Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

With Joel Brennan joining the race for governor, we’ll ask political strategist Joe Zepecki if there’s anyone else in the pipeline or are we seeing the likely field of candidates between now and the primary next August. He’ll also react to another “interesting” week in Washington, DC. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, […]

Guests: Chad Holmes, Joe Zepecki

Thu Dec 11, 2025

43:57

Joel Brennan, a former top official in Gov. Tony Evers’ administration, joins us live — after making it official that he’s joining a crowded field of Democrats hoping to succeed Evers. Brennan said he can differentiate himself from his rivals with his 25 years of experience in the private sector that includes time as president […]

Guests: Joel Brennan, Sean O’Malley

Thu Dec 11, 2025

43:54

There is a major typographical error on every Wisconsin property tax bill that people are seeing this week. The numbers are correct — they are higher, but the people responsible for the higher property taxes aren’t listed on the bill. We’ll explain how the line that lists the name of your local school district should […]

Guest: Cherita Booker

Thu Dec 11, 2025

43:58

When it comes to expensive political campaigns, Wisconsin shatters more records than a jukebox pushed down the stairs. Candidates have to raise big bucks — Mandela Barnes told our Earl Ingram he plans to raise $50 million — but they’ll still be dwarfed by outside groups with seemingly limitless piles of money. We’ll find out […]

Guests: Earl Ingram, Melissa Baldauff

Wed Dec 10, 2025

43:50

For all of the partisan disagreements about the state budget, there was one area (one!) that seemed to have bipartisan agreement: raising the level of state reimbursement to local school districts to help offset the heavy expense of special education. But the actual reimbursement level this year isn’t close to what was sought in the […]

Guests: Angelina Cruz, Ellie Bourdo

Wed Dec 10, 2025

43:51

It’s back to the future for Wisconsin license plates. We’ll talk about the unveiling of two new designs for Wisconsin vehicles. Well, not exactly new. Our state has seen both yellow plates with black numbers and black plates with white numbers over the years. But both retro looks appear poised to become instantly popular. Also: […]

Wed Dec 10, 2025

43:56

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case that could freeze ICE out of using space in county jails for the people it rounds up in order to meet arbitrary and racist quotas from the Trump administration. Taking note of how masked federal agents are aiming guns at civilians, smashing out car […]

Guests: Cam Stevenson, Ruth Conniff

Tue Dec 9, 2025

43:58

We’ll be joined by Mayor Jim Paine of Superior, first to discuss a weekend incident that left a police officer shot and wounded. Then we’ll discuss the community reaction to his detailed social media post, where he outlined the things he thinks should be high priorities issues when trying to address the shortage of affordable […]

Guests: Dan Hagen, Jim Paine

Tue Dec 9, 2025

43:56

Wisconsin has continually smashed its own records for expensive political races, in part because the US Supreme in the past has been hostile toward limits on campaign contributions. Now, it’s as if Justice Kavanaugh is saying, “Hold my beer.” The court will hear arguments Tuesday that could wipe out the remaining barrier and allow billionaires […]

Tue Dec 9, 2025

43:54

When Republicans decided to allow health insurance premiums to skyrocket starting next month, they put a load of pain on small business owners who can’t offer coverage to their workers. From local merchants to mid-sized manufacturers to farmers, they’re all facing sharply higher costs. We’ll talk to the national director of Main Street Alliance about […]

Guest: Richard Trent

Mon Dec 8, 2025

43:57