By KEVIN JOHNSON
USA TODAY
BATON ROUGE, La. - Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Monday that many of the Louisiana’s parishes devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are “on the verge of financial collapse” and may need to lay off scores of police officers and firefighters.
Blanco appealed to the Bush administration and to Congress to amend or suspend a U.S. law that prohibits the use of federal money to cover basic expenses of local governments, including the payrolls of public safety and health departments.
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