Posts Tagged ‘ARPA’
WPRI: RI legislative leaders pledge action ‘in the near future’ to start spending ARPA cash
In a joint statement to 12 News, House Speaker Joe Shekarchi and Senate President Dominick Ruggerio declined to lay out a specific timeline for when their chambers’ respective Finance Committees will schedule a vote on spending some of the money, but indicated it could happen soon. “The House and Senate Finance Committees are in the…
Read MoreProvidence Journal Commentary by Gary Sasse and Joseph Paolino, Jr.: Deciding on how to spend $1 billion
In March of this year, Congress enacted the $1.9-trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). This legislation secured $1.9 billion in coronavirus pandemic aid for Rhode Island and its localities. While decisions on where to spend this vast sum will be critical for Rhode Island’s future, prudent use of these funds will depend on the decision-making,…
Read MoreProvidence Journal: Why it’s ‘possible, but not probable’ the RI House will vote on two major issues in 2021
But Shekarchi argues that the past several months have vindicated the Assembly’s deliberative approach, pointing to the $81-million federal grant announced earlier in the week to build a new state health lab. In June, while the Assembly was still in session, McKee had proposed tapping another pool of federal dollars to build a lab. “Yesterday, the state…
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