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The Daily Yonder Commentary: Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Takes Aim at Rural America The newly released “fact sheet” on rural investments within the American Jobs Plan sheds some light on Biden administration’s economic strategy for rural America.
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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at Guilford Technical Community College on Monday, April 19, 2021, in Jamestown, North Carolina, about the Biden administration s American Jobs Plan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Biden’s $2 trillion national infrastructure plan, released March 31, includes many new or expanded programs for rural America.
The most interesting proposal – but also with few details so far – is a new $5 billion “Rural Partnership Program to help rural regions, including Tribal Nations, build on their unique assets and realize their vision for inclusive community and economic development.” This program will support local planning and capacity-building efforts and offer f
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The former home of artist Dox Thrash is in a state of disrepair at the corner of Cecil B. Moore Avenue and 24th Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Maya Thomas began her work advocating to preserve the Dox Thrash House, named after the Black painter and draftsman that lived there, five years ago when she was studying historic preservation at the University of Pennsylvania.
Thomas became enamored with the house, and the Black art scene that once thrived there, while she was living nearby and studying the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s renewal plan for the Sharswood area.
With two other grad students, Dana Rice and Chris Mulford, they created the Dox Thrash House Project to raise awareness and funds for saving the house at 2340 Cecil B. Moore Avenue and turning it into a hub for the arts.
Biden releases breakdown of what needs fixing in his $2trillion infrastructure plan that Republicans have called a dog s breakfast of slush funds for Democrat pet projects
Republicans slammed President Joe Biden s $2.7 trillion infrastructure plan as a dog s breakfast of slush funds for Democrats
Biden meeting with four GOP lawmakers - along with four Democratic ones - at White House on Monday to discuss his plan
White House released a state-by-state break down to show how the plan s benefit across the country ahead of meeting
Senate GOP Conference said plan will crush jobs in a memo before the meeting
Biden tells Republicans and Democrats he IS prepared to negotiate terms of his $2T infrastructure plan and denies claims his bipartisan White House meeting is window dressing
President Joe Biden said he s prepared to negotiate with Republicans on his $2.7 trillion infrastructure package during Oval Office meeting I m prepared to negotiate, he said
Biden met with four GOP lawmakers - along with four Democratic ones
He denied meeting was window dressing
Plan includes funds for more than 20,000 miles of damaged roads across the US
States like Iowa also have thousands of bridges that are in need of repair
Mississippi needs $4.8billion for drinking water and $289million for schools