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The Blast: State abortion lawsuit, federal stimulus money, Save Austin Now's next steps
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Date: 2021-11 

TEXAS TO RECEIVE $12.2M IN TOURISM STIMULUS The state of Texas will receive $12.2 million in federal grants to stimulate travel, tourism and outdoor recreation, the U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday. The grant will allow the governor's office and the Texas Economic Development and Tourism office to pay for a tourism marketing and promotion program to accelerate the recovery of the state's travel and tourism industry. The funding is part of $314 million awarded by the American Rescue Plan Act's State Travel, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation grant program. The federal money is meant to stimulate tourism in areas that were hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Rebuilding the travel and tourism industry is a key component of the Biden Administration’s plan to build back better and restore the competitiveness of the United States on the global stage,” U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo said in a news release. “The State Tourism grants give states and territories the flexible opportunity to boost their local tourism industry and ensure that jobs are restored and tourists return safely.”



The program provides states and territories across the country $510 million in state tourism grants and $240 million competitive tourism grants to help the economic recovery in areas that were hardest hit by COVID-19.



Texas is among 34 states and the District of Columbia to receive a grant. More grants are expected in the coming weeks and months. — James Barragán

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