Julie Bomar
Civic Media Spotlight for March 22nd & 23rd (Hour 2)
To begin this hour, we check in on a conversation had on Maino & the Mayor this week. Cari Josephson from the Walk To End Alzheimer's brings a special guest with her: former Wisconsin Governor Marty Schreiber. Governor Schreiber has recently penned a book called My Two Elaines about his story of caregiving for his wife, Elaine. H e writes about having to watch his beloved wife gradually transform from the woman who had gracefully entertained in the Executive Residence to one who sometimes no longer recognized him as her husband. Net proceeds from the sales of My Two Elaines will be used to promote Alzheimer’s caregiver support programs.
After that, on the John and Gordy Show, the guys chat with Pam Jahnke from the Midwest Farm Report about some stories on her radar this week, including big changes coming to milk processing for cheese, and a new study out analyzing just how rural Wisconsin is these days.
Next, the Dom Salvia Show - with Matt Rothschild as cohost - talks with Julie Bomar, executive director of Wisconsin Farmers Union, about the devastating impact of President Trump's service cuts on Wisconsin farmers and food insecure populations. The programs cut in Wisconsin also linked farmers directly to schools, providing high quality nutritious food for students.
Closing out the week, UpNorthNews’ Christina Lorey joins Nite Lite with Pete Schwaba! Christina and Pete talk about the great work that UpNorthNews does, the best frozen pizzas in Wisconsin, and some inventions you might not know were from Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Tropes (Hour 1)
Matt Rothschild joins us as cohost for the day. We begin our news coverage in Milwaukee. Well, at least in the conspiracy that somehow, in each election, shenanigans occur in Milwaukee that causes *some* Republican candidates to lose. Judge Brad Schimel, candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, began laying his election rejection seed corn based on this tired old trope. Of course, we hear this any time a Republican fears they may lose- or after they DO lose- the state. Because of a law that prohibits the counting of absentee ballots until election day. Milwaukee has a large population of absentee voters, and represents a very liberal region. These two factors combine to cause the appearance of a "ballot dump" late into election night as the absentee ballots are finally fully counted and reported. This doesn't need to be a problem. There was a bipartisan bill in the state legislature to address it. Republicans killed it.
In the bottom of the hour, Julie Bomar- executive director of Wisconsin Farmers Union- joins us. Wisconsin farmers will once more face steep consequences due to this round of Trump Trade Warring. Cancelling grants that supported Wisconsin farmers who grew food for nutrition assistance programs will make this worse. Another dark trope we could do without repeating.
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