Episodios

  • Capitol Chats: Public health consultant Moore says hemp 'is a consumer safety issue … not a cannabis issue'
    Apr 8 2026

    On this week's "Capitol Chats," Melissa Moore talks about Wisconsin's "Wild West" of unregulated intoxicating hemp products ahead of a federal ban that could curtail their sale, and what policymakers need to consider if they are to craft regulation keeping these products on shelves.

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    8 m
  • Capitol Chats: Marquette Poll's Franklin says 'antipathy' toward Trump has fueled Dem turnout
    Apr 1 2026

    In this week's Capitol Chats episode, Marquette Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin discusses recent polling of the state Supreme Court race and says anti-Trump sentiment is a key factor pushing Dem voters to the polls.

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    17 m
  • Capitol Chats: U.S. Rep. Pocan says 'we've just got to do what we all agree we need to do' to fund TSA
    Mar 25 2026

    On this week's "Capitol Chats," U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Town of Vermont, weighs in on negotiations to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the Pentagon's $200 billion funding request to prosecute the war in Iran, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents being deployed to major airports.

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    11 m
  • Capitol Chats: Barnes says Public Service Commission should put the public over profit
    Mar 18 2026

    In this week's "Capitol Chats" episode, Dem guv candidate Mandela Barnes discusses his vow to freeze utility rates if elected and criticizes utility companies for being "greedy" at Wisconsinites' expense.

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    17 m
  • Capitol Chats: Lobbyist Scott says hemp industry 'is going to potentially collapse overnight'
    Mar 11 2026

    On this week's "Capitol Chats," Phillip Scott of the Wisconsin Hemp Farmers and Manufacturers Association forecasts a grim future for Wisconsin's $700 million intoxicating hemp industry if lawmakers can't create a legal pathway for the cannabis alternative at the state or federal level.

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    13 m
  • Capitol Chats: Guv hopeful Brennan backs temporarily pausing data center projects to ensure guardrails
    Mar 4 2026

    In this week's Capitol Chats podcast, former Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan discusses his Dem guv campaign and says if elected, he supports temporarily pausing data center projects until state leaders can agree on regulatory guardrails.

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    16 m
  • Capitol Chats: U.S. Sen. Johnson says Democrats 'want to make it easy to cheat' in elections
    Feb 25 2026

    In this week's "Capitol Chats" episode, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, discusses Tuesday's State of the Union address, Democrats' criticism of immigration enforcement, the Supreme Court striking down the Trump administration's tariffs and the fate of the SAVE America Act in the Senate.

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    12 m
  • Capitol Chats: Rep. Brill talks about the Legislature's drive for youth digital safety measures
    Feb 18 2026

    On this week's "Capitol Chats" podcast, Rep. Lindee Brill, R-Sheboygan Falls, says protecting kids online will require a "multi-faceted" approach. She chairs the Speaker's Task Force on Protecting Kids, which has introduced bills touching on youth social media accounts and app usage, law enforcement response to internet crimes against children and AI chatbots.

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    12 m