It’s one thing to approve $1.9 trillion in American Rescue Plan aid for the country, including $65.1 billion for its 19,000 municipalities. It’s another to sort out how all those cities, towns and villages can spend the money.
The federal largesse, meant to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, will funnel $2.6 billion to municipalities in Connecticut, including $1.6 billion for general government and $1 billion for schools. The general government portion includes $870 million in aid to cities and towns and $691 million for counties, which, because there is no county government in the state, will be distributed to municipalities on a per capita basis.
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Corporations become unlikely financiers of racial equity
An unexpected group, not known for activism, emerged in 2020 as an unlikely financier of social change: corporations
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer
March 17, 2021, 4:30 PM
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A group of protesters march in the snow around the Hennepin County Government Center, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Minneapolis where the second week of jury selection continues in the trial for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged with murder in the death of George Floyd during an arrest last may in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Published March 17. 2021 2:05PM | Updated March 17. 2021 8:48PM
Norwich The Norwich city manager’s office is now accepting applications from Norwich organizations for the Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance Act.
Information and “fillable applications” are available on the state Department of Revenue Services website, portal.ct.gov/DRS. Applications must be received in the city manager’s office by June 1. The Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance Act Tax Credit Program is designed to provide funding for municipal and tax-exempt organizations by providing a corporation business tax credit for businesses that make cash contributions to these entities.
Contact city manager’s office at (860) 823-3750 for additional information.
Mystic A local grassroots group, whose 117 members meet quarterly to pool their $100 contributions, has now awarded almost $200,000 to area organizations.
Power of Together 2, which formed in 2016 as an offshoot of a similar East-Lyme based group, made its latest donation $10,700 to FRESH New London last Friday.
Gae Melford, one of the group s organizers and co-founders, said that while people may donate $50 or $100 on their own to a local organization, they can have a larger impact if they pool their donations. It s exciting that you can raise $11,000 in an hour, she said, referring to the length of the group s quarterly meetings, which have been held virtually since last spring.
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ADDF-Funded Investigators to Present Findings at Next Week’s Conference on Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Diseases (AD/PD 21)
March 8, 2021 GMT
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NEW YORK, March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) announced today that four of its funded researchers will be making presentations at the 15th International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases (AD/PD 21), which will be held virtually from Barcelona, Spain March 9-14, 2021.
“The ADDF seeks out and maintains a diverse portfolio of novel drug and biomarker targets that reflect the many biological pathways implicated in Alzheimer’s disease,” said Dr. Howard Fillit, Founding Executive Director and Chief Science Officer of the ADDF. “We are excited to hear the latest updates from these investigators on some of the novel approaches we have supported since the early phas