Bipartisan deal reached to save Milwaukee from bankruptcy

Bipartisan deal reached to save Milwaukee from bankruptcy

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has handed cash-strapped Milwaukee a lifeline to stave off bankruptcy, allowing the city to raise sales taxes without voter approval as part of a larger local government and K-12 schools funding plan, according to a bipartisan deal announced Thursday Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican lawmakers. Evers called it a “transformative” deal that will rescue Milwaukee from the threat of bankruptcy, “something that …

Bipartisan deal reached to save Milwaukee from bankruptcy

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin has handed cash-strapped Milwaukee a lifeline to stave off bankruptcy, allowing the city to raise sales taxes without voter approval as part of a larger local

Bipartisan deal reached to save Milwaukee from bankruptcy

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers announced Thursday that they had reached a bipartisan deal to provide more funding to local governments across Wisconsin, including allowing cash-strapped Milwaukee to raise sales taxes without voter approval. As part of the deal, the GOP-controlled Legislature agreed to spending an additional $1 billion on K-12 schools, along with increasing payments to families whose chil…

Bipartisan deal reached to save Milwaukee from bankruptcy

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin has handed cash-strapped Milwaukee a lifeline to stave off bankruptcy, allowing the city to raise sales taxes without voter approval as part of a larger local government and K-12 schools funding plan, according to a bipartisan deal announced Thursday Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican lawmakers.

Bipartisan deal reached to save Milwaukee from bankruptcy

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov.

Bipartisan deal reached to save Milwaukee from bankruptcy

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov.