Published December 22. 2020 10:17PM
PROVIDENCE (AP) Rhode Island has earmarked all $1.25 billion it received from the federal coronavirus response legislation, Gov. Gina Raimondo said Tuesday.
The Democrat broke down the the state s spending allocations for the CARES Act during her final weekly COVID-19 briefing of the year.
Raimondo said a large chunk of it about $490 million has been allocated towards business and economic support. The Providence Journal reports another $288 million was designated to cover state workers responding to the pandemic while $136 million has gone to city and town workers responding to the virus.
The governor said the state also allocated $129 million to other public health response costs, about $117 million on education and $90 million toward cash assistance, food, housing assistance and other benefits for families and individuals.
Raimondo: Rhode Island has allocated all its federal money for virus response
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Democratic Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo appears to have broken her own coronavirus lockdown rules. Just days after telling residents to stay home except for essential activities, the governor was spotted sipping a glass of wine at a local restaurant.
Rhode Islanders have been under a three-week pause since Nov. 20. It is part of the state s effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. On Dec. 7, Gov. Raimondo repeated her call for residents to stay home.
It’s week two of our pause. I know it s been hard, but I want to thank every Rhode Islander who s following our guidance. Please, stay home except for essential activities & wear a mask anytime you’re with people you don’t live with. Together, we can turn our case numbers around. Gina Raimondo (@GovRaimondo) December 7, 2020