The 74 <br> States risk losing close to $3 billion in remaining COVID relief funds after U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/close-to-3-billion-in-pandemic-funds-in-jeopardy-as-education-department-abruptly-halts-payments/">announced Friday that they’ll no longer be reimbursed for pandemic-related costs.</a>