The Blue Line rapid transit system has been recommended to receive roughly $140 million in support from the federal government.

The Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen — also known as Mach H2 — is one of seven hydrogen hubs to receive funding from the federal government. These regional hubs are multistate groups made up of industries and researchers that will pool resources to make hydrogen energy on a large scale — including some projects in Indiana.

The influx of billions of dollars in federal relief funneled through the state to Indiana’s counties, cities and townships has increased the workload for the State Board of Accounts (SBOA) by 30%, as the entity audits local budgets and implements federal spending requirements.

Until recently, Indiana received the second lowest amount of funding per person from the Inflation Reduction Act and the federal infrastructure law. Thats according to a report by Atlas Public Policy.

Indiana will receive $32.93 million dollars in the first round of funding from the federal CHIPS and Science Act, a measure to boost U.S. semiconductor manufacturing.

The purpose is to bolster hiring and retention as schools enter their third year of grappling with the pandemic.

In extending the order for a 23rd time, Holcomb cited the state’s high rate of infection and pointed out that the vast majority of people being hospitalized with COVID-19 aren’t vaccinated.

Indiana schools received a total of $2.8 billion in federal dollars through three rounds of stimulus. All of the aid is known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief, or ESSER, and it must be spent by late 2024.

Indiana schools received nearly $3 billion in pandemic relief. They are required to post plans for how they will use at least some of that money. This database links to those plans.

Indiana schools are getting nearly $3 billion in federal coronavirus relief to help safely operate and make up for the instruction students missed out on. But public information on how local districts are spending it is inconsistent and often hard to find.