Biden administration threatens to rescind stimulus funds from Arizona over anti-mask school policy [View all]
Source: Washington Post
The Treasury Department took issue with the state’s plans to use roughly $170 million awarded under the American Rescue Plan to promote a ban on school mask mandates
The Biden administration on Friday threatened to claw back more than $170 million in federal stimulus aid allotted to Arizona, after the state announced it would use the cash in a way that discouraged schools from requiring students to wear masks.
The rare demand arrived in a letter issued by the Treasury Department, which told aides to Arizona’s Republican leader, Gov. Doug Ducey, that they have 60 days to reprogram the funding in a way that befits its original intent as an investment to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
A spokesperson for the governor did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The dispute centers on Arizona’s portion of a $350 billion program authorized under the American Rescue Plan last year. The initiative awarded cities, counties and states a sizable chunk of cash to spend mostly as they saw fit.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/01/14/biden-arizona-coronavirus-stimulus-masks/
There really is no end to Republican evil fuckery.
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