american rescue plan

Ionia County commissioners OK $1.4M in American Rescue Plan dollars as ‘revenue loss’

By Karen Bota | on August 26, 2021

The Ionia County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday evening approved placing almost $1.4 million of American Rescue Plan funds in the general fund to replace lost county revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Commissioners approved the methodology used to reach that number and the calculation itself, and authorized Administrator Stephanie Fox and Finance Director Linda Pigue to report this to the U.S. Department of Treasury.

PUBLIC FORUM: Public should have input on local stimulus spending

By The Daily News Staff | on June 19, 2021

As all states emerging from the health, social and economic hardships created by measures needed to control the COVID-19 pandemic, President Biden pushed a Democratic-controlled Congress to pass a $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan bringing economic and tax relief to needy individuals, businesses and governments.