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Concern grows over federal funding for Ohio townships
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There is growing concern Ohio townships will be left out of federal money from American Rescue Plan, leaving a piece of local government struggling to make up for tax revenues lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A pair of state lawmakers sent a letter two weeks ago to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, asking for funding from the American Rescue Plan to also include townships. Another lawmaker sent a letter Thursday, this time to President Jo Biden, explaining the effect the American Rescue Plan has on townships and communities.
“While I have concerns about the level of spending contained in the American Rescue Plan Act, it has been approved by Congress and signed by you, and is now law,” Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Miami Township, wrote. “While many aspects of the law will assist the American people, I have learned troubling news that township governments may be left out in receiving much-needed funding.”