In recent weeks, we've heard a lot about how Mississippi's legislature will handle the more than one billion dollars the state received as part of the American Rescue Plan.
That state-level allocation is only one part of the complex chain of custody for the cash pumped out of Washington last year.
Of course, at the top of the funnel, the federal government broadly controls where the funds go. But many American Rescue Plan projects are conceived and executed at the local level.
That local spending is what interests Matthew Campbell. Campbell is a Community Organizer at the NAACP of Mississippi. He says he's concerned municipal and county leaders aren't doing enough to make sure new projects reflect community needs.