Stimulus deal likely to cut state and city aid, leaving governors and mayors on the ropes - The Washington Post

...Republicans have insisted state and local aid could only be approved as part of a package that includes sweeping legal protections for firms from coronavirus-related lawsuits, a provision strongly opposed by congressional Democrats, leaving lawmakers to embrace setting both measures aside. Many local leaders warned this week that the consequences of that calculation could be vast...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/19/stimulus-cuts-city-state-aid/