WisPolitics Capitol Chats

Today's Midday podcast covers Evers approving SB 69, creating Wisconsin Act 30, alongside Jewish community advocates and state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. The law requires all schools to provide Holocaust instruction to students grades five through eight once and provide Holocaust instruction again at least once more for students grade nine through 12.

Today's Midday podcast covers the Endless Frontier Act investments, which could help the U.S. beat China in tech. And existing tariffs could give the U.S. negotiating power in China trade deals.

Today's Midday podcast covers statewide housing supply at historic lows. Median home prices continue to rise and apartment rent increases are outpacing wage growth. The situation is spurring possible fixes from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and GOP lawmakers.

Today's Midday podcast covers UW System Interim President Tommy Thompson's plan to return to in-person classes through vaccination as well as his thoughts on his future as president.

Today's Midday podcast covers Gov. Tony Evers veto of 11 GOP-authored bills that would have directed how to spend federal money from the latest COVID-19 relief package, and how he plans to dole out another $420 million of the funds.

Today's Midday podcast covers a new deal with Foxconn, which would make the company have to show it had at least 481 full-time employees last year to qualify for the first round of job tax credits under the new deal between the state and the Taiwanese manufacturer.

Today's Midday podcast covers some local units of government making moves to decriminalize marijuana as progress at the state level appears unlikely. Nearly a decade after Colorado became the first state to legalize recreational marijuana, the debate has spiked in Wisconsin as more states join the pro-marijuana ranks.

Today's Midday podcast covers Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' view on COVID-19 vaccine passports for Wisconsinites and his thoughts on Gov. Tony Evers negotiating a new contract between Wisconsin and Foxconn.

Today's Midday podcast covers Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu saying he doesn't back legalizing medical marijuana in Wisconsin without FDA approval as well as his thoughts on the 11-bill GOP package to spend federal pandemic relief funds.

Today's Midday podcast covers incoming Chief Justice Annette Ziegler pledging she will do "all I can to ensure the Wisconsin Supreme Court operates fairly and efficiently with a fidelity to the law." She will be the third consecutive woman to lead the state's judicial branch in the last 25 years.