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American Rescue Plan delivering much-needed support to rural Minnesota counties

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Nick Frentz, DFL-North Mankato, represents District 19, including St. Peter and the rest of Nicollet County, as a Democrat in the Minnesota Senate.

Last week, Sen. Frentz wrote an editorial in the St. Peter Herald outlining how the American Rescue Plan (ARPA) restored the health and economic well-being of millions of struggling rural Minnesotans.

According to Sen. Frentz, Minnesota received about $8.5 billion from the ARPA, which has been invaluable in getting Minnesota back on its feet and helped put our state government on sound financial footing, with a healthy budget surplus projected into the future.

The untold story of the ARP’s success is that it also helped Minnesota’s hard-hit state and local governments, which during the pandemic had to drastically cut services, reduce public safety efforts, and delay needed infrastructure projects, including broadband, water and sewer upgrades.

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