American Rescue Plan
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Politics
City ends Fiscal Year 2022 with $49 million surplus
CITY HALL – The city has wrapped up its 2022 fiscal year with a stash of cash: $49 million, in…
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Business
St. Louis Development Corp. offers roadmap to guide new investment in north St. Louis
Following Mayor Tishaura Jones’ commitment to invest $150 million in American Rescue Plan funds in north St. Louis, the St.…
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Politics
Record Missouri surplus likely to grow under $46.5B House budget plan
The biggest state budget in Missouri history could also leave the biggest surplus in state history when the next fiscal year ends.…
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Business
Small business owners in city can apply for $5,000 American Rescue Plan grants
CITY HALL – The city of St. Louis and the St. Louis Development Corporation have released guidelines for small business…
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Politics
Biden urges city leaders to take advantage of billions in federal relief funds
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden urged local and city governments on Monday to continue to use the $130 billion in…
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Opinion
Opinion: Lawmakers need to take swift action on federal education funds
Congress passed, and President Joe Biden signed, the American Rescue Plan 10 months ago, creating the most significant infusion of…
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News
Governor’s plan for $2.8 billion from American Rescue Plan Act gets first review from lawmakers
There was skepticism about new temporary state employees and the cost of developing the Rock Island railroad corridor into a new…
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News
Next child tax credit payments dependent on U.S. Senate negotiations
Families received on Wednesday what might be the final monthly check from the expanded child tax credit program. The expanded child…
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Health
U.S. House Democrats want to expand both Medicare and Medicaid
WASHINGTON — New Medicare benefits,, such as dental care, for older Americans. An expansion of eligibility for Medicaid for low-income…
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Science
Internet funding rule could favor rural areas over cities
Cities and urban counties across the U.S. are raising concerns that a recent rule from President Joe Biden’s administration could…
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Coronavirus
Estimate board approves $168 million COVID-19 relief package
CITY HALL – Mayor Tishaura Jones relented Friday in her opposition to a $168 million COVID-19 spending package and voted…
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Politics
Panel rejects using $5 million of COVID relief for $500 payments to individuals
CITY HALL – An aldermanic committee dealt Mayor Tishaura Jones a defeat Wednesday, when it refused to reinstate $5 million…
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Politics
JACO INTERVIEW: Comptroller Darlene Green on using U.S. COVID-19 funds
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green is optimistic that the city’s use of the first $80 million in…
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Politics
Relief payments to Black farmers on hold as ex-Trump aides sue
WASHINGTON — Former Trump administration officials and conservative and libertarian nonprofits have launched lawsuits to block federal relief funds aimed…
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Coronavirus
Jones’ stimulus plan will face scrutiny from Board of Aldermen
CITY HALL – Mayor Tishaura Jones’ plan to spend $80 million in federal relief funds may encounter different ideas when…
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Education
Homeless students slipping through cracks, congressional panel told
WASHINGTON — Witnesses before a U.S. House panel on Wednesday advised lawmakers on how federal relief aid can help bridge…
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Politics
Lawsuit seeks to force Missouri to enact voter-approved Medicaid expansion
The least surprising lawsuit of the year, to force Missouri to provide Medicaid coverage to 275,000 people eligible under a 2020…
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News
Jones sets stimulus advisory board for American Rescue Plan funding
CITY HALL – Mayor Tishaura Jones has established a board to advise her on how to spend the $517 million…
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Coronavirus
Missouri spending bill would offer money for mortgage help, utility bills
Help may be coming for Missouri homeowners behind on their mortgage payments because of COVID-19 income losses. The Senate Appropriations…
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News
Scramble starts for Missouri’s share of federal COVID-19 cash
With Missouri in line for almost $3 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds, cities, schools and other agencies are lining up…
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Politics
Missouri sues over tax cut penalties in federal COVID-19 relief bill
Missouri became on Monday the first state to challenge a punitive provision of the $1.9 billion federal COVID-19 relief bill signed early…
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Coronavirus
Krewson outlines plan for $500 million in federal virus relief
CITY HALL – Mayor Lyda Krewson released on Friday her suggested guidelines for how toinvest the about $500 million the…
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Coronavirus
Rescue aid package may reduce income gap, but for how long?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have celebrated President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as a blow against one of…
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Coronavirus
St. Louis to be a center for Biden’s virus recovery plan
ST. LOUIS – The city is going to be one of the Stimulus Command Centers to implement President Joe Biden’s…
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