Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about this week’s political news and Sean O’Malley talks about your money and the markets as President Trump’s hope for a big, beautiful series of trade agreements falls flat. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday […]

Guests: Joe Zepecki, Sean O’Malley

Jul 10, 2025

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For a time, Congressman Mark Pocan had a fairly limited role, representing Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District around Madison. But lately he’s been filling the void of representation over in the 3rd District, and he continues to grow his influence among the congressional progressive caucus. We’ll also talk to Sondra Goldschein of the Campaign for a […]

Guests: Rep. Mark Pocan, Sondra Goldschein

Jul 10, 2025

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NASA has a new leader, though it’s not clear what former Wisconsin congressman Sean Duffy’s qualifications are to run the space agency, other than having a public argument with Elon Musk—though Duffy is no longer the only Wisconsin Republican to have had a change of heart on the world’s richest man. Also: Cherita Booker tells […]

Guest: Cherita Booker

Jul 10, 2025

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When the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state could move forward with a ban on so-called conversion therapy, it was actually ruling on a much broader topic: Republicans abusing the rules in order to allow the Legislature to interfere with state agencies. It’s not the only example of an abuse of power—remember those […]

Guests: Kelda Roys, Melissa Baldauff

Jul 9, 2025

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There’s no subtle way to put this: Some of Gov. Tony Evers’ biggest supporters are outraged at how little was done in the new state budget for their high-priority issues like childcare and public education. We’ll talk to two leaders in advocacy who think more could have been done for a budget that would not […]

Guests: Corrine Hendrickson, Heather DuBois Bourenane

Jul 9, 2025

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Get in, nerds! We’re taking a deep dive into how a bill becomes a law and how a law comes to life through rules. The rulemaking process is usually boring and routine, but Republicans in the Legislature have rigged it in a way that interferes with how experts at state agencies make the law work […]

Guest: Melissa Kaye

Jul 9, 2025

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There are those who describe the new Wisconsin state budget, quickly adopted last week by the Legislature, as the “least bad” option, given the split between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and majority Republicans. But others believe Democrats didn’t fight hard enough for more, since GOP leaders needed Democratic votes to pass a budget due to […]

Jul 8, 2025

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We cover the far northwest and southwest corners of Wisconsin this hour. We’ll talk to state Rep. Jenna Jacobson about her newly-announced campaign for the State Senate seat now held by the Republican co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee. We’ll visit with Superior Mayor Jim Paine about lead water pipe removal, the Blatnik Bridge […]

Guests: Jenna Jacobson, Jim Paine

Jul 8, 2025

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America’s air traffic control system is a fragmented mess that will take many years and billions of dollars to upgrade. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy could spend his entire workday on that project alone, not to mention the nation’s other critical transportation needs. But if you’ll excuse him, the secretary is very busy right now declaring […]

Jul 8, 2025

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The world’s richest man once bragged he would use his fortune to solve world hunger, but now Elon Musk is announcing plans to start a new political party. Between his DOGE misadventures, his ill-fated effort to influence the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, and now this—has Elon’s third party become his third strike in an effort […]

Jul 7, 2025

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