According to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Wisconsin received $28.2 billion in federal funding for its most recent budget cycle.
The federal grant freeze from the Trump Administration puts tens of millions of dollars in limbo in the City of Milwaukee, Mayor Cavalier Johnson said.
The White House has begun offering buyouts to federal workers as part of President Trump's larger plan to overhaul the U.S. government.
On Tuesday, the White House press secretary said the pause would not apply to payments to people – like food stamps, Medicare and social security.
The Trump administration has temporarily paused grant, loan and other financial assistance programs, according to a memo.
The confusion and chaos that was triggered by the uncertainty over the federal funding freeze extended far beyond Washington to the local organizations that rely on that money
The grant pause is perhaps most similar to a federal government shutdown, when a congressional impasse on spending legislation delays federal payments for some state and local services.
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Gov. Tony Evers in a letter to President Donald Trump said Wisconsinites "are rightfully alarmed and concerned" by a abrupt freeze on federal funds.
Widespread confusion and panic. That's what many state and local officials felt Tuesday in wake of President Donald Trump's sweeping order to pause federal grants and loans. Earlier