State Legislators Debate the Use of Federal Pandemic Relief Aid

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Katherine McAdoo

As coronavirus cases soar in Pennsylvania, state lawmakers debated what to do with a billion dollars in unspent federal pandemic relief aid, which the state has been sitting on since the spring. As WHYY's Katie Meyers reports, many Democrats wanted to give more direct aid to small businesses, but Republicans who control the legislature say they wanted to use it to plug gaps in the budget.

(Original air-date: 11/19/20)

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Katie Meyer is WHYY’s political reporter. She covers politics, policy, power, and elections at every level of government, with the goal of showing how it all affects people’s lives.