WisPolitics Capitol Chats

WisPolitics Capitol Chats provides political insights from political movers and shakers around Wisconsin in about 10 minutes. Quality interviews brought to you each week by the reporting team at WisPolitics.com.

Capitol Chats: UW Prof. Yablon says 'potential for quite a bit of redistricting activity' into 2028 05/20/2026

Capitol Chats: Moore says Voting Rights Act ruling going 'all the way back to the 19th century' 05/13/2026

Capitol Chats: Grothman defends GOP push for more ICE, Border Patrol funding 05/06/2026

Capitol Chats: August on maintaining Assembly GOP majority: 'the math is still on our side' 04/29/2026

Capitol Chats: Caledonia trustee and data center critic Balch says local officials are ‘not doing enough homework’ 04/22/2026

Capitol Chats: RightCount's Steineke says trust in elections a 'bipartisan problem' 04/15/2026

Capitol Chats: Public health consultant Moore says hemp ‘is a consumer safety issue … not a cannabis issue’ 04/08/2026

Capitol Chats: Marquette Poll's Franklin says 'antipathy' toward Trump has fueled Dem turnout 04/01/2026

Capitol Chats: U.S. Rep. Pocan says ‘we’ve just got to do what we all agree we need to do’ to fund TSA 03/25/2026

Capitol Chats: Barnes says Public Service Commission should put the public over profit 03/18/2026

Capitol Chats: Lobbyist Scott says hemp industry 'is going to potentially collapse overnight' 03/11/2026

Capitol Chats: Guv hopeful Brennan backs temporarily pausing data center projects to ensure guardrails 03/04/2026

Capitol Chats: U.S. Sen. Johnson says Democrats ‘want to make it easy to cheat’ in elections 02/25/2026

Capitol Chats: Rep. Brill talks about the Legislature’s drive for youth digital safety measures 02/18/2026

Capitol Chats: Former U.S. Attorney Vaudreuil argues Trump seeking to sow distrust in elections process 02/11/2026

Capitol Chats: Clean Wisconsin’s Barrilleaux says data centers need an ‘all hands on deck’ response 02/04/2026

Capitol Chats: Wimberger expects PFAS bills to make it to the finish line before session ends 01/28/2026

Capitol Chats: U.S. Rep. Moore says Minnesota residents 'want the place de-ICE'd' 01/21/2026

Capitol Chats: Former WEDC Sec. Hughes aims to boost affordability if elected guv 01/14/2026

Capitol Chats: Rep. Sortwell says 'we have the potential' to lead nuclear power development in U.S. 01/07/2026

Capitol Chats: Roys says Wisconsin deserves a governor who will stand up to Trump 12/10/2025

Capitol Chats: La Follette School's Yackee expects 'wild growth' for new undergraduate public policy major 11/25/2025

Capitol Chats: Guv candidate Hong has 'newfound sense of hope' following Mamdani victory 11/12/2025

Capitol Chats: U.S. Rep. Wied criticizes Dem approach to shutdown fight as 'political' 10/29/2025

Capitol Chats: Law Forward's Poland discusses congressional redistricting in Wisconsin 10/15/2025

Capitol Chats: Medical Society's Halverson says government 'getting in the way' of vaccine access 10/01/2025

Capitol Chats: GOP guv candidate Tiffany declines to say if he supports six-week abortion ban 09/24/2025

Capitol Chats: Milwaukee County Exec Crowley aims to be "governor for all of us" if elected to East Wing 09/17/2025

Capitol Chats: Rep. Brent Jacobson says Supreme Court flip to liberal control prompted Assembly bid 09/03/2025

Capitol Chats: Secretary of State Godlewski says her experience makes her the best candidate for lieutenant governor 08/27/2025