American Rescue Plan
Second round of ARPA funding released locally
Hawesville and Lewisport are recipients of funding under the second tranche of funding released under the American Rescue Plan Act, the COVID-19 relief package approved by Congress in 2021. Hawesville will receive $132,282, while Lewisport will receive $225,815. The funding levels are determined by population for cities with counts below 50,000 people. Each allocation was…
Read MoreSpecial open enrollment period for government-subsidized health insurance extended to Aug. 15
The special open enrollment period for people to buy government-subsidized health insurance on the federal marketplace has been extended by three months to Aug. 15. Kaiser Family Foundation graphs; for a larger version of any image, click on it. President Joe Biden announced the extension March 23, the 11th anniversary of the Patient Protection and…
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