American rescue plan

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.

Gov. Ned Lamont has announced key initiatives from his proposal for using federal COVID-19 recovery aid in the state. The governor has until April 26 to provide the General Assembly with his proposal to invest funds from the American Rescue Plan. Lamont said the funding from the federal government gives the state an opportunity to come back from the pandemic....

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.

Vice President Kamala Harris made two stops in Connecticut as part of the Biden Administration’s “Help is Here” tour.

Federal Relief for large and small entertainment venues is on the way thanks to an on-going nationwide grant program to help the arts industry. The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program is a part of the Small Businesses Administration’s push to provide federal funding to the arts industry. The American Rescue Plan added an additional $1.25 billion in funding, bringing the…

Money from the federal stimulus package will help struggling venues, such as The Bushnell.

From a vaccination site in the desert West to a school on the Eastern Seaboard, President Joe Biden’s top messengers have led off an effort to highlight the benefits of his huge COVID relief plan

On Monday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin hosted a news conference to discuss the ways in which funding will benefit child care centers and day cares in the Capitol City and around the state. At least $100 million in federal funding will be allocated to the City of Hartford. According to Bronin, the city is still determining…

In a speech given from the White House on Monday, President Joe Biden said that America will reach 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses and 100 million direct relief payments from the American Rescue Plan within 10 days.

City and federal officials spoke out Friday about the impact the new stimulus bill could have on Connecticut communities.

Health experts say we’re in a mental health crisis right now. Some are calling it the second pandemic. To combat that crisis, the state says it’s taking some of that federal funding to address mental health. “This pandemic has been really hard for kids, and families in general — parents too,” said Dr. Jennifer Downs, division chief of Connecticut...

The House is expected to vote on a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill that includes billions in relief money for states, local governments, schools, vaccines and small businesses. The bill includes a $1,400 for low and middle-income families, as well as up to an additional $300 per child.