State Senate Passes Bills On Homelessness, PFAS

Wisconsin state senators passed bills Tuesday that would send $500,000 per year on homeless shelters and ban firefighting chemicals containing PFAS.

But Senators did not take up a half-dozen other anti-homelessness bills that passed the Assembly last summer, and their PFAS bill fell short of what Gov. Tony Evers had asked for.

Both the Senate and Assembly were in session Tuesday, which could be one of a handful of days they`ll meet in 2020. While GOP leaders have yet to set a firm adjournment date, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said recently that chamber will finish its business for the year by the end of February...