Republicans spent the 2010s in austerity mode, disinvesting and defunding local government (meaning, yes, they defunded police before it ever was a slogan in 2020), and when they finally addressed the issue (after Evers made it a priority in his '22 re-election campaign), their legislation didn't go nearly far enough, and now we already need a fix.
What we were saying in 2023 was to pass the bill and live to fight another day. "Another day" is unfortunately already here.
Interesting to see a top legislative Republican essentially acknowledge that those of us on the left who were saying the 2023 shared revenue reform bill didn't go far enough to fund local government were right all along.