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More than $350 billion in federal recovery cash starts rolling out to states, cities, counties

MAY 12, 2021 | by Laura Olson | IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH

By Laura Olson, includes “Guidance issued Monday by the U.S. Treasury details a list of specific ways that states and local governments can use the money—and some ways they cannot, like using it to offset new tax cuts. … But the money cannot be used in two specific ways: shoring up pension funds, or for spending that would ‘either directly or indirectly offset a reduction in the net tax revenue’ or delay the imposition of any tax or tax increase. …”

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