Latest State capitol Podcast Episodes
A special announcement: Pod on ice (but just real quick)
WPR Politics - January 19, 2022 17:10 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsAttention dear listeners, we have an announcement: The WPR Politics Podcast is taking a quick winter break!!
About that year we had!
WPR Politics - December 18, 2021 18:20 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsDo you remember 2021? That's OK, neither do we! But that just means it's time to take a look back at the year that was in Wisconsin state politics news on another episode of everyone's favorite fake podcast game show! Let's play!!!
This changes (nothing) everything!
WPR Politics - December 03, 2021 22:30 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsThe Wisconsin Supreme Court's conservative majority issued a ruling this week laying out how they'll handle the political map-drawing process in the state: basically change things from the existing, GOP-slanted maps as little as possible. And how better to make sense of the news? Soft rock piano!
A sticky issue
WPR Politics - November 19, 2021 22:20 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsA new bipartisan bill sparked fresh discussion about marijuana policy in Wisconsin this week. It would standardize penalties for marijuana possession across the state, and while it would mellow out restrictions in many areas, some communities that have lax rules aren't feeling the vibe. Plus, can...
Hark! News of redistricting
WPR Politics - November 12, 2021 22:25 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsOur very own Shawn Johnson has been away on a journey for many weeks, but today is the day he returns, and with news of Wisconsin redistricting no less. Just in time for GOP lawmakers' passage of their political maps. So sit back and let yourself be regaled!
1 year, 3 days
WPR Politics - November 05, 2021 21:15 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsIt is just over 12 months until election day 2022 in Wisconsin, and that means it's high time for a podcast breakdown of the major races to keep an eye on over the next year — you've got your governor's race, the U.S. Senate, the 3rd Congressional District — so much excitement it's going to be ha...
It came from the LAB
WPR Politics - October 29, 2021 21:35 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsDeep in the bowels of the Capitol square, shrouded in mystery, you’ll find the LAB. What goes on there, nobody’s quite sure. But for months, day and night, something has been growing, bit by bit, taking on a life of its own. And now it’s in the light of day — a massive, incomprehensible entity th...
Cranes/cranes/schools/schools/Gableman/Gableman/Gableman
WPR Politics - October 15, 2021 21:45 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsNo tiny tweets or scrawny stories here! This week we have literally all the information there is on crane hunting, school transfers, election investigations, you name it! Hours and hours of state Capitol news on this special extended cut!
Over and over and over again, forever
WPR Politics - October 08, 2021 21:40 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsYeah, it's October 2021, but somehow November 2020 is front-page political news in Wisconsin this week. It's like a wise man once said: "Time is a flat circle. Yes it is, yes it is."
Fever To Map
WPR Politics - October 01, 2021 21:15 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsThe wheels are turning on Wisconsin's once-a-decade legislative redistricting process and everyone has mapmaking fever — Republicans in the state Legislature, the governor and his fellow Democrats, and eventually probably the courts. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Fall Into Politics: The WPRPP Is Back!
WPR Politics - September 24, 2021 18:05 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsIt has been a refreshing few weeks off for summer vacation, but the seasons are changing it's time to get back to work! That's right, fall is in the air and as the leaves start to drop, so will crisp new episodes of the WPR Politics Podcast. There is so much news to dig back into, so dust off tha...
A Special Announcement: Hot Pod Summer Vacation
WPR Politics - July 30, 2021 21:35 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsAttention dear listeners, we have an announcement: The WPR Politics Podcast is going on summer vacation!!
Budget Action Action!
WPR Politics - July 09, 2021 22:05 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsWe were preparing for this for weeks. Training day and night. Running through all the eventualities. Time to cover Gov. Tony Evers' action on the two-year state budget. Partial vetoes? One big veto? You name it. So what happened? Strap in and listen to find out!
Say It's Vetoed (Or Not?)
WPR Politics - June 25, 2021 21:15 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsThe Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature has been passing a lot of bills lately that raise the prospect of gubernatorial vetoes. For some of the legislation it seems likely, for others it's harder to tell. We could use our experience as political reporters to tell listeners what seems like...
jfc and tax cuts and stuff
WPR Politics - June 18, 2021 21:10 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsLong week in the Legislature — Joint Finance wrapped up their work on the state budget, Republicans introduced a massive tax cut proposal, and Laurel didn't get much sleep. So how about some terrible parody karaoke to bring it all together?
More Gravy
WPR Politics - June 11, 2021 22:50 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsWhat happens when you run a state like, say, Wisconsin, and all of a sudden you find out that your state has more money coming in than you expected? Like a lot more money? Billions of dollars more money? Well, you fight about it of course!
Don't You (Forget About State K-12 And Higher Education Funding)
WPR Politics - May 28, 2021 22:20 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsAlright class, settle down. If you'll open your budget papers, today we're talking about state and federal funding for Wisconsin's K-12 schools and the UW System. Now who knows how the ed funding plan from the GOP-controlled Wisconsin Legislature compares to the governor's spending proposal? Anyo...
Big Ideas (That Ain't Gonna Happen)
WPR Politics - May 22, 2021 17:45 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsAnother week in Wisconsin's divided state government and it seems like we've seen this one before — Both Democrats and Republicans push big ideas that they know they other side won't buy. But maybe that's part of the point.
Running The Ol' Legislative Mill
WPR Politics - May 14, 2021 22:05 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsIt's that time in point in the Wisconsin legislative session where things are humming along — bills are being considered, votes are being taken — pretty run-of-the-mill stuff. But wait just a darn minute, because even run-of-the-mill lawmaking can be pretty important, or at least interesting. Ele...
The First Cuts
WPR Politics - May 07, 2021 22:40 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsIt's that time in the biennium when the budgetary blocks are being stacked. The governor has made his spending proposal, lawmakers have held public hearings on the issues, and this week the Legislature's budget committee took their first vote. But there was no balancing act to be seen. Republican...
Horsin' Around The Capitol
WPR Politics - April 23, 2021 21:55 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsThere were plenty of important Wisconsin politics stories this week but they were wandering all over the news pasture like a herd of calves. So it's time to hop in the saddle and rope 'em up. That's right, it's time for a good ol' news roundup show. Heeyah!!
Federal Funding Family Feud
WPR Politics - April 17, 2021 17:20 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsWith divided government at the Wisconsin Capitol there's never a shortage of feuding going on, but this week especially, a pile of federal money coming the state's way has Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the Legislature's GOP majority jostling over control of how to spend it. So to help sort throu...
Judicial Hot Fire No. 72
WPR Politics - April 02, 2021 21:50 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsAfter arguments way back in November, the Wisconsin Supreme Court finally issued a ruling this week, deciding that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers overstepped his authority in declaring multiple states of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic without input from the GOP-controlled state Legislatur...
All The Bills
WPR Politics - March 19, 2021 22:55 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsWhat happens when John is out and the list of bills that passed the Legislature is long? Laurel and Shawn talk about all of them, that's what. From administrative rules to "cocktails to go" to the latest on Wisconsin's capital budget, this week's episode has it all and in no particular order. Bec...
The World Has Turned And Left Us Here (Still In A Pandemic)
WPR Politics - March 12, 2021 22:30 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsThis week marks one year since the last episode of the WPR Politics Podcast that we all recorded together in the same room — and what a year it has been. So, in an endeavor of profound self reflection, we went back and listened to that episode to see what few things we knew back then about the CO...
Ron Johnson And Ron Johnson And Ron Johnson
WPR Politics - March 06, 2021 02:20 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsIt's a bit unusual for us to devote an entire episode to a single Wisconsin politician, but lately, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has been in the news — a lot. He's been amplifying refuted claims about election fraud; he's been downplaying the severity of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and qu...
Do You Remember (All Those 2020 Challenges? Well, Now There Are GOP Bills For Those)
WPR Politics - February 27, 2021 18:30 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsWith the way the world is moving these days, you could be forgiven for totally forgetting all those Wisconsin election challenges brought by former President Donald Trump and his supporters after his loss in November 2020. But state GOP lawmakers remember, and this week they introduced a huge sla...
The Budget, But 1 Louder
WPR Politics - February 19, 2021 22:50 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsWisconsin Gov. Tony Evers released his second biennial state budget proposal this week. Chances are if you're a Democrat, you thought his last budget rocked super hard. Two years later, the governor is playing a similar song, but you could say everything is just turned up one more notch.
Act 10 Storytime: The Obligatory Retrospective Episode
WPR Politics - February 13, 2021 18:45 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsIt's been 10 years this week since former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker introduced sweeping legislation gutting the state's once-strong public-sector unions, leading to giant protests and epic political drama. Whether you remember Act 10 like it was yesterday, or you weren't around yet like two-thi...
Wacky Wisconsin Divided Government
WPR Politics - January 29, 2021 23:35 ★★★★ - 89 ratingsSometimes state government is orderly; sometimes it's a mix of like ping pong, pin the tail on the donkey, Jenga, Mouse Trap and Twister. And nobody seems to be winning. This week the Legislature's COVID-19 response bill collided with Republicans' attempts to repeal the governor's statewide mask ...
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