Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, has accused the previous state administration of misappropriating $50 million in government funds.
The funds were part of what the federal government provided to Arizona under the $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan,” an effort by the Biden administration, signed into law in March 2021, that intended to mitigate the economic impacts of government-mandated restrictions and lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a release on May 24, Hobbs said that former Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, just prior to leaving office, made a $50 million grant that she deems was “illegal and invalid.”
The grant, made to the state treasurer, was intended to fund all-day kindergarten for recipients of empowerment scholarship accounts, Hobb’s office said….