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. wispolitics ·

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.

Today’s Midday podcast covers a new special enrollment signup period for the marketplace to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Anyone interested in signing up can do so through the ACA website through August. wispolitics · Affordable Care Act universal healthcare special enrollment period  

The case involving Kinnard Farms, a Kewaunee County mega-dairy farm with about 8,200 cows, has become a regulatory battleground, drawing a litany of environmental and industrial groups in support or opposition to the lawsuit. wispolitics · Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs state power to protect water from farm pollutants  

Today’s Midday podcast covers Wisconsin’s report showing 1,046 cases today, the most cases in a single day since Feb. 11. This brings the seven-day average for daily confirmed cases to 733, the greatest average since mid-February. Today’s seven-day daily case average is nearly double that from a month ago. wispolitics

Today’s Midday podcast covers Wisconsin’s report showing 1,046 cases today, the most cases in a single day since Feb. 11. This brings the seven-day average for daily confirmed cases to 733, the greatest average since mid-February. Today’s seven-day daily case average is nearly double that from a month ago. wispolitics

Today’s Midday podcast covers the Joint Finance Committee vote along party lines to OK 11 GOP bills to spend coming stimulus money as Dems questioned whether the proposals were allowed under federal law. The votes came after memos from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau suggested millions Republicans want to spend don’t

Today’s Midday podcast covers winners in the statewide Department of Public Instruction superintendent race as well as two legislative races and two state district court judge races. wispolitics · Wisconsin 2021 spring election victors in all three branches  

Today’s Midday podcast covers Milwaukee Health Commissioner Kirsten Johnson said she believes everyone who wants a COVID-19 should have access to one within the next eight weeks. And, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg touted the Biden Administration’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan as a means to keep the country globally competitive

Today’s Midday podcast covers tomorrow’s elections featuring races for the state Department of Public Instruction superintendent, two seats in the legislature and several judicial positions. Candidates Deb Kerr and Jill Underly face off for state superintendent. wispolitics · State superintendent election tomorrow plus judicial and legislative elections

Today’s Midday podcast covers Assembly Republicans’ call to Evers to use some funds from the latest COVID-19 package to boost homeowners and long-term care facilities while expanding broadband after Evers vetoed legislation giving lawmakers a say in how the money is spent. wispolitics · Republican legislators’ plans for federal pandemic

Today’s Midday podcast covers the Wisconsin Supreme Court 4-3 ruling today that Gov. Tony Evers exceeded his authority in issuing multiple public health emergencies over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. wispolitics · Supreme Court overturns Evers’ emergency health orders  

Today’s Midday podcast covers Gov. Tony Evers’ vetoing a bill that would have given the state Legislature oversight over federal pandemic relief funds, warning it would’ve allowed a single lawmaker to delay by weeks getting the money to those who need it. wispolitics · Concerns over potential funding delays led

Today’s Midday podcast covers a Waukesha businessman who co-founded the non-partisan group Democracy Found and why he thinks ranked-choice voting in Wisconsin could help restore a “functional democracy.” wispolitics · Advocates push for ranked choice voting in Wisconsin congressional elections

Today’s Midday podcast covers Association President and CEO Kristine Hillmer speaking as a panelist on the latest WisBusiness.com virtual luncheon “Hospitality industry stirs after year of COVID.” The lunch hour event featured Wisconsin’s eatery and alehouse leaders a year after the economy shut down as a result of the COVID-19

Today’s Midday podcast covers approval of a new Ho-Chunk casino in Beloit. Ho-Chunk Nation Vice President Karena Thundercloud said it was “almost surreal” to hear Gov. Tony Evers had signed off on the tribe’s proposal for a Beloit casino after dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic upending daily life for more

Today’s Midday podcast covers Assembly approved bills that would stop the state from requiring residents get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus and its mutations, ban health officials from prohibiting public gatherings in places of religious worship, prohibit employers from requiring workers to get vaccinated and require Gov. Tony Evers to

Today’s Midday podcast covers Gov. Tony Evers saying better data on COVID-19 infections and deaths in nursing homes would not have changed precautions or vaccine rollout plans.

Today’s Midday podcast covers concerns from GOP congressmen over the delay in COVID-19 infection and death statistics from Wisconsin nursing homes, comparing the state’s nursing home situation to New York’s. Those congressmen also voiced concerns about nursing home residents receiving their second vaccine dose in a reasonable amount of time.

Today’s Midday podcast covers’ a DC Wrap interview with UW-Milwaukee political science Prof. Mordecai Lee where he talks about the divide within the GOP between those who support Donald Trump and those who oppose him likely dominating congressional politics in Wisconsin. wispolitics · Wisconsin Republicans in Congress will likely continue