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We've reached the halfway point of the 2025 legislative session, and several big bills are already headed to Gov. Kehoe's desk.In this episode of Capitol Chat, members of the Missouri Chamber's governmental affairs team break down some of the business community's top priorities, including Proposition A, legal climate reform, energy legislation and child care tax credits. Find out where those issues stand and what the second half of session has in store.

The 2025 legislative session is off to a fast start with a number of pro-business bills already moving through the House and Senate.In this episode of Capitol Chat, members of the Missouri Chamber's governmental affairs team break down some of those early movers. Plus, find out why "collaboration" is the early theme for this General Assembly!

With the inaugural celebrations complete, the real work begins!Members of the Missouri Chamber's governmental affairs team discuss some of the high-profile committee assignments and pro-business bills that are already moving through the Capitol. What is the overall outlook for the 2025 legislative session? Find out with Capitol Chat!

It's a traditional Chamber with new energy.In the first episode of Season 6, hear from the Missouri Chamber's new president and CEO, Kara Corches, and meet the newest members of the governmental affairs team. Plus – What issues will lead debate during the 2025 legislative session? What impact did the 2024 elections have on the political dynamics in the House and Senate? Find out with Capitol Chat! 

What issues will lead debate in the 2024 Legislative Session? Find out with Capitol Chat! The Missouri Chamber's governmental affairs team outlines priorities for the new year. What impact will upcoming elections have on progress? Will returning issues like child care, public safety, tort reform and health care make it across the finish line? Here's what our experts predict.  

Which bills and budget items did Gov. Parson sign? Catch up with Capitol Chat!The Missouri Chamber's governmental affairs team breaks down the finalized state budget,  including a major investment in I-70. They also dive into the vetoed items that didn't make it across the finish line.Plus, learn which legislation was signed into law and which pro-business issues we'll be advocating for in 2024.

What exactly happened this legislative session? Catch up with Capitol Chat!The Missouri Chamber's governmental affairs team dives into the 2023 legislative session – the good, the bad and the ugly. Learn which pro-business bills made it across the finish line, which bills were blocked, and what's next for our advocacy efforts.

Two new podcast hosts join Capitol Chat to break down Missouri's new class of lawmakers.The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Governmental Affairs team looks back at the results of the November General Election. They explain what a fresh crop of legislators, along with marijuana legalization, means for our pro-business advocacy efforts.

Last week on Capitol Chat WUKY's Alan Lytle and Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock discussed 3 major accomplishments, mainly bipartisan, of the recently concluded Legislative Session. Today they look at the flip side of that coin, the partisan battles between GOP lawmakers and constitutional officers versus the gubernatorial administration of Democrat Andy Beshear.

This week on WUKY's Capitol Chat Alan Lytle and Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock discuss three major issues Kentucky Lawmakers tackled in the 2021 Legislative Session.

The GOP dominated Kentucky General Assembly is now in recess after passing a flurry of bills last week, some will earn the Democrat governor’s signature, while others will garner his veto. And lawmakers certainly aren’t done yet with this year’s session with several pieces of legislation still in play. For some analysis on Capitol Chat we turn once again to the editor and publisher of the Frankfort-based Kentucky Gazette Laura Cullen Glasscock.

The Kentucky General Assembly resumes its 30 day session Tuesday with a very long to-do list. Last month the GOP controlled legislature passed a flurry of bills, some of which have already been vetoed by Democrat Governor Andy Beshear. So what can we expect in the coming weeks even as the state continues to grapple with vaccine shortages, case counts and rising COVID Deaths? For some analysis on Capitol Chat we turn once again to the editor and publisher of the Kentucky Gazette Laura Cullen Glasscock.

We are now a week into the 2021 Session and as expected Republican lawmakers have wasted no time in crafting legislation that would have a profound effect on how the state’s governor could navigate the commonwealth through an emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic. Democrat Governor Andy Beshear has also outlined his proposed spending plan for the coming year but with super majorities in both the House and Senate how much input will the current administration have in the final product? We pose that question to Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock in this week's edition of Capitol Chat.

The Kentucky General Assembly gavels into session this Tuesday. Republicans hold super majorities in both the House and Senate and have promised to look at curbing Democratic Governor Andy Beshear's emergency powers. Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock joins WUKY News Director Alan Lytle for some pre-session analysis.

Last week on WUKY's Capitol Chat we started a discussion about the Kentucky Democratic party and where they go after major losses in the last election. They gave the task of rebuilding the brand to Colmon Elridge, the first African American to hold the post. WUKY's Alan Lytle and Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock discuss the road ahead. They also discuss growing Republican opposition to new COVID-19 restrictions enacted by Democrat Governor Andy Beshear.

The 2020 Kentucky Primary is now in the books, and the field is set for the general election in the fall. The race everyone was watching was which Democrat was going to get the nod to take on Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell who is going for a 7 th term. Joining WUKY's Alan Lytle for a special post-primary edition of Capitol Chat is the editor and publisher of the Frankfort based Kentucky Gazette, Laura Cullen Glasscock.

This Tuesday some voters will head to the polls for the primary election but many more have already voted via absentee ballot. In Fayette County all the voting booths will be located inside Kroger Field. And, thanks to the global pandemic we may not know winners and losers for the better part of a week. Laura Cullen Glasscock, editor and publisher of the Frankfort based Kentucky Gazette talks with WUKY's Alan Lytle about Tuesday's Kentucky primary.

It's a district that's gone from red to blue to red again. Central Kentucky's Sixth Congressional District is hotly contested territory for one Independent candidate, three Republicans, including incumbent Andy Barr, and two Democrat hopefuls. Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock joins WUKY's Alan Lytle to talk about the state's most competitive congressional seat.

The Republican dominated Kentucky General Assembly has been taking a back seat to the governor’s daily briefings and executive orders in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, but they are the legislative branch in our government and coming up on June 23 rd some of these lawmakers will be on the ballot. Joining WUKY's Capitol Chat is the editor and publisher of the Frankfort-based Kentucky Gazette, Laura Cullen Glasscock.

The June 23rd statewide primary election is now less than a month away, and that means Capitol Chat is back. We welcome in once again Laura Cullen Glasscock, the editor and publisher of the Frankfort based Kentucky Gazette. Some important seats are up for grabs in the legislature but much of the attention is on the U-S Senate contest, especially when it comes to securing endorsements. Several Democrats want to challenge incumbent Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the GOP lawmaker has opposition in his own party.

On this week’s Capitol Chat: an initiative to expand rent control in California has qualified for the November ballot, and childcare providers in California rallied at the Capitol and are mobilizing to unionize.

WUKY's Alan Lytle talks with Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock on the progress of several bills in this Legislative Session and whether calls for a return to civility and bipartisanship have been heeded by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

It’s a new year, a new decade, and a new era in Frankfort as the 2020 Kentucky General Assembly gavels into session Tuesday. This week on Capitol Chat we get a preview of coming attractions, and perhaps distractions, from Laura Cullen Glasscock, editor and publisher of the Kentucky Gazette.

The California Legislature has refused CapRadio’s public records request for data on sexual harassment complaints, from January to the present. CapRadio’s Ben Adler shares his latest reporting and what this could mean for how accusations are handled

Times-Dispatch politics editor Andrew Cain and Jeff Schapiro, politics editor, preview this weekend's candidate guide in which Democrats and Republicans running in the Richmond area for the House of Delegates and Virginia Senate lay out their views and concerns. The guide, available in print and online, is a collaboration with the newspaper's opinion section, led by Pamela Stallsmith. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The contest between House Speaker Kirk Cox and Sheila Bynum Coleman, the Democratic challenger is the main event by legislative election standards. T-D political reporter Mel Leonor and Jeff Schapiro, politics columnist, discuss the race and its potential wild card: that the suburban Richmond district was redrawn to favor a Democrat. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Times-Dispatch politics reporter Patrick Wilson and Jeff Schapiro, politics columnist, discuss the state Senate candidacies of Republican Amanda Chase and Democrat Joe Morrissey. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Times-Dispatch metro columnist Michael Paul Williams and politics columnist Jeff Schapiro discuss the controversies that have ensnared Levar Stoney and what they might mean for the political future of Richmond's millennial mayor. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Historian Brent Tarter discusses with Jeff Schapiro, Times-Dispatch politics columnist, the long history in the Old Dominion of legislative and congressional gerrymandering. Then and now, it's been driven by political rivalries, regional tension and racial hostility. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Virginia rolls the dice on gambling as industry readies for a legislative fight. Politics reporters Graham Moomaw and Michael Martz discuss the stakes with Jeff Schapiro, politics columnist. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State of the race, 2019: At the traditional Labor Day start of the political season, reporters Graham Moomaw, Mel Leonor and Patrick Wilson discuss with columnist Jeff Schapiro Virginia's high-stakes legislative elections. They'll decide control of the General Assembly and shape Gov. Ralph Northam's agenda, post-blackface scandal. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guns as a political target: The make-up of the legislature will decide whether Virginia remains guns friendly, despite the Virginia Beach mass shooting that left 12 dead. Philip Van Cleave of the Virginia Citizens Defense League discusses the stakes for the gun lobby with Jeff Schapiro, Times-Dispatch politics columnist. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Front row seat on Coliseum project: Richmond City Hall reporter Mark Robinson talks with Jeff Schapiro, politics columnist, on the $1.5 billion proposal to jump start a North-of-Broad neighborhood with a new arena, housing and commercial space. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the latest Capitol Chat podcast, Times-Dispatch politics reporters Michael Martz, Mel Leonor and Patrick Wilson discuss with columnist Jeff Schapiro the partisan eruptions in Jamestown and Richmond that overshadowed the state's $24 million birthday party for American democracy, established 400 years ago in Virginia. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Graham Moomaw, Times-Dispatch politics reporter, and columnist Jeff Schapiro discuss the controversial invitation to President Donald Trump – from Republicans and Democrats – to speak at Jamestown on the 400th anniversary of the birth there of American representative government. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Capitol Chat podcast: Metro columnist Michael Paul Williams and politics columnist Jeff Schapiro discuss the aftershocks in Virginia of President Donald Trump's tweets. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lawmakers returned to Richmond Tuesday for a special session to consider ways to curb gun violence following the May 31 mass slaying in Virginia Beach. The session ended before it really began, shut down by Republicans after 90 minutes because of their worries over the approaching elections. Reporters Graham Moomaw, Patrick Wilson and Michael and columnist Jeff E. Schapiro reprise the do-nothing session. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s budget crunch time in the State Capitol. That’s because the state budget has to finalized no later than midnight on June 15. We’ll have Capitol Bureau chief Ben Adler to tell us where things stand.

Lori Haas, Virginia lobbyist for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, talks with T-D politics columnist Jeff Schapiro about the latest gun tragedy in Virginia and the approaching special session of the legislature at which Gov. Ralph Northam will press for firearms restrictions rejected earlier by Republicans. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RTD politics reporter Mel Leonor and politics editor Andrew Cain join Jeff Schapiro, politics columnist, for a snapshot of the intraparty squabbles shaping this year's legislative elections, including the marquee fight for Republican House nomination in Hanover County. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The T-D's Patrick Wilson talks with Jeff Schapiro about a tool – available to reporters and the public – for obtaining government records, including those of the Capitol Police, which document the disputed use of department vehicles to transport Amanda Chase, a Republican state senator from Chesterfield County. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2020 census is fast approaching. It will determine Virginia's slice of the federal budget and congressional and legislative representation. Gov. Ralph Northam says all Virginia residents should be counted. And he's named a commission to make sure they are. One of its members, Julian Walker, talks about the commission's work. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom Kapsidelis, the former Times-Dispatch editor who supervised the newspaper's initial coverage of the mass slaying, discusses his book on the tragedy and its aftermath, After Virginia Tech: Guns, Safety and Healing in the Era of Mass Shootings. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Capitol Chat: Jeff Schapiro is joined by politics reporters Mel Leonor, Patrick Wilson and Michael Martz in previewing the Va. legislature's spring session with Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After the Virginia politicians do their thing, it falls a group of largely anonymous state employees to – literally – put a new law on the books. It's the technical and administrative side of how a bill becomes law. G. Paul Nardo, clerk of the House of Delegates, explains to T-D politics columnist Jeff E. Schapiro. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reporter Patrick Wilson joins Jeff Schapiro in considering whether or not Northam's problems and redistricting will affect the upcoming elections. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Schapiro is joined by Mel Leonor, Michael Martz and Graham Moomaw to discuss the 2019 General Assembly session. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Del. Chris Peace of Hanover is among a handful of Republicans being challenged for re-nomination, largely because he broke with the party orthodoxy to support bringing Virginia under Obamacare. But looking to his re-election contest, Peace is front and center on issues that could resonate with his conservative constituency, including tax cuts. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An analysis of the tax-cut deal the Northam administration struck with Republican legislators suggests it rewards big business and high earners at the expense of low-income Virginians – many of them in GOP areas of the state. Michael Cassidy of the Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis discusses the proposal with politics columnist Jeff Schapiro. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our Democrats-imploding edition, T-D political reporters Graham Moomaw and Patrick Wilson plumb the party's fast-moving leadership crisis with politics columnist Jeff Schapiro. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Freshman Del. Schuyler VanValkenburg, D-Henrico, is the other high school government teacher mixing it up at the General Assembly. He talks with Jeff Schapiro about the changing Virginia, guns in schools, redistricting and center-left tension within the House Democratic Caucus. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, joins Jeff Schapiro to discuss an election-year agenda tailored to a fast-changing – increasingly Democratic – suburban constituency. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Times-Dispatch education reporter Justin Mattingly joins Jeff Schapiro to look at the education bills that have drawn the attention of Virginia's General Assembly Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Times-Dispatch politics editor Andrew Cain joins Jeff Schapiro in a discussion of the stories to watch in the 2019 GA in Virginia Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Times-Dispatch political reporters Graham Moomaw and Michael Martz join Jeff Schapiro in a look at the 2019 agenda for the General Assembly on Capitol Chat Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Times-Dispatch reporter Michael Martz joins Jeff Schapiro to talk about Gov. Ralph Northam's budget proposals Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Times-Dispatch politics reporter Graham Moomaw and Jeff Schapiro, politics columnist, discuss the latest twist in the long-running legal fight over House of Delegates boundaries as well as House Democrats' new, historic leader: Eileen Filler-Corn, the first woman in either party to lead a Virginia legislative caucus. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Times-Dispatch politics editor Andrew Cain and politics columnist Jeff Schapiro discuss the late president's long shadow over Virginia. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Times-Dispatch reporter Michael Martz joins Jeff Schapiro to talk about Amazon's second headquarters arrival in northern Virginia Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Times-Dispatch politics editor Andrew Cain joins columnist Jeff Schapiro in an examination of the political races we're watching in Virginia. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Politics columnist Jeff Schapiro and Times-Dispatch reporter Graham Moomaw discuss efforts designed to slowly move toward legal cannabis in the state. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Times-Dispatch politics columnist Jeff Schapiro is joined by Metro columnist Michael Paul Williams in a discussion of some of the hurdles Richmond faces in the quest to rename The Boulevard in honor of Richmonder Arthur Ashe. Support the show: http://www.richmond.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.