Congress restores funding for rural schools, roads; $1.2 million 'backpay' anticipated for Petersburg

Congress restores funding for rural schools, roads; $1.2 million 'backpay' anticipated for Petersburg

Almost six months after the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to pay out the money, the U.S. House last week finally got around to saying yes and restoring the Secure Rural Schools program, which had paid about $120 million a year to communities hurt by cutbacks in the timber industry. The legislation authorizes funding to cover the past two years of missed payments. The program had ended when the...