By Mike Cason, includes “The Legislature will have to approve use of the American Rescue Plan money within guidelines set by the U.S. Treasury Department. State and local governments have until the end of 2024 to use the money. … A few weeks ago, the Treasury Department released 150 pages of rules on how state and local governments can spend the money. … There are a couple of exceptions. The state could not use the money for pension programs or to restore revenue lost because of a newly enacted tax cut, Butler said. …”