Wisconsin’s stimulus payments have proven to be huge paydays for state and local governments.
Governor Tony Evers’ office yesterday said one-point-five-billion of the state’s four-point-five-billion-dollars in stimulus money has gone to government operations. That includes everyone from local governments to the UW System to state government itself. The biggest chunk of the money went to the state’s massive coronavirus testing program, but millions more went to government operations and ‘surge funding.’ The governor says millions of dollars have also been allocated for business grants.
There’s also 400-million-dollars that’s being held in reserve.
