Wisconsin Right Now

"When Congress throws so much money at the cities that they don't even know how to spend it, we have a problem," A county government in southeast Michigan is moving forward with plans to build a sports complex with federal COVID relief money that could cost up to $80 million. Some residents are pushing back. A rural county in Utah spent $321,000 in federal COVID relief money to get snow to the Buckskin Hills Ski and Snow Tubing Hill. An auditor's report later flagged some of the COVID relief spending. In Tennessee, Shelby County Schools spent $25 million on air purifiers from Global Plasma Solutions, but a lawsuit maintains the purifiers are ineffective. These are just a few of the examples of how local governments spent billions of dollars in federal taxpayer money provided by Congress to stem the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Adam Andrzejewski, founder and CEO of government watchdog OpenTheBooks.com , said the amount of federal money has municipaliti...

"When Congress throws so much money at the cities that they don't even know how to spend it, we have a problem," A county government in southeast Michigan is moving forward with plans to build a sports complex with federal COVID relief money that could cost up to $80 million. Some residents are pushing back. A rural county in Utah spent $321,000 in federal COVID relief money to get snow to the Buckskin Hills Ski and Snow Tubing Hill. An auditor's report later flagged some of the COVID relief spending. In Tennessee, Shelby County Schools spent $25 million on air purifiers from Global Plasma Solutions, but a lawsuit maintains the purifiers are ineffective. These are just a few of the examples of how local governments spent billions of dollars in federal taxpayer money provided by Congress to stem the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Adam Andrzejewski, founder and CEO of government watchdog OpenTheBooks.com , said the amount of federal money has municipaliti...