U.S. states, cities await guidelines on spending stimulus
By Karen Pierog
Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. states and local governments are raring to tap billions of dollars coming their way in new federal stimulus funding, but are anxiously awaiting guidance to determine whether items on their wish lists are allowed.
U.S. Treasury Department guidance is also expected to clarify states ability to cut taxes and may address using stimulus money to pay off debt.
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, signed by President Joe Biden in March, allocates $350 billion for states, municipalities, counties, tribes, and territories to help repair their coronavirus-damaged budgets and economies. The federal government has a tight deadline to start distributing the money.
US states, cities await guidelines on spending stimulus
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New Jersey’s bonded debt now totals $44.37 billion, according to the latest official accounting of state borrowing released by the Department of Treasury on Friday.
The new sum for what the state owes its bondholders is roughly equal to the size of the annual state budget. And it doesn’t include more than $5 billion in new debt the state has added since July more than 10% of the total already owed to bondholders.
The state’s official total for bonded debt is large enough to keep New Jersey among the U.S. states with the highest amount of gross tax-supported debt behind only California, New York and Massachusetts even though Treasury recorded little year-over-year change between the 2019 and 2020 fiscal years.
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