Chattanooga To Reallocate $1.45M In COVID Relief Funds In Effort To Combat Homelessness

The Chattanooga City Council Approved Reallocation Of $1.45 Million Worth Of Federal Covid Relief Funding In Their Tuesday Meeting. A Revised Plan Looks Into Utilizing Those Funds To Create Other “Affordable Housing Options” In The City.

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Questionable COVID-Relief Spending Allegations Pile Up

Lawmakers Are Outraged After Reports That Federal Covid-Relief Tax Dollars May Have Gone To Wealthy Hospitals While Avoiding Helping Out Poor Hospitals In Recovering From The Pandemic.

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Watchdogs Say Some Pandemic Fraud Was Preventable

Watchdogs Told A U.S. House Committee That Government Agencies Failed In Some Cases To Take Steps To Prevent Fraud Before Sending Out Trillions Of Dollars In Pandemic Relief Aid.

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Hamilton County Mayor Withdraws Requests To Use Excess Pandemic Funds For County Projects

County Mayor Weston Wamp Halted His Effort To Get $3 Million In Covid Funds Previously Allotted To The Hamilton County Wastewater Treatment Authority Reallocated For Other County Projects.

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Audit Finds Dyer County Schools Gave Unauthorized Bonuses To Administrators

An Audit From The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office Found That Dyer County Schools Gave More Than $60,000 In Ineligible Bonuses To Administrators Out Of Federal Pandemic Grant Funds. The School District, Meanwhile, Contends That The Bonuses Were Approved By The State Department Of Education During The Grant Process.

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Tennessee Private Schools Could Get $60 Million In Leftover Pandemic Relief Funds

Tennessee Is Taking Steps To Ensure That Private Schools Get The Opportunity To Receive Nearly $60 Million In Unused Federal Covid Relief Funds Set Aside For Them In 2021.

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IG Reports ‘Historic’ COVID Unemployment Funds Lost, Congress Investigates

As Much As $400 Billion In Covid-19 Unemployment Relief Dollars Were Likely Lost To Waste And Fraudsters. Lawmakers Want Answers.

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‘Trick On Taxpayers’ Outlines Questionable Projects Funded By Pandemic Relief

More And More Federally Funded, Controversial Projects That Came As Part Of Pandemic-Relief Spending Passed By Congress Are Coming To Light, And Few Of Them Do Not Have Anything To Do With The Virus.

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