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Indiana, Michigan and Ohio budget proposals benefit from a revenue picture that is more optimistic than feared earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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School districts are likely to address learning loss with more spending on summer school, intensive tutoring, and afterschool programs.
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Uncertainties include state and federal aid levels, the effects of vaccine distribution and the MTA's finances.
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If voters grant $500 million in new bond authority, the agency can hold down rate increases to fund mandatory projects.
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The governor, in his $46 billion biennial budget proposal, called for both as the state seeks to plug a deficit from the effects of COVID-19. The plan also has a bond provision.
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Responsible, limited changes in the tax code and IRS regulations could go a long way toward economic recovery where needed most to deal with the pandemic.
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Local governments would get 40% of the $350 billion in direct federal aid to state and local governments.
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The Federal Reserve’s Main Street Lending Program, which was designed to provide emergency support to mid-size U.S. companies during the pandemic, lent out a total $17.5 billion.
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More than 30 finance chiefs of major U.S. cities sent a letter to the Biden Administration making their case for direct aid and new borrowing tools
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A House committee is considering for the first time how grants for ports will be appropriated to combat the pandemic.
February 9