American rescue plan

Norwich received about $14 million in ARP funding; $2 million of that funding will go to the city’s economic development agency, NCDC.

Municipalities across Connecticut are using federal COVID rescue money to help small businesses.

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.

The program helps place primary care doctors in communities that have a hard time recruiting and retaining them.

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

The U.S. Department of Education has approved the Gov. Ned Lamont administration’s plan for using $110 million the state is receiving from the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, according to the governor’s office.

The U.S. Department of Education has approved the Gov. Ned Lamont administration’s plan for using $110 million the state is receiving from the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, according to the governor’s office. “I applaud the many teachers and educational staff who have been working throughout this pandemic to engage...

The Connecticut Colleges and University System is literally giving out money to its students.

The hundreds of dollars a month from child tax credit payments could go a long way – you could use it for expenses now or even prevent credit card debt during the holiday season. Personal finance expert Catherine Alford discusses the options.

The state is using $8 million in American Rescue Plan funding to expand summer enrichment programming statewide.

The Connecticut State Department of Education is awarding grants to more than 200 summer programs statewide. The $8.6 million in funding, from the American Rescue Plan, will be distributed to 235 organizations in Connecticut. The goal is to expand high-quality summer enrichment programs for all students. According to the CSDE, the funding will serve over 96,000 students. “The hope is…

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 stopped at Taqueria Las Gemelas in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to order takeout in honor of Cinco de Mayo. The lunch run was part of the president’s efforts to highlight his administration’s push to help restaurants struggling from the pandemic.

On Wednesday state leaders announced $120 million in federal stabilization funds for every licensed child care program in Connecticut.

Connecticut will use $125 million from the American Rescue Plan to help fund childcare programs across the state.

The Agriculture Department told NBC News that the Biden administration is poised to announce the largest summer food program in U.S. history, which will feed 30 million low-income children.

More than 100,000 people in Connecticut will soon be paying a lot less for health insurance. The state will receive $85 million dollars from the American Rescue Plan to help lower monthly premiums.  “My family currently pays over $1,300 a month for health insurance,” said Rod Yearwood, of West Hartford.  Yearwood says that amount will now be around $20 per…

The state of Connecticut is expecting to receive more than $6 billion of COVID-19 recovery aid through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and the governor has released plans on where that money could be spent. On Monday, Gov. Ned Lamont gave his proposal to legislative leaders. His office said law requires the legislature’s Appropriations Committee to create its…

The leaders of America’s most-populous states – all recently criticized in the national press following different controversies – have one surprising thing in common: middling approval ratings that are neither near the top nor the bottom of the nation’s 50 state leaders.

The state is receiving billions of dollars from the federal government for COVID-19 recovery aid and Gov. Ned Lamont gave some insight Friday into key initiatives from his proposal for how to use the funds.