What Minnesota would get out of the COVID-19 relief bill

February 27, 2021 at 3:46AM
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, is joined at a news conference by members of the Democratic Caucus, from left, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-NY, House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., and Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., before a vote on a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, is joined at a news conference by members of the Democratic Caucus, from left, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-NY, House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., and Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., before a vote on a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (J. Scott Applewhite - Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The House Oversight Committee released a spreadsheet Friday showing that the COVID relief package will provide Minnesota with $4.722 billion. Of that amount, $2.597 billion goes to the state government, $595 million goes to metro cities, $420 million goes to a category called "other non-counties," and $1.109 billion goes to counties.

The National Education Association says Minnesota will get nearly $1.94 billion from the relief package for pre-K to 12 and higher education, including some emergency funds.

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