What's in the Congressional Spending Bill for States and Localities

Governing: In the federal spending bill that President Trump signed on Friday, several government programs are getting funding boosts, including two that the White House sought to eliminate a year ago.

Community Development Block Grants, which help fund an array of local government projects spanning from affordable housing assistance to small business loan programs, are set to see a $300 million increase in funding. That puts total federal funding at $3.3 billion for a program that Trump’s 2017 budget proposal had targeted for elimination. It’s also the first meaningful increase for the program since the early 1990s.

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