Feds increasingly leave local governments hanging when climate disasters hit, report finds

By: Isiah Holmes

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: July 16, 2026

Words: 1,128

Last Updated: 5 days, 21 hours ago

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Communities that ask for federal assistance when climate disasters hit can’t count on that help to arrive. That increasingly common reality was reviewed in a recent report by Wisconsin Policy Forum, which focused on the historic floods in the state last August, finding that federal aid to help rebuild public infrastructure damaged by the record-breaking storms fell short of what was needed.

The report took a close look at the Milwaukee area, where 14.6 …

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