Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

Congressman Bryan Steil is getting compliments for having an in-person town hall, something Republican leaders are expressly discouraging—because it only lets Americans complain about the cuts Republicans are making to essential programs. But Steil’s “bravery” only lasts as long as he’s willing to be truthful to his audience. After that, it’s just political theater. LuAnn […]

Guests: LuAnn Bird, Todd Allbaugh, Trygve Olson

Thu Aug 7, 2025

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is loosening rules on drones to allow more of them to fly beyond the operator’s line of sight. Good for delivering Amazon packages and Starbucks coffee, but bad for safety? And some Wisconsin Republicans are spending their week yelling at Milwaukee, yelling at Canada, or — in Derrick Van Orden’s case […]

Thu Aug 7, 2025

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Donald Trump’s Environmental “Protection” Agency has rescinded a landmark policy acknowledgement that manmade pollution from fossil fuels is a danger to human health—and has rolled back vehicle pollution standards as a result, posing a big threat to health, jobs, and the economy. In our Climate Check segment, Melissa Baldauff is joined by Casey Hicks of […]

Guests: Casey Hicks, Earl Ingram, Melissa Baldauff

Wed Aug 6, 2025

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In our Homeroom segment, we’ll talk to leaders in Green Bay about how you can follow their lead in your own hometown and push for better taxpayer transparency when it comes to the true cost of voucher schools and your property tax bill. We’ll also touch base with Civic Media’s Jimmie Kaska about the drinking […]

Guests: Alyssa Proffitt, Denise Gaumer Hutchison, Laura Mccoy

Wed Aug 6, 2025

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What Ed Prehn, Scott Walker, and legislative Republicans did to sabotage the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board a couple of years ago wasn’t “politics as usual,” it was conduct that should disqualify people from ever being entrusted by voters with elected or appointed offices. We have an update on a lawsuit over text messages that led […]

Guest: Melissa Kaye

Wed Aug 6, 2025

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Last month, America marked 60 years of Medicare and Medicaid as a lifeline for the elderly and vulnerable. Not long after that, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to ensure racial discrimination would find no place in America’s elections. But it’s back, thanks to a politicized US Supreme Court and an […]

Guests: Chad Holmes, Chali Pittman

Tue Aug 5, 2025

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It has taken a while due to restrictions from a Republican-led Legislature, but progress is being made in Wisconsin communities that want to create a local network to ensure access to high-speed internet service. We’ll talk to Superior Mayor Jim Paine about the latest hometown to get a project started. We’ll also review the latest […]

Guests: Dan Hagen, Jim Paine

Tue Aug 5, 2025

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The case of Texas legislators leaving the state in order to delay rigged Republican congressional maps evokes memories of what happened before Act 10 in Wisconsin in 2011. But the similarity goes deeper than that. States are in these positions of corrupt cartography because right wing justices on the US Supreme Court wouldn’t step in […]

Tue Aug 5, 2025

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Small business owners are going public over the struggle to access health care, deal with rising tariffs, and meet the needs of their employees when it comes to childcare and more. We’ll catch up with Shawn Phetteplace from Main Street Alliance about their local meetings with small business owners across the country who look out […]

Guest: Shawn Phetteplace

Mon Aug 4, 2025

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It’s the goal of many non-profits and other organizations: create something so popular that it practically funds everything else you do. The folks at the Jackson County Fair figured that out a few years ago when they took the usual demolition derby, traded out cars, and crashed old farm combines! UpNorthNews reporter Salina Heller shares […]

Guest: Salina Heller

Mon Aug 4, 2025

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