Alabama lawmakers face decisions in the coming months on how to spend more than $1.5 billion in pandemic relief funds.
(Senate Television via AP) An exhausted Senate has narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The vote gives President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies a victory that they say is crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and economic doldrums. Final passage came after the Senate voted all night on a series of amendments. Nearly all…
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters before the House votes to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The U.S. House has approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in a win for President Joe Biden. But even as…
Alabama will be getting $45.5 million in Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools funds to help in the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Kay Ivey has given the Alabama State Department of Education the responsibility of managing the money on behalf of the state. The program was established as a separate reservation of funds specifically for non-public schools. Congress authorized the EANS program….
The House has easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package. It would deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. Lawmakers have also tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business to create a massive bundle of…
Seats may have been empty in the stands, but a friendly competition inside Montgomery’s Riverwalk Stadium Saturday afternoon was an in-field home-run. “Bama-Q TV is a show where they follow around these cook teams from the State of Alabama… and some of these guys are the top in the world,” Montgomery Biscuits General Manager Mike Murphy said. The stadium played…
