Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul on Tuesday announced that Wisconsin is joining a coalition of states in a lawsuit to immediately stop a new policy from President Donald Trump’s administration, which directs federal agencies to stop nearly all federal assistance and grant and loan funding in Wisconsin and nationwide. The new policy would jeopardize federal benefits and investments that provide health and child care services, support public schools, combat hate crimes and violence against women, and provide disaster relief to states, among other programs. According to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Wisconsin is estimated to receive $28.2 billion in appropriated federal investments over the 2023–25 biennium.
Earlier on Tuesday, Gov. Evers sent a letter to President Trump urging him to reconsider the Trump Administration’s new policy, arguing, “these actions could have disastrous consequences for the people of Wisconsin and our state.” The governor urged the administration to delay the policy’s implementation until the federal government could provide “immediate guidance, information, and clarification for how these memoranda will impact federal support that goes to kids, families, communities, and states.”
Those joining Wisconsin in this lawsuit include New York, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia. A copy of the filing is available here.
