Chad Holmes
Opportunity Out in the Country (Hour 2)
The Rural Democracy Initiative worked with a coalition of dozens of groups to lay out a roadmap of policies that could renew America’s rural communities and help the country with some of its big challenges. We’ll talk to two Wisconsin individuals from Main Street Alliance who played a part in the new 2023 Rural Policy Action Report about improving the rural economy and the lives of the people who live there.
Too Big to Break Up? (Hour 2)
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is among 31 attorneys general helping the US Dept. of Agriculture examine ways where companies are trying to remove competitive pressures from the marketplace in the agriculture and food industries. We’ll talk to Hans Breitenmoser about the things that aren’t blatant monopolies but still hurt capitalism and consumers. Also: Heather Heil from Leadership Green Bay will discuss their 40th year kickoff event.
Giving Veterans the Care They’ve Earned (Hour 2)
We’ll talk to veteran and former candidate Ben Murray about recent actions by the Biden administration to help veterans—and get his take on what else needs to be done at both the federal and state levels.
Against a Free Press, For More Child Labor (Hour 2)
We’ll visit with state Sen. Kelda Roys about two recent instances of Republicans getting attention for the wrong reasons. In one case, a Republican senator up north appears to be trying to sue a small news outlet out of business. That same senator and two Assembly colleagues are also co-authors of a new bill that would gut work permits for 14- and 15-year-olds, making it harder to protect them from mistreatment and unsafe conditions. Also: We’ll talk to a WI Farmers Union member who was recently at the White House to mark the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act.
That Big Ol’ 6-Pack Will Be Old Style Again
It’s been more than 20 years since the sad news that La Crosse’s old G. Heileman Brewing Co. would go bankrupt and Old Style beer would go away. The label was eventually bought by Pabst and brewed in Milwaukee, but now Pabst is bringing Old Style back home—and the brewery’s iconic “6-Pack” of storage tanks will return to a look it sported for decades. Also: an introduction to Wisconsin Women in Conservation.
Weekly Best of UpNorthNews Radio with Pat Kreitlow for Aug 5
This Tuesday, Wisconsin got a new justice. The investiture of Janet Protasiewicz marks a new era, a return to normalcy after years of political activism by far-right justices. We’ll discuss the significance for Wisconsinites of a court under progressive control with representatives of Motherhood for Good and later with state Senate Democratic Leader Melissa Agard.
A Better Wisconsin Begins Today (Hour 2)
This is the day the Wisconsin Supreme Court gets a new justice. The investiture of Janet Protasiewicz marks a new era, a return to normalcy after years of political activism by far-right justices. We’ll discuss the significance for Wisconsinites of a court under progressive control with representatives of Motherhood for Good and later with state Senate Democratic Leader Melissa Agard.
Keep Our Republic Free From Insurrection (Hour 2)
Lee Rasch, the retired longtime leader of Western Wisconsin Technical College, is part of a new bipartisan group dedicated to defending democracy from those who would undermine election integrity for political purposes. Also: Hans Breitenmoser talks about the ongoing drought and Grace Clardy from Wisconsin Farmers Union tells us about Kamp Kenwood.
Who is the arbiter of truth of social media platforms? (Hour 1)
In a major First Amendment case, a federal judge in Louisiana blocked certain agencies in the Biden administration—including the FBI and the Dept. of Health and Human Services—from talking to social media companies about content containing “protected free speech.” The government has begun to work more closely with social media companies on things like rooting out Covid misinformation, election interference, criminal activity and human trafficking. But two Republican attorneys general called it government censorship—and the judge appears to agree. Which leave us asking, who gets to to be the arbiter of truth when it comes to content moderation?
Then Chad Holmes of The Chad Holmes Show joins to talk about the best, worst and weirdest of the week and holds his own against Jane in our weekly headline quiz.
Protecting the Pollinators (Hour 2)
State Assembly Rep. Lee Snodgrass is again asking her Republican colleagues to help protect pollinators from pesticides and other threats, so that bees and other pollen collectors can keep doing their part to support tens of millions of dollars in crop production in our state.
