This week’s newsletter includes recent developments that every state leader needs to know about how states are spending pandemic funds, available infrastructure grants and updated reporting requirements for American Rescue Plan funds. To view the CSG fiscal policy website, visit: web.csg.org/recovery. CSG Resources: States have until 2024 to allocate their… Read More »Weekly Update: June 13 – News and Resources for State Leaders
By Ben Reynolds The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 includes $350 billion in new funding for state, local, territorial and tribal governments through the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund. Also included in that fund is $195 billion distributed to state governments and the District of Columbia. While… Read More »How States are using American Rescue Plan Funds
This week, The Council of State Governments assembled recent information and developments for state leaders including resources regarding broadband expansion efforts, a review of the Second Amendment for states, grant opportunities and the unwinding of the COVID-19 public health emergency. To view additional fiscal policy resources from CSG, visit: web.csg.org/recovery.… Read More »Weekly Update: May 31 – News and Resources for State Leaders
By Ishara Nanayakkara In July 2021, four U.S. pharmaceutical corporations agreed to pay $26 billion to settle thousands of civil lawsuits. Multiple state and local governments and tribal nations pursued litigation against these businesses alleging corporate responsibility for the severity of the ongoing opioid crisis. Three drug distributors and one… Read More »State Investment of the $26 Billion Opioid Settlement
Emergency federal funding for states to address COVID-19 and the consequent economic stresses includes the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion economic relief package, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a $1.2 trillion initiative to improve infrastructure. This federal funding has and will continue to have an impact… Read More »Weekly Update: May 2 – News and Resources for State Leaders
States are eligible to apply for multiple competitive grants from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). CSG analysts have complied resources of competitive grant opportunities with application due dates during May 2022. Included are the awarding agency, program and description, due date and a link to the specific Notice… Read More »States Can Apply for Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Competitive Grants
Emergency federal funding for states to address COVID-19 and the consequent economic stresses includes the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion economic relief package, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a $1.2 trillion initiative to improve infrastructure. This federal funding has and will continue to have an impact… Read More »Weekly Update: April 18 – News and Resources for State Leaders
Authors: The Council of State GovernmentsThe National Conference of State LegislaturesThe Policy Lab at Brown University States have a historic chance to capitalized on funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to further the use of evidence in policymaking. Federal guidance on the rescue plan encourages states, territories and other… Read More »How States can utilize American Rescue Plan Funds for Evidence-based Policymaking
by Ishara Nanayakkara — In March, Moody’s released an analysis of the ways global events affect state and local economies, especially in terms of tax revenue. Much of the following information relies on that analysis (“Ukraine, Russia, and State & Local Budget,” by Dan White). Since the COVID-19 pandemic began,… Read More »Global Impact on State and Local Budgets
By Ben Reynolds Under the directive of the Biden administration’s Executive Order 13985, federal agencies developed Equity Action Plans, which focus on incorporating equity in to their mission deliveries. These plans involve strategies federal agencies are using to embed equitable practices in their day-to-day operations through eight areas of equity… Read More »The White House Convening of Equity