GOP-led legal battle looms as Biden administration moves to implement American Rescue Plan

Washington — A legal showdown between the Biden administration and Republican attorneys general over billions of dollars in aid to state and local governments is looming as the federal government prepares to implement the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan signed into law this month. Twenty-one attorneys general have issued a veiled legal threat to the Treasury Department — while Ohio's attorney general has already turned to the courts — over strings attached to the $350 billion for state and local governments reeling from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.