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Hawaii governor may veto teacher bonuses, hotel tax overhaul

By Audrey Mcavoy Jun. 21, 2021 10:12 PM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Monday he may veto 28 bills passed by the Legislature this year, including measures that would award bonuses to...

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez speaks during a live radio address with first lady Jill Biden in attendance, in Window Rock, Ariz., on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Nez questions the fairness in awarding more money to tribes that don't have at least a one-fourth blood quantum. "Here on Navajo, we verify blood quantum, and that's a requirement," he says. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File)
Navajo Nation tops Cherokee to become largest tribe in US

By Felicia Fonseca May. 19, 2021 01:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, April 8, 2021, file photo, Kent State University student Regan Raeth, of Hudson, Ohio, looks at her vaccination bandage as she waits for 15 minutes after her shot in Kent, Ohio. On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, Gov. Mike DeWine announced the end of the state's mask mandate as new COVID-19 cases decrease and more Ohioans get vaccinated. DeWine said the mask mandate will end June 2 except for nursing homes and assisted living facilities. (AP Photo/Phil Long, File)
Ohio's million-dollar idea: Lottery prizes for vaccinations

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins May. 12, 2021 01:28 PM EDT

Nevada to receive $2.7B in federal pandemic aid

By Sam Metz May. 11, 2021 03:16 PM EDT
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and state lawmakers are preparing to distribute $2.7 billion in pandemic relief after the U.S. Treasury...

FILE - In this April 27, 2021, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks with media at a news conference in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin will receive $700 million less than initially expected in federal coronavirus relief money and get it in two payments a year apart, news that Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said Tuesday, May 11, 2021 was problematic. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer File)
Wisconsin receiving less than expected from federal stimulus

By Scott Bauer May. 11, 2021 01:17 PM EDT

Idaho eyes sewer, water, broadband with federal rescue money

By Keith Ridler May. 10, 2021 05:27 PM EDT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho will receive $1.1 billion in the latest round of coronavirus relief money in two separate payments, the U.S. Treasury Department...

Missouri in no rush to spend $2.7B of flexible pandemic aid

By David A. Lieb May. 10, 2021 05:25 PM EDT
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri will get nearly $2.7 billion of flexible federal aid under a coronavirus relief law, but it isn't in any rush to spend it. ...

FILE - In this March 11, 2021, file photo, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves speaks with reporters after signing a bill at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. A new Mississippi law will make more inmates eligible for the possibility of parole. Gov. Reeves signed Senate Bill 2795 on Thursday, April 22, 2021, and it becomes law on July 1. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Mississippi receiving virus relief money spread over 2 years

By Emily Wagster Pettus May. 10, 2021 04:43 PM EDT

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham discusses a planned $3.5 billion investment by Intel in the company's New Mexico operations during a news conference Monday, May 3, 2021 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The company will modernize its Rio Rancho plant so can begin producing an advanced packaging system that will allow for stacking tiles for better microchip performance. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
New Mexico awaits $1.75B in federal pandemic relief

By Morgan Lee May. 10, 2021 04:36 PM EDT

WVa governments getting nearly $1.9B in COVID federal relief

By John Raby May. 10, 2021 04:22 PM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will receive nearly $1.4 billion from the federal government to offset economic setbacks from the coronavirus pandemic,...

Iowa to get $1.48B in federal coronavirus assistance money

May. 10, 2021 03:52 PM EDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa will get $1.48 billion in aid under the federal government’s plan to help states hit by the coronavirus pandemic, according to new...

Nebraska to get $1 billion in federal aid from rescue plan

May. 10, 2021 02:56 PM EDT
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will get roughly $1 billion in aid under the federal government's plan to help states hit by the coronavirus pandemic, according...

President Joe Biden answers a question from a reporter after speaking about the economy, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, May 10, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Treasury to start paying out $350B in state and local aid

By Josh Boak May. 10, 2021 01:00 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 30, 2021 file photo, workers replace old water lines under Main Street as part of work to update water and sewer systems as well as prepare the road for the expansion of a street car line in Kansas City, Mo. The federal American Rescue Plan, comes on top of $150 billion the federal government sent directly to states and local governments in 2020. This year's law cites infrastructure for water, sewer and broadband internet as allowable uses. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Some states plan big spending with Biden's aid, others wait

By David A. Lieb May. 09, 2021 10:41 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press May. 07, 2021 05:43 PM EDT
Boston Globe. May 5, 2021. Editorial: Count counties out of federal aid program The six vestigial county governments...

Treasury: Some tribes will get more money from CARES Act

By Felicia Fonseca May. 04, 2021 07:02 PM EDT
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Some Native American tribes will receive more money from a federal virus relief package approved last year after the U.S. Treasury...

US Rep. Dina Titus applauds federal relief funding in Nevada

By Sam Metz May. 03, 2021 03:54 PM EDT
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Dina Titus told Nevada lawmakers on Monday that coronavirus relief funds recently passed by Congress would be a “linchpin”...

W.Va. working on $100 savings bonds for young vaccinated

Apr. 28, 2021 06:14 PM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia officials are still working to hammer out details of how to send $100 savings bonds for residents age 16 to 35 who get a...

FILE - In this May 24, 2015, file photo, a vehicle drives on a pier to be loaded onto an Alaska state ferry while people fish underneath the pier in Homer, Alaska. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday, April 19, 2021, in a case that will determine who is eligible to receive more than $530 million in federal virus relief funding set aside for tribes more than a year ago. More than a dozen Native American tribes sued the U.S. Treasury Department to keep the money out of the hands of Alaska Native corporations, which provide services to Alaska Natives but do not have a government-to-government relationship with the United States. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
High court takes up case on virus relief funding for tribes

By Felicia Fonseca Apr. 17, 2021 11:59 AM EDT

Arizona AG sues over tax cut ban in Biden virus aid law

By Bob Christie Mar. 25, 2021 02:55 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich on Thursday sued the U.S. Treasury Department over a provision in President Joe Biden's massive...