ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — States are not willing to wait for more federal help and have been moving ahead with their own coronavirus relief packages.
Maryland and California recently approved help for small businesses, the poor, the jobless and those needing child care.
New Mexico and Pennsylvania are funneling grants directly to cash-starved businesses.
The spending shows that many states have proved unexpectedly resilient during the pandemic.
And it has provided fuel for critics who say they don’t need another massive infusion of cash from Congress.
The Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion relief plan would send hundreds of billions of dollars to state and local governments.