League of Wisconsin Municipalities Executive Director Jerry Deschane says this session is turning out to be one of the most consequential for local governments in a generation. Several bills are circulating the Capitol to address shared revenue, workforce housing and PFAS “forever chemical” contamination.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, says he’ll need to see a border security bill included in the debt limit increase for him to support it. He also talks about a possible Senate bid for next year’s election.
On this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary James Bond says many of DVA’s budget requests focus on improving housing, medical, substance abuse and other veteran care. He also says he’s conducting a survey at the troubled Union Grove home to address issues lawmakers have raised about the quality of care there.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, State Superintendent Jill Underly argues Joint Finance Committee Republicans should support public school funding proposals because they would help everyone. She also says a proposal to allow teachers with concealed carry permits to bring guns to school would not reduce gun violence.
On this week’s Capitol Chats episode, School Choice Wisconsin Director of Policy and Government Affairs Amy Loudenbeck rebukes Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed enrollment caps. She says Wisconsin families rely on school choice “and anything that would limit or eliminate the program is going to meet some heavy resistance.”
On this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin Legal Director Michelle Velasquez says the future of mifepristone is still up in the air as legal battles continue. She also says it’ll be interesting to see how the
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Department of Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr says the current administration has no appetite to increase prison capacity. And any talks about building new prisons to replace aging facilities would need to come with a criminal justice reform deal.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Rep. Dave Murphy in a Zoom interview says he’s happy the UW System issued its free speech survey to students. He also says he wants to look closer at the results and hold some hearings in the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee he chairs.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, State Public Defender Legislative Liaison Adam Plotkin says Wisconsin’s criminal justice system needs public defenders taking cases in order to function. As the biennial budget cycle moves ahead, he wants to make sure Republicans include pay raises to address SPD recruitment and retention issues. Plotkin also talks about why a bill to define “violent crime” could increase the load on the justice system.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Fond du Lac DA Eric Toney says pay increases for prosecutors and public defenders are crucial to fighting the attorney shortage in Wisconsin. He also says he’s been talking with Republican leaders about making sure DAs get what they need in the upcoming budget.
DNR Secretary Adam Payne says he’s optimistic about coming to a consensus on setting water quality and PFAS standards after years of tumultuous talks. Payne also says the DNR needs to do a better job at figuring out the carrying capacity for gray wolves and animals they interact with while the department refines its draft wolf management plan.
In this week’s Capitol Chats podcast, Minority Leader Greta Neubauer talks more about her idea to move to a full state-funding model for K-12 schools from the current two-thirds model. She also argues increasing shared revenue for local governments will
In this week’s Capitol Chats podcast, U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, says lawmakers need to keep in mind ways to dismantle Milwaukee’s historic segregation issues while crafting legislation. The Ways and Means Committee member also says she hopes the fight to raise the debt ceiling won’t again result in a downgrade of the U.S. credit rating as happened in the 2011 fight to raise the debt ceiling.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode Sen. Kelda Roys blasts “right wing billionaires” for foisting the UW System’s free speech survey upon the statewide colleges and universities system. The Madison Dem also says the survey was “primed to get a result that would show some kind of a bias.”
This week’s Capitol Chats podcast covers what freshman Rep. Bob Donovan, R-Greenfield, wants to focus on in the Legislature. Donovan is a longtime local government veteran and he says he wants to bring that perspective to the negotiating table. He
On this week’s Capitol Chats episode, U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher says the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party he’s chairing will focus largely on deterring Chinese aggression toward Taiwan and other U.S. interests. He also said the U.S. sending 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine is the right move, but the war has unearthed some munitions stockpiling deficiencies.
This week’s Capitol Chats episodes features an interview with freshman Rep. Darrin Madison. The Milwaukee Democratic Socialist says he wants to focus much of his time on improving the juvenile justice system. He also says he wants to “center working class citizens” in his discussions with fellow lawmakers.
In this week’s Capitol Chats, U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville, says he wants to focus this session on reducing national spending and inflation as well as increasing U.S. energy production. He also wants to find a way to grow tax revenue without increasing taxes using what he calls “pro-growth policies.”
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Town of Vermont, says it’s tough to see Republicans working together to get things done this Congress after a tumultuous speaker vote. He also says it’s too early to say if U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden will work with others and blasts U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson for shooting down President Joe Biden’s nomination of brother William Pocan to the federal bench.
In this week’s Capitol Chats, freshman U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, in an interview recorded before the new year says former U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, La Crosse, won’t return his phone calls. Van Orden also says he wants in on the House Agriculture Committee.
League of Wisconsin Municipalities Executive Director Jerry Deschane says this session is turning out to be one of the most consequential for local governments in a generation. Several bills are circulating the Capitol to address shared revenue, workforce housing and PFAS “forever chemical” contamination.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, says he’ll need to see a border security bill included in the debt limit increase for him to support it. He also talks about a possible Senate bid for next year’s election.
On this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary James Bond says many of DVA’s budget requests focus on improving housing, medical, substance abuse and other veteran care. He also says he’s conducting a survey at the troubled Union Grove home to address issues lawmakers have raised about the quality of care there.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, State Superintendent Jill Underly argues Joint Finance Committee Republicans should support public school funding proposals because they would help everyone. She also says a proposal to allow teachers with concealed carry permits to bring guns to school would not reduce gun violence.
On this week’s Capitol Chats episode, School Choice Wisconsin Director of Policy and Government Affairs Amy Loudenbeck rebukes Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed enrollment caps. She says Wisconsin families rely on school choice “and anything that would limit or eliminate the program is going to meet some heavy resistance.”
On this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin Legal Director Michelle Velasquez says the future of mifepristone is still up in the air as legal battles continue. She also says it’ll be interesting to see how the legal battle of AG Josh Kaul’s lawsuit to overturn the
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Department of Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr says the current administration has no appetite to increase prison capacity. And any talks about building new prisons to replace aging facilities would need to come with a criminal justice reform deal.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Rep. Dave Murphy in a Zoom interview says he’s happy the UW System issued its free speech survey to students. He also says he wants to look closer at the results and hold some hearings in the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee he chairs.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, State Public Defender Legislative Liaison Adam Plotkin says Wisconsin’s criminal justice system needs public defenders taking cases in order to function. As the biennial budget cycle moves ahead, he wants to make sure Republicans include pay raises to address SPD recruitment and retention issues. Plotkin also talks about why a bill to define “violent crime” could increase the load on the justice system.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode, Fond du Lac DA Eric Toney says pay increases for prosecutors and public defenders are crucial to fighting the attorney shortage in Wisconsin. He also says he’s been talking with Republican leaders about making sure DAs get what they need in the upcoming budget.
DNR Secretary Adam Payne says he’s optimistic about coming to a consensus on setting water quality and PFAS standards after years of tumultuous talks. Payne also says the DNR needs to do a better job at figuring out the carrying capacity for gray wolves and animals they interact with while the department refines its draft wolf management plan.
In this week’s Capitol Chats podcast, Minority Leader Greta Neubauer talks more about her idea to move to a full state-funding model for K-12 schools from the current two-thirds model. She also argues increasing shared revenue for local governments will help them keep many of their essential resources, such as
In this week’s Capitol Chats podcast, U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, says lawmakers need to keep in mind ways to dismantle Milwaukee’s historic segregation issues while crafting legislation. The Ways and Means Committee member also says she hopes the fight to raise the debt ceiling won’t again result in a downgrade of the U.S. credit rating as happened in the 2011 fight to raise the debt ceiling.
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode Sen. Kelda Roys blasts “right wing billionaires” for foisting the UW System’s free speech survey upon the statewide colleges and universities system. The Madison Dem also says the survey was “primed to get a result that would show some kind of a bias.”
This week’s Capitol Chats podcast covers what freshman Rep. Bob Donovan, R-Greenfield, wants to focus on in the Legislature. Donovan is a longtime local government veteran and he says he wants to bring that perspective to the negotiating table. He especially wants to focus on shared revenue issues for local
On this week’s Capitol Chats episode, U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher says the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party he’s chairing will focus largely on deterring Chinese aggression toward Taiwan and other U.S. interests. He also said the U.S. sending 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine is the right move, but the war has unearthed some munitions stockpiling deficiencies.
This week’s Capitol Chats episodes features an interview with freshman Rep. Darrin Madison. The Milwaukee Democratic Socialist says he wants to focus much of his time on improving the juvenile justice system. He also says he wants to “center working class citizens” in his discussions with fellow lawmakers.
In this week’s Capitol Chats, U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville, says he wants to focus this session on reducing national spending and inflation as well as increasing U.S. energy production. He also wants to find a way to grow tax revenue without increasing taxes using what he calls “pro-growth policies.”
In this week’s Capitol Chats episode U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Town of Vermont, says it’s tough to see Republicans working together to get things done this Congress after a tumultuous speaker vote. He also says it’s too early to say if U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden will work with others and blasts U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson for shooting down President Joe Biden’s nomination of brother William Pocan to the federal bench.
In this week’s Capitol Chats, freshman U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, in an interview recorded before the new year says former U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, La Crosse, won’t return his phone calls. Van Orden also says he wants in on the House Agriculture Committee.