Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is planning to cut $45 million from city agencies including the police to help fund a program to deal with a recent influx of migrants.Johnston, a Democrat, announced on Wednesday that the Colorado capital was budgeting $89.9 million to respond to "the newcomer crisis" with an asylum-seekers program that his office said would be "providing a long-term, sustainable" solution "that avoids significant cuts to public services."Under the plan, the Denver Police Department... Read this story
