State Sen. Joan Ballweg, R-Markesan, says 'Wisconsin has seen over 63 billion dollars of federal pandemic-related funding funnel into our state over (Gov. Tony Evers') tenure.' Mostly True.
By Jeff Cercone • February 21, 2023
Tatyana Warrick, the state Department of Administration’s communications director, called the claim misleading. Britt Cudaback, Evers’ communications director, said only about $5 billion of the federal pandemic-related funding Wisconsin has received was under the sole discretion of the governor to allocate.
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