STATE COLLEGE — Pennsylvania and most of its municipalities seem to be on track to commit their roughly $13 billion in federal pandemic relief funding as the Dec. 31 deadline approaches.
Because of the U.S. Treasury’s reporting requirements, governments’ progress is likely further ahead than indicated in the most recent dataset that is publicly available. But that also means that it’s difficult to get a clear picture of exactly where municipalities stand with six weeks until the deadline.
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