Published 4 months ago

Clock is ticking for local governments to use billions of dollars of federal pandemic aid

Summary by My Mother Lode

From the looks of it, the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert hasn’t done too much with the $24 million it received in federal pandemic aid. The site where it plans to spend most of the money for a crime victims center remains an empty plot of dirt. And just one-quarter of its funds are obligated for projects, according to the most recent federal data. But town officials say contracts should be in place soon to spend the rest of it. For Gilbert and thousa…

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