We’ll discuss this week’s news headlines with a new weekly panel: veteran journalists Mark Jacob and Jennifer Schulze, former US Attorney Jim Santelle, and Civic Media afternoon host Todd Allbaugh. Topics include President-elect Trump playing politics with the tragic California wildfires and Meta going MAGA as tech billionaires seek favor with the new administration. UpNorthNews […]

Guests: Dan Schumacher, Jennifer Schulze, Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob, Todd Allbaugh

Jan 10, 2025

45:07

As former President Jimmy Carter was memorialized on Thursday, courts were weighing in and deciding that President-elect Donald Trump would still be sentenced today for his felony hush money convictions and that the special counsel’s report into his 2020 election interference could be released. We’ll also visit with two Courier Newsroom reporters on other stories […]

Guests: Billy Ball, Isabel Soisson

Jan 10, 2025

45:09

On this first full week of work for members of Congress and the Wisconsin Legislature, we’re getting a classic demonstration of misplaced priorities—with lawmakers using their first days back at work to focus on division and suppression, rather than something like grocery prices. We’ll visit with Assembly Democratic Leader Rep. Greta Neubauer, new State Sen. […]

Guests: Greta Neubauer, Ruth Conniff, Sarah Keyeski

Jan 9, 2025

45:07

Give Gov. Tony Evers some credit. Where other governors facing such a hostile legislature might have given up, Wisconsin’s top Democrat is going right to the voters on the subject of getting popular issues passed into law by going around Republicans who’d rather focus on making it harder to vote and easier for millionaires to […]

Guest: Joe Zepecki

Jan 9, 2025

45:07

We now know who is running in nonpartisan elections across Wisconsin and whether any of the races will require a primary in February before a general election on April 1. We’ll update the choices for State Superintendent of Public Instruction and an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court—both races with major implications for the […]

Guests: Bryn Horton, Salina Heller

Jan 8, 2025

45:07