Stark County s townships, villages and three of its cities are set to receive an estimated $26 million from the American Rescue Plan, according to figures provided by the Ohio Township Association.
The list includes estimated allocations for North Canton, Louisville and Canal Fulton as well as all of Stark County s townships and villages.
The association said the Ohio Office of Budget and Management calculated the amounts based on population and provided the spreadsheet to the association.
The Ohio House and Ohio Senate are expected to vote during the next week on legislation appropriating $422 million in American Rescue Plan funds.
The bill is Senate Bill 111. That s out of a total of $843.73 million allocated for Ohio by the U.S. Treasury Department for local communities the American Rescue Plan law calls non-entitlement units. Shortly after Congress approved the American Rescue Plan bill in early March, it wasn t clear if townships were considered a non-entitlement unit.
Approximately 400 persons representing industry, local governments, environmental groups, or themselves have provided testimony before the Energy & Public Utilities Committee of the Ohio Senate on a bill that would establish a process for township residents to approve or reject the placement of sol
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COLUMBUS The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday said Ohio will receive nearly $5.4 billion in aid as part of Democratic President Joe Biden’s larger $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, with nearly $6.6 billion more going directly to counties, cities and three of Ohio’s 1,308 townships. It isn’t clear if the rest of Ohio’s townships will receive any funds, according to a news release from the Ohio Townships Association.
Thirty-seven Ohio municipalities and all 88 counties will receive the payments, part of the $350 billion program created under the American Rescue Plan to help state and local governments and boost the U.S. national economy that’s been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Midlakes names 2021 valedictorian, salutatorian
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Midlakes High School named Lyndsey Wright as valedictorian and Ryleigh Bradley as salutatorian of the Class of 2021.
Wright plans to attend Cornell University this fall to study biomedical engineering.
Her activities and achievements include National Honor Society, Mary Hicks Preston Board, Student Council, Interact Club, Yearbook Club, Masterminds, class president, indoor and outdoor track, dance with Studio for the Performing Arts, scholar-athlete, high honor roll, mastery in math and science, Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Conference ambassador, attendant with Gary Sinise Foundation’s Soaring Valor Trip, University of Rochester’s Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Award, Chemistry Achievement Award and the Ontario County Youth Advisory Board Certificate of Recognition.
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