Special Briefing: Federal Dollars, State and Local Needs

Penn IUR and the Volcker Alliance will host an online briefing to discuss how states and localities may access the aid and credit provided by the recent CARES Act and the Federal Reserve’s Municipal Lending Facility, as well as what more may be needed to help keep budgets in balance, preserve essential public services, and prevent critical infrastructure from deteriorating.

Moderated by William Glasgall, Senior Vice President and Director of State and Local Initiatives, Volcker Alliance, and Penn IUR Co-Director Susan Wachter, this briefing will be the fourth in a series of 60-minute online conversations featuring experts from the Volcker Alliance’s national research network and Penn IUR, along with other leading academics, economists, and fiscal policy leaders from around the U.S.

This special briefing will feature Bill Haslam, former Governor of Tennessee and former Mayor of Knoxville; Robert P. Inman, Richard K. Mellon Professor Emeritus and Professor of Finance, Economics, and Public Policy, The Wharton School; Stephen Klein, Chief Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office, Vermont Legislature; and Joe Torsella, Treasurer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.