According to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Wisconsin received $28.2 billion in federal funding for its most recent budget cycle.
Gov. Tony Evers in a letter to President Donald Trump said Wisconsinites "are rightfully alarmed and concerned" by a abrupt freeze on federal funds.
Gov. Tony Evers today released a statement regarding the Trump Administration’s continued efforts aimed at withholding Wisconsin’s federal funds based on a new controversial policy aimed at unilaterally forcing all federal agencies to stop nearly all federal aid.
Following widespread confusion on Tuesday after President Donald Trump's move to pause federal funding, the White House is now rescinding the memo that sent federal agencies into
Trump's executive orders could affect tribal citizenship and education opportunities. Tribal leaders are concerned, but holding their comments for now.
Wisconsin state agencies had received just about $1 million of the $128.7 million requested this week through online portals.
More than $17 billion, or 61%, of the federal aid the Wisconsin government receives goes to the state's Department of Health Services. The health department spends most of that amount on Medicaid programs, according to the state Legislature's nonpartisan fiscal bureau.
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany held listening sessions Monday as Trump's White House acted to take budget power from Congress.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Duffy, the new transportation secretary, is facing his first major crisis just hours after his swearing-in.
Top Democrats on House and Senate appropriations committees wrote to OMB's acting head questioning the legality of the freeze.
On Tuesday, the White House press secretary said the pause would not apply to payments to people – like food stamps, Medicare and social security.
Graduate students are facing uncertainty after the White House said a federal funding freeze remains in "full force and effect" despite it rescinding a controversial memo ordering