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How To Spend Federal COVID Relief Hangs Over Minnesota Legislature
CBS Minnesota 5/14/2021 Syndicated Local – WCCO | CBS Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) The Minnesota legislature is unlikely to finish by the regular session’s end on Monday and the billions of dollars coming from the federal government’s pandemic relief package is partly to blame.
Minnesota is set to receive more than $9 billion total in money to state and local governments and funds for targeted programs like education, housing and child care, according to estimates from the Minnesota Department of Management and Budget.
Legislative leaders say late guidance from the U.S. Treasury this week on how to spend a deluge of federal COVID relief money from the American Rescue Plan brought negotiations back to square one.
On Monday, House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler and other Democrat lawmakers reintroduced adult-use cannabis legislation that addresses criminal justice inequities created by the current system and also allows law enforcement to focus on more serious issues, according to the bill.