We take a look at the newest US House Speaker, after 22 days without any leadership, as the government ticks toward a shutdown. Republican Mike Johnson was a near-unanimous pick. It was near unanimous, because one Republican didn't vote for Johnson — and didn't vote at all. So, yes, we also talk about why Derrick Van Orden, Wisconsin's 3rd District Rep., wasn't in DC to vote. As for Johnson, we look at his viewpoints on certifying the 2020 election, his stance on, not just gay marriage, but legal sex between gay people, and his take on climate change.

We take a look at the newest US House Speaker, after 22 days without any leadership, as the government ticks toward a shutdown. Republican Mike Johnson was a near-unanimous pick. It was near unanimous, because one Republican didn't vote for Johnson — and didn't vote at all. So, yes, we also talk about why Derrick Van Orden, Wisconsin's 3rd District Rep., wasn't in DC to vote. As for Johnson, we look at his viewpoints on certifying the 2020 election, his stance on, not just gay marriage, but legal sex between gay people, and his take on climate change.

From La Crosse to Madison to D.C., La Crosse County Democratic Party chair William Garcia and WIZM's Rick Solem break down the politics impacting Wisconsinites.

From La Crosse to Madison to D.C., La Crosse County Democratic Party chair William Garcia and <a href="https://www.wizmnews.com/">WIZM's</a> Rick Solem break down the politics impacting Wisconsinites.

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From La Crosse to Madison to D.C., La Crosse County Democratic Party chair William Garcia and WIZM's Rick Solem break down the politics impacting Wisconsinites.

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Is new US House Speaker, Republican Mike Johnson, worse than what we had?

Yee Leng Xiong joins to tells us why he’s running for Wisconsin state treasurer, helps us understand the role of that office, plus he shares the incredible story of how his family made it to Wisconsin after Vietnam.

Yee Leng Xiong joins to tells us why he&rsquo;s running for Wisconsin state treasurer, helps us understand the role of that office, plus he shares the incredible story of how his family made it to Wisconsin after Vietnam.

Yee Leng Xiong on running for Wisconsin state treasurer 

We break down the endless angles to a failed bipartisan deal to spend $1.8 billion in budget surplus property tax relief, rebate checks, education funding and no tax on tip/overtime. The deal was negotiated behind closed doors by three retiring politicians — Gov. Tony Evers and the Republican leaders of the Legislature (Robin Vos and Devin Lemahieu. It was rolled out on a Monday and a vote was taken three days later. It easily passed on both side of the Assembly. But no Democrats and three Republicans killed it in the state Senate. And all but one candidate for Wisconsin governor supported it. 

We break down the endless angles to a failed bipartisan deal to spend $1.8 billion in budget surplus property tax relief, rebate checks, education funding and no tax on tip/overtime. The deal was negotiated behind closed doors by three retiring politicians &mdash; Gov. Tony Evers and the Republican leaders of the Legislature (Robin Vos and Devin Lemahieu. It was rolled out on a Monday and a vote was taken three days later. It easily passed on both side of the Assembly. But no Democrats and three Republicans killed it in the state Senate. And all but one candidate for Wisconsin governor supported it.&nbsp;

The endless angles to Wisconsin's failed $1.8 billion budget surplus deal

Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez stopped in La Crosse to discuss why she's running for governor of Wisconsin and some of the issues happening in the state and beyond. We got to know some of Rodriguez's backstory in the healthcare field and discussed some of the things she's both seeing with healthcare and wants to do about it. We also discussed matters dealing with childcare and her plans to help in that industry.

Sticking with children, Rodriguez talked about her plans for big tech and protecting kids from the harms of social media and holding those companies responsible.

Later, we talked about the recent deal by Gov. Tony Evers and the two retiring Republicans leading the state Legislature to spend $1.8 billion of the budget surplus and Rodriguez's thoughts after it failed to pass. 

Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez stopped in La Crosse to discuss why she's running for governor of Wisconsin and some of the issues happening in the state and beyond. We got to know some of Rodriguez's backstory in the healthcare field and discussed some of the things she's both seeing with healthcare and wants to do about it. We also discussed matters dealing with childcare and her plans to help in that industry.
Sticking with children, Rodriguez talked about her plans for big tech and protecting kids from the harms of social media and holding those companies responsible.
Later, we talked about the recent deal by Gov. Tony Evers and the two retiring Republicans leading the state Legislature to spend $1.8 billion of the budget surplus and Rodriguez's thoughts after it failed to pass.&nbsp;

Is new US House Speaker, Republican Mike Johnson, worse than what we had?

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