Category: American rescue plan

Santa Ana Outlines $130 Million Federal Aid Spending Plan

The City of Santa Ana, Calif. on May 24 revealed its spending strategy for the $130 million in federal funds it will receive through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The funds will be delivered to the city’s designated departments in two tranches, one year apart. Santa Ana will receive $79.5 million in the first installment. The city is…


Battling Biden’s Racist Rescue Plan

Commentary The Biden administration is poised to hand out billions of dollars to what it misleadingly labels “socially disadvantaged” farmers, restaurateurs, and other business owners hurt by the pandemic. The money will start flowing to them in early June… provided they don’t have white skin. Whites are out of luck. Biden’s American Rescue Plan defines…


Orange County’s Recommended Budget Aims Toward Recovery 

Orange County released its proposed budget May 19 for the 2021-2022 fiscal year as it looks to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. “What was initially presented to us is a solid budget, one that we can work with without having to worry about substantial cuts,” Supervisor Don Wagner told The Epoch Times. “I’m optimistic that we’re going…


Irvine Directs $42 Million in COVID-Relief Funds Toward Park Repairs

The City of Irvine is considering spending 80 percent of its federal COVID-19 relief funds on improvements to a local park. It received $53 million from the American Rescue Plan, a pandemic stimulus package, and will discuss during an April 27 meeting whether to put $42 million of that money toward Heritage Community Park upgrades….


How California’s Distribution of $8 Billion in Federal Funds is Devastating Small Cities | Beth Haney

California received $26 billion, including $8.4 billion that will be divided among local cities through the American Rescue Plan. My guest is Beth Haney. She is the co-chair of the California Mayors Coalition. She discusses how the state government is allocating this funding to the cities, and why small cities are looking for more autonomy….


What’s in the $1.9 Trillion Covid-19 Relief Package

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate passed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill last weekend sending it back to the House for an imminently expected approval before it lands on President Joe Biden’s desk. The revised package leaves out the proposal to raise the national hourly minimum wage to $15, resolving a major sticking point among Democrats. The relief…


Our Looney Tunes Totalitarianism

Commentary In the last week, we’ve seen six children’s books by Dr. Seuss shoved into the memory hole because, according to the frightened bureaucrats at Dr. Seuss Enterprises, “they portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.” Last week also brought us the appropriately named Charles Blow, a columnist for The New York Times,…


‘My State Needs Relief,’ Says Sen. Murkowski on COVID-19 Relief Package as Alaska Struggles From Actions Like Keystone Ban

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters Wednesday that her state “needs relief” when asked what was needed for her to support of Biden’s $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” that is headed to a vote in the Senate. “So, my whole point for COVID relief, whether it was the five packages that we moved through in…


Criticism Mounts Over Biden’s Rescue Plan

WASHINGTON—A substantial increase in personal savings and better than expected tax revenues in many states have weakened the case for President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion economic relief bill, which is now before the Senate. While Biden continues to defend his “American Rescue Plan” to fight the pandemic, a growing number of critics question the…


‘The Swamp Is Back,’ McCarthy Says of $1.9 Trillion Relief Bill’s Passage

Ahead of a late-night vote that saw the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package adopted, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) criticized the bill for its bevy of non-COVID-19-related spending, alleging it caters to “special interest allies” and proclaiming that “the swamp is back.” “I’m about to say something that the American people don’t want to…