Congress drops spending bill provision that would have cost state $225M in COVID aid

Gov. Tony Evers today hailed news that Congress was dropping a provision from an omnibus spending bill that he had earlier wanted could cost the state $225 million of the $2.5 billion in ARPA funds it had expected to receive. This afternoon, Evers fired off a letter to the nation’s congressional leaders calling it “unacceptable” that the state could lose the money. The original bill included about...