Gov. Evers: Urges GOP-controlled JFC to release already-approved funds to Bad River and Lac du Flambeau Native Nations

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today directed the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) to submit a formal request to the Republican-controlled Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) to release $2 million in already-approved funding for Tribal Assistance Grants—which are funded by Tribal gaming revenue—that Republicans on the Committee are withholding from the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa ...