States and Local Governments Are Still Sitting on Billions of Dollars of 'Emergency' COVID Relief

The Biden administration said the $350 billion bailout was urgent and necessary. Five years later, that doesn't seem true.
Las Vegas Review-Journal

EDITORIAL: Millions in COVID funds are still floating around

The pandemic may seem like ages ago, but the financial fallout continues. In December, a Nevada legislative committee learned that the state still hasn’t burned through a quarter of the federal money ...
WUNC

Clock ticking on NC’s $1.2 billion in unspent federal COVID funds, auditor warns

State Auditor Dave Boliek has a New Year’s resolution for state agencies: spend the remaining $1.2 billion in federal COVID funds before they expire at the end of 2026. In spring 2021, amid the ...
Florida Today

Did a quarter billion in COVID-19 recovery cash save Space Coast economy?

Brevard County received nearly a quarter billion dollars in federal COVID-19 aid to stabilize its economy. The funds supported public safety, infrastructure projects like a new Emergency Operations ...