Funds will come from American Rescue Plan signed last March. On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced that President Biden’s administration would be directing $1.5 billion of COVID-19…
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Federal Judge Blocks Tax Mandate in Pandemic Relief Package
Rules that it is a “federal invasion of State sovereignty.” In March of this year, 13 states sued Congress on the grounds that it exceeded constitutional authority in…
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HUD Announces $2.7 Billion for Homeless Services
Grants will go to organizations providing services and housing under the 2021 Continuum of Care Program. The Continuum of Care Program is the largest source of federal grant…
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Education Department Approves State Funding
Education Secretary announces funding funder American Rescue Plan. The U.S. Department of Education announced the approval of American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding for…
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Judge Rules Minority-Only Aid Discriminatory
Says race-based COVID relief for farmers is not constitutional. District Court Judge Marcia Morales Howard has issued a ruling temporarily blocking the Department of Agriculture from implementing relief…
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Vice President Discusses Child Care Funding
President’s relief package continues to be implemented. Fifteen billion of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package passed in March has been allocated toward the expansion of child…
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IRS will Begin Child Tax Payments in July
88% of American children eligible. The IRS announced that it would begin the implementation of direct payments to American families with children starting on July 15. The payments,…
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SBA Offers Restaurant Revitalization Fund
Registration is immediately available, SBA administrator says. The Small Business Administration is offering $28.6 billion as revitalization funds specifically for restaurants. The registration window for receiving the assistance…
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President Biden Gives First Joint Address to Congress
Promotes continued expansion of government’s role in American life. On Wednesday, President Biden gave the first joint address to members of Congress and the Supreme Court of his…
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Administration Sued by 13 States Over Relief Plan
They allege that spending restrictions are “overreaching.” Thirteen state attorneys general sued President Biden’s administration over an element of the recently enacted $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief law that…
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