Gov. Tony Evers announces he'll direct $2.5 billion in federal relief money to economic recovery in
Gov. Tony Evers announces he'll direct $2.5 billion in federal relief money to economic recovery in Wisconsin
Gov. Tony Evers announced Monday he will spend $2.5 billion in federal relief funding to help Wisconsin's economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
The Democratic governor delivered the news at a Milwaukee café just before he vetoed a bill that would have given that decision-making power over billions coming to Wisconsin through the federal American Rescue Plan to Republicans who control the state Legislature.
We were pushed back every step of the way every time we tried to mitigate the disease, Evers said about giving Republicans control over COVID-19 relief spending.
He said he was vetoing Senate Bill 183 "to make sure once we get the guidance we need from the federal government, we can work to get these funds out quickly and make sure they dont get tied up in some political fight in the legislature."
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