LINCOLN- Gov. Pete Ricketts has announced he is objecting to the way money would be distributed via President Biden's stimulus bill. 20 other GOP governors and one Democrat, Gov. Laura Kelly of Kansas said in the letter "...a state’s success in 'keeping businesses open and people employed' should not penalize them in terms of the distribution of the COVID-19 recovery money."

The new stimulus bill would allocate aid based on a state's unemployment population rather than total population. In their statement, the opposing governors said it punishes states that “took a measured approach to the pandemic and entered the crisis with healthy state budgets and strong economies.”

Biden's almost $2 trillion proposal was passed by the U.S. House of Representatitves on Saturday.

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