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June 27, 2023 | 5:11 AM

How Pennsylvania has (and hasn’t) spent billions of COVID-19 stimulus dollars

Pennsylvania received $7.3 billion in state and local pandemic relief funding from the American Rescue Plan Act and had spent more than $5.6 billion as of March.

By Kate Huangpu/Spotlight PA and Stephen Caruso/SpotlightPA
June 26, 2021 | 8:10 AM

Lawmakers vote to bank pandemic funds, boost schools funding

A state budget that dumps billions in federal coronavirus money into savings, boosts spending on education and provides aid to nursing homes easily passed the Legislature on Friday.

By Mark Scolforo/AP
June 14, 2021 | 5:21 AM

‘No more excuses’: Pa. Democrats want to use stimulus to fix crumbling schools

The commonwealth is expected to have a $3 billion budget surplus and more than $7 billion available in American Rescue Plan dollars.

By Ximena Conde/WHYY

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April 25, 2021 | 10:59 AM

Infrastructure money could aid push to plug oil, gas wells in Pennsylvania

The state’s orphan well plugging program has been underfunded for decades, but it is primed to take advantage of an influx of cash.

By Laura Legere and Anya Litvak/Pittsburgh Post Gazette
March 17, 2021 | 5:21 AM

President Biden highlights Black-owned businesses during first official trip to Philly area as president

The entrepreneurial spirit is a big deal in Chester, a formerly industrial city of 34,000 that has been facing declining population and loss of local businesses for decades.

By Katie Meyer/WHYY
March 15, 2021 | 5:28 AM

President Biden, VP Harris and others to promote relief plan’s benefits in stops in Pa. and other states

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses are opening an ambitious, cross-country tour this week to highlight the benefits of his $1.9 trillion plan to defeat the coronavirus and boost the economy.

By Darlene Superville/The Associated Press
March 14, 2021 | 12:30 PM

Democrats in Pennsylvania and other states bank on relief aid to win back wary working class

President Biden and his party are hoping that by muscling through passage of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief and economic stimulus bill they can win back at least a larger share of working-class voters.

By Will Weissert/The Associated Press
March 14, 2021 | 9:52 AM

‘Life-changing’ stimulus checks begin rolling out

Stimulus money starts to arrive

By Matthew S. Schwartz/NPR
March 11, 2021 | 7:57 AM

A flood of money is coming to local schools: How should they spend it?

“Everybody overuses the word ‘unprecedented,’ but it really is an unprecedented amount of federal funding coming to schools in a really short amount of time,” said Hannah Barrick, assistant executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (PASBO).
By Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY
March 3, 2021 | 3:55 PM

Senate Democrats, White House agree to tighter income limits for stimulus checks

Moderate Democrats have demanded that the $1,400 stimulus checks be targeted at low- and moderate-income people. The change, if adopted, means the House will need to vote again on the package.

By Kelsey Snell/NPR
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