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Pennsylvania and most of its municipalities seem to be on track to commit their roughly $13 billion in federal pandemic relief funding as the Dec. 31 deadline approaches.

The commonwealth and most of its cities, counties, and local governments are on track to obligate about $13 billion in American Rescue Plan Act pandemic relief dollars.