To hear the Speaker of the House tell it, Republicans have no interest in working with Democrats to reach a budget deal and avoid a government shutdown — even though GOP members can’t agree among themselves how to write a budget. Democrats are demanding Republicans dismantle a health care cost bomb that’s going to skyrocket health insurance premiums, but Speaker Mike Johnson seems content to watch families endure healthcare sticker shock. We’ll talk to Courier Newsroom’s Cam Stevenson on Capitol Hill, and we’ll visit with Dan Shafer from The Recombobulation Area with the latest on the Wisconsin governor's race.

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