The U.S. Department of the Treasury released the allocations and spending guidelines for the $5.7 billion that will soon be headed to Colorado and its local governments as part of the American Rescue Plan.

The 81st session of the Nevada Legislature adjourned Monday night after passing a biennial budget and a host of other measures including a mining tax increase.

But the final piece was the Capital Improvement Projects budget that was delayed repeatedly until just nine minutes before the mandatory end of session at midnight.

The CIP bill contains $413 million in projects funded primarily by General Obligation Bonds. It also contains $75 million for the Infrastructure bank along with funding for the Resource Conservation Fund. It passed 17-4.

Originally reported by Geoff Dornan of Nevada Appeal on June 1, 2021.

Illinois is in line to receive $8.1 billion in relief from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, but the latest proposal calls for spending only a portion of that, with $1 billion to be used for infrastructure projects. The other $1.5 billion would be used for programs such as business relief, violence prevention and affordable housing, said Rep. Greg Harris, a Democratic majority leader from Chicago.

In Arkansas, the state Department of Finance & Administration confirmed that nearly $1.6 billion in COVID-19 emergency aid began flowing into state budget early last week. According DFA spokesman Scott Hardin, approximately half of the funding will be provided to the state immediately while the remaining half will not be issued for about a year.

Texas lawmakers will decide how to spend $16 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds during a special legislative session later this year, as part of a deal brokered by legislative leaders and Gov. Greg Abbott.

Originally reported by Madlin Mekelburg and María Méndez of the Austin American-Statesman on May 21, 2021.

South Dakota legislators will ultimately have to decide how to spend almost one billion federal dollars. 

That’s the states share under the “American Rescue Plan” passed this year by Congress. The legislature’s Executive Board set up a task force to make recommendations for the money. 

Senator Jim Bolin of Canton says there could be a downside to all the federal spending.

Originally reported by Dakota News Now staff on May 21, 2021.

Maryland is expecting to receive about $3.7 billion in federal pandemic relief “within the next week or so,” a state budget official said Thursday during the first meeting of a state workgroup on pandemic-related spending.

Marc Nicole, who is Gov. Larry Hogan’s deputy budget secretary, outlined more than $62 billion in overall federal and state pandemic relief funds during an initial meeting of a state workgroup on pandemic spending.

Originally reported by Brian Witte of CBS Baltimore on May 21, 2021.

For the second time in less than two weeks, Senator Declan O’Scanlon’s laser-targeted questioning during Senate budget hearings revealed damning insight into the Murphy Administration.

Today, during a revenue update by State Treasurer Elizabeth Muoio, O’Scanlon asked a series of questions prompting a revelation that the state had received $6.3 billion in federal relief funds without divulging the info.

Originally reported by Insider NJ on May 20, 2021.

Though controversy over critical race theory sucked most of the oxygen out of the Utah Legislature’s special session on Wednesday, lawmakers acted on a host of other bills — including changes to the budget to accept over $1.6 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds.

Originally reported by Katie McKellar of Deseret News on May 19, 2021.

“The final budget funds most of the relief, recovery and resilience priorities that I put forward in December,” Inslee said, noting that it makes vital investments in areas like public health, homelessness, climate change, access to broadband and child care.

Originally reported by U.S. News and World Report on May 18, 2021.

Between power struggles over whether the Legislature would retain control of federal funds between legislative sessions and battles over funding for COVID-19 testing in school and child care provider grants, plus normal annual budget bills and other miscellaneous grants, it became difficult even for the experts to keep track of it all.

Mississippi is slated to receive $1.8 billion to be spent by the Legislature. Half of that money, based on Treasury reports, will be disbursed to the state this month, with the remainder scheduled to provided in 2022. The money must be spent by the end of 2024.

Originally reported by Bobby Harrison of Mississippi Today on May 12, 2021.

The federal government is sending $350 billion to state and local governments. The money coming from the American Rescue Plan gives states like Tennessee wide discretion on how to use the funds.

The United States Department of the Treasury said the dollars are intended to meet the needs of those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Originally reported by Gerald Harris of wkrn.com on May 11, 2021.

The bottom line of a $47.6 billion budget unveiled by state Senate leaders is nearly identical to one produced by House lawmakers last month, but “dug deeper” into federal reimbursements to reduce the Bay State’s reliance on rainy day funds while boosting support to poor families and without raising new taxes.

Originally reported by Erin Tiernan of the Boston Herald on May 11, 2021.

President Biden's "American Rescue Plan" will send about $1 billion to Nebraska as part of the federal government's effort to bring back jobs and fill in revenue shortfalls caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Originally reported by Paul Hammel and Martha Stoddard Omaha World-Herald of the Lincoln Journal Star on May 10, 2021.

Georgia's governor has signed a 2022 budget that restores some money to K-12 education, increases some mental health funding, and pays nursing home operators more.

With legislative session over, the state’s budget is final.  The 2021-2023 budget is a record breaking one at nearly $17 billion.

Thanks to leftover federal coronavirus relief funds, North Dakota lawmakers said the budget didn’t end up as tight as they’d originally feared it would be during the pandemic.

Originally reported by Morgan Benth of KFYR on May 5, 2021.

Governor Janet Mills today unveiled the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan, her Administration’s proposal to invest more than $1 billion in discretionary Federal relief funds allocated to Maine under the American Rescue Plan Act.

The Governor’s plan makes historic investments in unaddressed needs and longstanding challenges to achieve three goals:

immediate economic recovery from the pandemic;

long-term economic growth for Maine; and

infrastructure revitalization.

Originally published by the Office of the Governor on May 4, 2021.

The Alabama Senate on Thursday passed the state General Fund budget. The fiscal year 2022 budget, which covers most non-education-related agencies, at $2,460,635,863, is the largest General Fund budget in state history.

The spending plan for the year beginning July 1 is 10% bigger than the current budget, after being fattened by billions of dollars in federal stimulus money. 

That allowed for more cash to go into public works projects, environmental programs, reserves and $1,000 bonuses for teachers, first responders and others at the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Originally published by John Kennedy in the Herald-Tribune on April 30, 2021.