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Judge tosses Arizona suit over limits on virus relief funds
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FILE - Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey gives his state of the state address at the Arizona Capitol, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, in Phoenix. Ducey is part of a burgeoning effort among establishment Republicans to lift up Karrin Taylor Robson against former television news anchor Kari Lake, who is backed by former President Donald Trump. - photo by AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has dismissed Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s demands that the state stop sending millions in federal COVID-19 relief money to schools that don’t have mask requirements or that close due to COVID-19 outbreaks. The state filed the lawsuit earlier this year after the U.S. Treasury Department demanded that Ducey either restructure the $163 million program to eliminate restrictions it says undermine public health recommendations or face a repayment demand.