UPDATE: City, County Discussions Continue on How to Use ARPA Funds
Leaders from the city of Montgomery and Montgomery County are again discussing how to best use the nearly $86 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding.
Gov. Kay Ivey, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell and other leaders were in Camden to announce $188 million in funding for broadband expansion in the state.
Here’s how Alabama might spend the remaining $1 billion in federal pandemic relief money.
Leaders from the city of Montgomery and Montgomery County are again discussing how to best use the nearly $86 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding.
Alabama lawmakers have given final approval to a plan to use more than $700 million in pandemic relief funds on a mix of broadband, water and sewer projects and healthcare reimbursements.
Gov. Kay Ivey has signed a proclamation calling the Alabama Legislature into a special session to handle federal COVID relief money under the American Rescue Plan Act.