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.
Was more than $63 billion in federal pandemic-related funding funnel sent to the state?When asked for backup, Ballweg’s staff pointed to an April 2022 research report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum, a nonpartisan, independent statewide policy research organization., noted that in Wisconsin, a greater percentage of money was directed to businesses and economic development than in other states.
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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