Joint Finance rejects Evers proposals to put more than $90 million into homeless programs, help with water bills

The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted today to reject the guv’s call to pump more than $90 million into programs to help the homeless and provide assistance to those struggling to pay their water bills. In all, the committee approved $1.2 million over the biennium to boost funding for grants for local governments, non-profits and others that operate housing for the homeless as well as g...