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Wisconsin Assembly Speaker explains how federal COVID relief has a negative impact on other legislation

JANUARY 25, 2022 | by Larry Lee | BROWNFIELD AG NEWS

By Larry Lee, includes “The Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly Robin Vos says there’s a downside to Wisconsin getting federal coronavirus relief. ‘We are really hampered by the ability to spend state dollars because it creates this maintenance-of-effort requirement for us to spend money in other areas of the budget.’ Vos says for the first time in history, the state has one person who has been able to use federal dollars like a private checkbook with no legislative oversight. …”

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