Federal Coronavirus Fund Spending Plan Moves Forward
The Alabama Legislature is holding a special session to allocate the spending of $770 million in American Rescue Plan funds.
American Rescue Plan Funds
Alabama Special Session on Federal Covid Funds Quickly Moving Forward
The proposed legislation will allocate $770 billion dollars to healthcare, broadband, and sewer/water infrastructure.
Ivey Special Session Call Focused on Prison Construction
(AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday issued the call for next week’s special session that largely focuses on prison construction as the chief response to the state’s longstanding problems in corrections. Ivey is calling lawmakers back to Montgomery to vote on a $1.3 billion prison construction plan that will use $400 million…
U.S Department of Education Approves Alabama’s Plan for Use of American Rescue Plan Funds
On Thursday, Aug. 12, the U.S. announced the approval of Alabama’s American Rescue Plan, Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) plan and it distributed the remaining ARP ESSER funds to them. Alabama’s plan explains how the state is using and plans to use ARP ESSER funds to safely reopen and sustain the safe operation of schools while expanding…
