $350 billion in aid is now on its way to states and cities across the country to help fund critical projects, cover pandemic-related costs, and close the gap from lost revenue due to the pandemic. As people across the country read about this critical relief, they won’t soon forget that it passed no thanks to a single Republican in Congress.
Here’s a look at what voters in states across the country are reading — and seeing — about the American Rescue Plan:

In Arkansas: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Virus aid of $2.6B allotted for state In California: Los Angeles Times: California, Los Angeles get billions in federal relief money for pandemic costs In Colorado: The Denver Post: Billions in federal dollars start pouring into Colorado. Here’s how much your city will get In Florida: Tampa Bay Times: How Biden’s American Rescue Plan helps out Florida’s cities In Georgia: Fox28: Georgia set to receive over $8 billion in coronavirus relief funds In Iowa: KITV: Iowa schools benefit from the American Rescue Plan In Kentucky: 14News: Ky. to receive over $2.1B from American Rescue Plan Act In Louisiana: KATC: American Rescue Plan Money in Louisiana: Here’s the breakdown In Maine: Press Herald: South Portland to get additional $8 million in federal pandemic aid In Michigan: Detroit Free Press: Nearly $11B in COVID-19 relief funds available for Michigan: What cities, counties may get In Minnesota: Star Tribune: Billions in state and local aid soon begin path to Minnesota In Mississippi: WLBT: Seven Mississippi cities set to split $101M in COVID-19 relief funding, White House says In Nebraska: Associated Press: Nebraska to get $1 billion in federal aid from rescue plan In Nevada: 8News Now: Titus, Lee applaud $2.7 billion allocation to Nevada COVID-19 relief In New Hampshire: New Hampshire Business Review: New Hampshire restaurants see relief as Restaurant Revitalization Fund ramps up In New York: Press-Republican: ‘Truly Helps’: No. Co. leaders happy to have COVID aid on way In Ohio: Chronicle-Telegram: Lorain, Elyria, Lorain County to receive more than $111 million from American Rescue Plan In Oklahoma: The Oklahoman: Stimulus money released for state, local and tribal governments In Oregon: WATU: Oregon, Washington to receive billions in coronavirus aid from American Rescue Plan Act In Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Business Times: Here’s how much 10-county Pittsburgh region is getting from $350B American Rescue Plan In Texas: Dallas Morning News: Texas gets $15.8B bonanza in pandemic aid, far more than it lost in revenue In Virginia: Richmond Times-Dispatch: Editorial: Purposeful American Rescue Plan investments can generate long-term growth for Virginia Henrico Times: Henrico to receive $64.2M in American Rescue Plan funds In West Virginia: WFXR: Mountain State gets more than $1.1M to help homeless West Virginians In Wisconsin: CBS58: Critical funding announced for Wisconsin’s older adults through the American Rescue Plan
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