An empty downtown Wilmington minutes after Governor Roy Cooper’s ‘stay at home’ order went into effect in late March 2020. (Port City Daily/Mark Darrough)
12:57 p.m. Saturday – The Senate approved the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan on Saturday. It will now return to the House of Representatives before it can be signed into law by President Joe Biden. The package consists of the previously expected $350 billion for cities and states.
WILMINGTON The city could receive $24 million in federal Covid-19 relief funds if the U.S. Senate’s current draft of the American Rescue Plan is signed into law in coming days, according to the city’s legislative liaison, Tony McEwen.