coronavirus relief

Mayors, police chiefs and other local officials have visited the White House to share with President Joe Biden how they are spending money from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on policing and public safety programs. Biden highlighted some of these efforts during an event in the Rose Garden on Friday. And he urged cities to spend even more of...

West Haven Mayor Nancy Rossi said the city plans to provide whatever’s necessary to making the needed adjustments after a report released from the Office of Policy and Management detailed misuse of COVID-19 Relief Funds (CRF).

The majority of funds given to the city of West Haven through the COVID-19 Relief Funds program were misused, according to a report released from the Office of Policy and Management.

Millions of Americans who have never filed a tax return will need to do so this year in order to claim what’s coming to them under the enhanced child tax credit

The man spent some of the money on a Lamborghini Urus, a Ford F-350 and a Rolex watch, according to court documents.

The Biden administration is helping to distribute several billion dollars in aid for winter heating and utility bills

Some cities are urging President Joe Biden’s administration to loosen its rules for spending $350 billion of coronavirus relief money directed toward state and local governments.

Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year’s coronavirus relief package championed by President Joe Biden and Democrats

Officials in some urban areas are raising concerns about a federal rule limiting how federal coronavirus relief money can be spent on high-speed internet

Russian mobsters, Chinese hackers and Nigerian scammers have used stolen identities to plunder tens of billions of dollars in pandemic aid, officials say.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is getting nearly $860 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to help maintain services and jobs as the pandemic drags on, federal transportation officials said Wednesday. The funding for the Boston area public transit system is part of more than $30 billion for public transportation included in the American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law…

Families are starting to spend the money from the expanded child tax credit.

Fueled by vaccinations and government aid, the U.S. economy grew at a solid 6.5% annual rate last quarter in another sign that the nation has achieved a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession

About one-third of the states have used federal coronavirus relief aid to provide extra pay to workers who were considered essential during the coronavirus pandemic.

The House on Tuesday rejected Gov. Charlie Baker’s request to immediately spend $2.8 billion in federal COVID-19 relief money, choosing to follow through with the plan of Democratic leaders to sweep most of the $5.3 billion the state received into a separate fund as they consider how to deploy the money. The action by the House reflects not only a…

A former Olympic figure skater has been arrested on charges that he ripped off a program to help struggling small businesses harmed by the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said Tuesday.

Just a year ago, the financial outlook for state governments looked bleak as the coronavirus pandemic shook the entire U.S. economy

Some states are making plans to spend billions of dollars from President Joe Biden’s pandemic relief act, though the money has yet to arrive.

President Joe Biden has highlighted how the United States has administered 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine before his first 100 days in office.

President Joe Biden is pledging that his $1.9 trillion rescue package will build on the promise of the Affordable Care Act