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Tiny percentage of Montana’s federal COVID-19 aid is disbursed

June 11, 2020 /

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It’s been six weeks since Montana began working to distribute $1.25 billion in federal COVID-19 aid, but only 2.5% of the money is out the door – and businesses and others are asking why things aren’t moving more quickly.

“I think there is a growing frustration with the slow pace of that,” Brad Griffin of the Montana Restaurant Association told MTN News this week. “It doesn’t do any good to sit in a bank account up in Helena.”


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