State governments struggling with the coronavirus pandemic have paid tens of millions of dollars to big consulting firms for help.

The consultants promised to help the states tackle a range of problems, including delivering medical equipment and staffing call centers that handle worker benefits. In some cases, states have seen only modest benefits, if any at all, for the extra cost, The Wall Street Journal found through interviews and public-records requests.

Two…

This post first appeared on wsj.com

You May Also Like

Russian missile strike kills 49, Ukraine says, in one of the war’s worst attacks on civilians

A Russian missile strike on a village grocery store and café in…

Covid outbreak in Shanghai has dogs on lockdown with their owners

HONG KONG — The citywide lockdown in Shanghai, the site of China’s…

DOJ failed to count 1,000 state and local prisoner deaths in single year, report finds

The Justice Department is failing to adequately and efficiently collect data about…

Twitter and Facebook Face Concerns Over Election Interference, Censorship

Twitter and Facebook – When the New York Post this week published…