Pinal County left out of federal reimbursement for COVID-19
by Mark Cowling | PinalCentral
Pinal County 1891 Historic Courthouse where the Board of Supervisors meet.
With an official population just under 500,000, Pinal County has been overlooked for federal funding for COVID-19 relief through the U.S. CARES Act.
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to have Pinal County Attorney Kent Volkmer look into this and whether Gov. Doug Ducey’s stay-at-home orders are Constitutional. The counties need to know the limits of what a governor can impose on a free people, Supervisors Chairman Anthony Smith, R-Maricopa, said.
“I wasn’t going to close the county,” Supervisor Todd House, R-Apache Junction, said. “The governor kind of stepped on our toes and did that for us.”
