
Milwaukee on verge of bankruptcy, police cuts if it can't reach agreement on aid deal
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Milwaukee is on the verge of bankruptcy and will have to make cuts to police and fire protection if it can't reach a deal on a bill to increase state aid to local governments.
That disagreement has increased fears that the bill being worked on by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, local communities, the GOP-controlled Legislature and groups representing police and firefighters among others, is in jeopardy of not passing.
"Without question, my city’s budgetary situation is dire," Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson told senators at a hearing Tuesday. Without an increase in state aid, the city faces potential bankruptcy in 2025 when federal COVID-19 relief funds run out.
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