How Local Police Departments Receive Federal $$

Also: Why some stores remained closed during yesterday's reopening; how to watch George Floyd's funeral ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  [Donate [WBUR]]( [View in Browser](  [WBUR]( June 9, 2020 Good Morning Boston, 😎 [sunny and pleasant](. Highs near 82. Massachusetts is trying to better understand and serve populations that were hit hardest by the coronavirus during the state's first surge. Here's what you should know: - Kids are often told to keep their hands to themselves or to put on a specific outfit for school, but they don't always listen. Add face masks and distancing into the mix? It's too restrictive, according to thousands of parents and child care providers who are pushing to change the state's rules for reopening daycares with an online [petition](. - Brookline will hold a "no touch" town election today. Although it's not exactly no touch. All voters will be given gloves and a pen, to be sanitized after use. Face coverings are also required inside [polling locations](. - You won't be pulling up a seat at a bar anytime soon. Bars that don't have seated food service now cannot reopen until phase four, which is set to be whenever a vaccine or treatment for COVID-19 is available. - As of Sunday night, a [new state law]( was signed by Gov. Charlie Baker that requires elder care facilities to make daily reports on their COVID-19 cases. The law also lays out more expansive reporting requirements, including the status of the virus' spread at jails and prisons, and creates a task force to address health disparities during the pandemic. - The coronavirus has put a spotlight on the racial divide in the health of our nation. People of color are dying at disproportionate and devastating rates due to underlying health conditions – often caused by inadequate access to good health care, more exposure to air and water pollution, and limited outdoor space. We're talking about this divide tonight at 6p.m. during our free, virtual Town Hall event. [Register here.]( P.S.– Today is George Floyd's funeral. It will be held at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston, Texas – Floyd's hometown – at noon. You can watch live on [wbur.org]( or listen live on-air for special coverage from NPR. — Meagan McGinnes [@meaganmcginnes]( newsletters@wbur.org The Rundown [1.](url)[How Federal Dollars Fund Local Police]( Activists protesting police brutality are calling on cities and states to defund their police. Funding for local law enforcement now increasingly comes from the federal government. [Read more.]( - Related: [Boston City Councilor Files Order For Information On 'Military Style' Police Weapons And Vehicles]( - Politics: [Democrats Unveil Police Reform Legislation Amid Protests Nationwide](   #%23%23[Twitter](  #%23%23[Facebook](    2. [Hundreds Gather For Vigil In West Roxbury To Honor Victims Of Police Killings]( Most of those in attendance wore masks and practiced social distancing. There were no speeches, but many carried signs that read "Black Lives Matter," or bore the names of black victims of police killings. [Read more.]( 3. [Some Stores Reopen, Some Stores Remain Closed In Phase Two Of Mass. Plan]( "I think people have to decide how much discretionary money they have to spend on non-essentials. So that's where all these businesses will be at." [Read more.]( 4. [Feds Spend Billions On COVID-19 Contracts, Often Without Fully Competitive Bidding]( NPR reviewed a database of thousands of contracting actions and found that more than 250 companies got contracts worth more than $1 million without going through a fully competitive bidding process. [Read more.]( 5. [Schools, Workplaces Brace For Uncomfortable Conversations About Race Amid Civil Rights Protests]( Lawrence Alexander, director of equity and inclusion with the Boston-based education consulting group Carney, Sandoe & Associates, spoke with us about how companies everywhere are responding to the current movement. more.]( Support the news Anything Else? - It's official: The U.S. economy is in a [recession]( – and we have been since February. - Boston Pride is [postponing many of their planned virtual events]( for this month after receiving backlash on a post related to police brutality. - After 30 years, Anne Gardner is moving from Massachusetts to California, but the pandemic has made ["saying goodbye" difficult](. So, she took a different approach – and decided to do it by walking the Bay Circuit Trail. 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