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How — and When — Will Massachusetts Spend Its $5.3B in COVID Relief Funds? Federal aid to four communities is tangled in a larger power struggle between Gov. Charlie Baker and the Legislature By Colin A. Young • Updated 2 hours ago Office of Governor Baker Democratic leaders in the Legislature doubled down Wednesday on their plan to stash $5.3 billion in federal aid into an account they could control over the next several years as they and Gov. Charlie Baker engaged in the first skirmish in what could soon be a major clash between the state's chief executive and its L...

Democratic leaders in the Legislature doubled down Wednesday on their plan to stash $5.3 billion in federal aid into an account they could control over the next...

Shaun Robinson Boston University Statehouse Program BOSTON — Massachusetts is set to receive about $8 billion from the American Rescue Plan, about $4.5 billion of which will go to the state and $3.4 billion of which will go to cities and towns, officials say. The state is in better financial health than was initially expected amid the economic challenges of the pandemic, having upgraded revenue projections several times for the 2021 fiscal year. How exactly the state will leverage the $8 billion in aid remains unclear, at least until there is additional guidance from the federal government....

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BOSTON — House lawmakers made clear to the Baker administration Thursday that they want more information about how the discretionary portion of $71 billion in one-time aid that's already come to Massachusetts has been spent and want to have greater say around how another $40 billion in federal stimulus money that's on the way will be spent. After ceding some of its power through the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic as the governor flexed his executive authority around public health, the Legislature has in recent months shown a renewed interest in playing an oversight role when it co...