Trump orders temporary freeze on federal grants. Here's how that could affect Wisconsin

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : The pause exempts Medicare, Social Security and other benefits for individuals.
60% : Trump wants to ensure spending meets his goals The review is to ensure federal spending meets Trump's priorities, according to OMB.
59% : Freeze could affect upcoming state budget Wisconsin's state government receives $28 billion in federal assistance, 61% of which is routed to the Department of Health Services - mainly for Medicaid programs providing health care for people with lower incomes.
59% : Meanwhile, the Department of Public Instruction says it's "working to understand the full impact of this directive on our students, educators, and school programs across the state," said Jill Underly, DPI state superintendent.
54% : The rest is spent largely on services for low-income families, programs for public schools, the University of Wisconsin System and the Department of Transportation.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.