President-elect Joe Biden stressed common purpose and partnership in his address to the US Conference of Mayors, offering a marked contrast to Trump’s history of divisiveness.
In cities large and small, and in nearly every region, mayors want to pilot programs that supply supplemental funds to low-income individuals and families in an effort to offset the toll of systemic racism and poverty.
More assistance is needed "to both rebuild the economy and maintain essential services in education, health care, emergency operations, public safety and more," groups, led by the National Governors Association, wrote this week.