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The bill boosts funding to local governments and includes a series of policy provisions aimed at Milwaukee and communities across the state.
The bill would boost funding to communities across Wisconsin using a portion of the state's 5% sales tax, effectively tying future local revenue to the tax.
The Legislature passed a bill that will increase state aid to local government and allow Milwaukee to raise its local sales tax on Wednesday.
The committee passage comes after months of debate and disagreement about the proposal to increase local funding to communities across Wisconsin.
If approved by the local governing bodies, Milwaukee could raise nearly $180 million more annually from the new sales tax and the county $80 million from a hike, according to estimates.