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The money is part of the $1.9 trillion American Relief Plan which sent $350 billion to state and local governments to respond to the COVID pandemic. ....
PEORIA Jim Montelongo is taking a wait and see approach on his decision whether to challenge Rita Ali s 43-vote win in the city s mayoral race in court. I can t tell you what our next steps are yet as we have to see what happens next week, Montelongo told the Journal Star as he was cleaning out his desk in the City Council chambers after Tuesday night s meeting. By that, he s referring to the results of a discovery recount Tuesday the same day Ali will be inaugurated to determine whether to take the next step and bring a court challenge. If he chooses to, it s not expected to upend the planned inauguration ceremony for Ali and the five district council members. A far-tighter result in the Decatur area in 2018 was taken to court, and it didn t affect the swearing-in of the declared winner there, though that case is still ongoing. ....
Rita Ali is officially Peoria s Mayor-elect, weeks after Election night came and passed. The Peoria County Election Commission certified the results of the tight contest on Wednesday. Ali finished just 43 votes ahead of opponent Jim Montelongo. Ali is the first woman and first African American to become Peoria s mayor in the city s history. Ali and other newly elected or re-elected officials will be sworn in on May 4. “I think after 170 years and 54 mayors, becoming the first woman and the first person of color, African American, I think it speaks well of Peoria’s choice, Peoria’s direction, being open to diversity and embracing diversity,” she said to WCBU during an interview Tuesday evening. “Diversity plays very well in terms of progress for cities.” ....
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