Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

In this week’s Climate Check, it really is that simple — plastic bag bans work to reduce litter and damage. Also: Despite a Trump administration at war with cleaner energy, one automaker says it’s keeping its plans to expand battery development, even without tax incentives. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it […]

Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Sean O’Malley

Thu Jun 26, 2025

44:02

Wisconsin will keep the same congressional map boundaries for at least one more election cycle, even though our 50-50 state has a map that gives 75% of the seats to Republicans. We’ll review the state Supreme Court’s refusal to tackle one gerrymandered map, even though it was willing to correct the one for legislative boundaries. […]

Thu Jun 26, 2025

44:02

A new state Supreme Court decision has potential to radically change the way Wisconsin’s state budget process will unfold in the future—allowing the Legislature to expand a slush fund that gets around checks and balances from the executive branch. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the […]

Guest: Cherita Booker

Thu Jun 26, 2025

44:03

We’ll update the progress of state budget negotiations at the Capitol and ask Joe Zepecki about our politics being so broken that moderate legislators have to let their most extreme colleagues drag down their progress rather than working across the aisle to do things they know would do the most good. And we’ll have our […]

Guests: Earl Ingram, James Kelly, Joe Zepecki

Wed Jun 25, 2025

44:02

We’re joined by Dr. Kristin Lyerly, who testified in Washington, DC on Tuesday as part of the marking of the three-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, when right wing US Supreme Court justices repealed women’s healthcare rights protected for nearly 50 years by Roe v. Wade. Also: Members of the Wisconsin Public Education Network announce […]

Guests: Denise Gaumer Hutchison, Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Lori Blakeslee

Wed Jun 25, 2025

44:02

For the better part of 15 years, it would not have been a surprise to report that the Wisconsin Supreme Court, then under conservative control, was considering a rollback of clean water regulations. But with a progressive majority in place, the court on Tuesday upheld the state’s spills laws that ensure faster cleanup and accountability […]

Guest: Dan Shafer

Wed Jun 25, 2025

44:02

We’ll talk to Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area about a new Washington Post story on Wisconsin’s congressional districts and how the possibility of a mid-decade change in district maps could swing Congress to Democratic control. Mornings with Pat Kreitlow is powered by UpNorthNews, and it airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio […]

Guest: Dan Shafer

Tue Jun 24, 2025

44:02

There are many ways to illustrate the divide between Democrats and Republicans. One of the more recent ones is now officially at the center of the state budget debate, after Gov. Tony Evers said he would not sign a state budget bill that doesn’t include funding for a program that addresses the shortage of affordable […]

Guests: Corrine Hendrickson, Dan Hagen

Tue Jun 24, 2025

44:02

The New York Times has a new feature story on Sean Duffy, the former congressman from up north and current US transportation secretary, is using his platform to spread a simple message: Make more babies because it’s good for America. We’ll ask if it’s all babies or just a certain group of them, given his […]

Tue Jun 24, 2025

44:02

This weekend’s Iran strike by President Trump has exposed divisions within the GOP—which makes sense, considering Trump billed himself as the one Republican who would keep the US out of wars in the Middle East. But despite intraparty divides in Washington and Madison, there remains zero effort at bipartisanship when it comes to how Congress […]

Guest: Francesca Hong

Mon Jun 23, 2025

44:02