Senate approves amendment requiring governors to get legislative approval to spend federal funds

The state Senate gave final approval to sending voters a constitutional amendment in August that would bar guvs from spending federal money without legislative approval. AJR 6 was written after Dem Gov. Tony Evers had sole authority to spend federal COVID-19 funding from the federal government. He vetoed various efforts by GOP lawmakers to dictate how the money should be spent. The first time the ...