WisPolitics Capitol Chats

Today's Midday podcast covers Assembly Speaker Robin Vos after hearing from a group seeking to decertify the election results arguing there was widespread fraud in the election. Gov. Tony Evers at a WisPolitics.com luncheon at the Madison Club said that's one of the dumbest things he's heard Vos say.

Today's Midday podcast covers health care industry takeaways from the pandemic as we round the second year of COVID-19. UW Health Chief Quality Officer Dr. Jeff Pothof says Wisconsinites can at least somewhat return to normal as the omicron variant subsides.

Today's Midday podcast covers Special Counsel Michael Gableman's report on what he's found so far digging into the 2020 presidential election. He said private grants to major cities, the Wisconsin Elections Commission's relationship with the Electronic Registration Information Center influenced the results of the election. He also called for a "bounty" for citizens if they take action to ensure the Elections Commission's data sharing agreements with other departments, among other things.

In today's Midday podcast, the Assembly unanimously approved a bill that would replace Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake, the state's troubled youth prisons, with a $42 million facility in Milwaukee County. Also on the floor Black Caucus members talked about their resolution to honor 33 Black Americans and former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell. See the resolution: www.wispolitics.com/wp-content/uplo…yResolution.pdf

In this week's Midday podcast we cover the two winners of the Milwaukee mayoral primary election. Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson and former Ald. Bob Donovan will be on the April general election ballot. They both had some things to say about what comes next at their respective election night parties.

Today's Midday podcast covers the Wisconsin Elections Commission's latest move to respond to Republican concerns in the Legislature over how the 2020 presidential election was handled.

Today's Midday podcast covers Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' effort to stall liberal group American Oversight's move to depose the Rochester Republican over former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman's election probe. Gableman also recently granted a deadline extension to Madison and Green Bay allowing them more time to respond to subpoenas regarding the last presidential election.

Today's Midday podcast covers the omicron variant of COVID-19, which UW Health Chief Quality Officer Dr. Jeff Pothof says is now the dominant variant. He also said hospitals are having to come up with unique ways to cope with the influx of new patients as beds fill up.