LINCOLN- Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Monday a second round of coronavirus pandemic funding support that would make full use of the more than a billion dollars of federal assistance previously granted while targeting emerging needs.

Included in the new designation is additional funding for business stabilization funding. Among newly designated targets are hospital staffing and support for convention and event centers.

Application for assistance opens Wednesday and will close Nov. 13 with expenditure of the funding required by Dec. 30 under federal government provisions.

Among the new designations are a total of $11 million for the Food Bank of Lincoln and the Food Bank for the Heartland in Omaha and $6 million for the Lincoln Children's Zoo, the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha and the Riverside Discovery Center in Scottsbluff. The new list includes up to $500,000 in grants to event centers and sports arenas, while Movie theaters can receive $10,000 in assistance per screen. Additional resources are also available to bars and restaurants for a second round of assistance, and to local governments to assist in payroll for employees on the frontline of fighting the virus.

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