This week, local news was once again full of headlines about President Biden’s strong leadership – from sending free N95 masks and COVID-19 tests to Americans who need them, to shepherding the strongest year of economic growth in nearly four decades, to investing in our nation’s infrastructure. Meanwhile, Democrats (and local editorial boards) across the country continued to call out Republicans for trying to take credit for the very infrastructure investments that they voted against.

Here’s what voters across the country are reading this week about President Biden’s work to tackle the pandemic: 

• In Wisconsin: Beloit Daily News: PPE supply strong with more coming
• In Georgia: WOTC: Community relieved to get free COVID-19 tests
• In Michigan: MLive: Free N95 respirator masks from the federal government soon to be available at pharmacy chains
• In Florida: NBC6: Free N95 Mask Distribution Coming to South Florida

About how his leadership continues to rebuild our economy:

• In Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Darrin Kelly: Pittsburgh is at the heart of Biden economic recovery
• In Massachusetts: WWLP: Experts: Mass. Economic Growth To Continue Well Into 2022
• In Kansas: KSN: Pittsburg sees low unemployment rates as economic development grows
• In Wisconsin: Associated Press: Wisconsin unemployment hits record low of 2.8%

About Republicans trying to take credit for the infrastructure legislation they voted against: 

• In Georgia: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The Jolt: City leader to GOP: don’t champion infrastructure cash you didn’t vote for
• In Iowa: Telegraph Herald: Our opinion: Hinson shouldn’t tout infrastructure award when she voted against bill
• In Texas: San Antonio Express-News: Ayala: U.S. Rep. Gonzales wasn’t honest to constituents on infrastructure bill
• In Maryland: Baltimore Sun: Dan Rodricks: Andy Harris, Hall of Fame Hypocrite, ‘votes no and takes the dough’

And finally, all of the ways President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is set to make a real difference in communities across the country:

• In North Carolina: Q City Metro: Thanks to the bipartisan infrastructure law, big changes are coming to Charlotte’s public transit systems
• In Arizona: Arizona Republic: Arizona water authority to get $18.5M under infrastructure law
• In Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Western Pa. Democrats see infrastructure investment as game-changer
• In Nevada: KTNV: Bipartisan infrastructure law aims to bolster valley construction jobs
• In Connecticut: Westport News: Connecticut’s ‘most dangerous’ on-ramp to get $42.5M overhaul in Middletown
• In California: CBS Los Angeles: Southern California Airports To Get Millions From Biden Administration Infrastructure Law

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