The issue of $26 million in grant suspensions by the state’s Department of Human Services was the focus of a three hour appropriations hearing Tuesday.
State senators grilled Greg Bassi (bass-ee), acting secretary of the Department of Human Services, about the suspended grant dollars that were issued on Good Friday.
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Senator Matt Murphy said the bad budget passed by Democrats is to blame and decried the hearing as a waste of time.