Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

In our Climate Check segment, Melissa Baldauff talks about Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s war on pollution controls for automobiles. She also has some opinions on a new Dan Shafer column calli…

It’s always hard to defend yourself when you can’t see your attacker. That’s certainly the case for public schools because taxpayers aren’t able to see how much of their money is being siphoned away …

That sputtering sound you’re hearing is coming from Republicans stammering about how their big bloated boondoggle of a budget bill doesn’t actually cut Medicaid benefits to deserving Americans—when i…

It’s an “off” year for elections in Wisconsin, but that won’t dampen the enthusiasm of delegates gathering this weekend at the state Democratic convention. Along with celebrating another state Suprem…

Two of Medicaid’s most vocal critics come from Wisconsin. Sen. Ron Johnson and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos wouldn’t hesitate to criticize or cut a program that’s helped Americans stay healthy for 60 y…

US Marines have occupied their fair share of land in their history: From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli. But President Donald Trump has a new battle plan for the Marine Corps—wildly …

Our guest outlines the ongoing popularity of apprenticeships in the construction trades and how the state legislature can continue providing the kind of support that addresses the state’s labor short…

Democrats in the Wisconsin Legislature have introduced several new packages of bills: one designed to defend the state against Trump policies that can hurt residents, another about gun safety, and an…

We’ll update the intentional conflict being set up in California by President Trump over immigration arrests, coming increasingly closer to a martial law/police state situation of his own making—the …

It’s National Donut Day, so we take a look around our communities to talk about who’s got the good ones. We’ll discuss how a positive new jobs report masks the harm that’s being done to the long-term…

The bromance breakup of Oval Office besties makes for colorful commentary, but it doesn’t yet change anything about how Republicans in Congress are moving forward with plans to explode the national d…

It’s a MAGA Battle Royale. In one corner, a president threatening to cancel space contracts. In the other corner, the world’s richest man accusing the president of heinous crimes and a cover-up. And …

We’ll talk to Sean O’Malley about your money and the markets—including President Trump’s newest tariff, one that’s going to jack up prices for almost anything in a can. His tariffs on imported beer a…

We’ll talk to Congressman Mark Pocan about the predictable backlash to Donald Trump’s Big, Bloated Boondoggle—coming from some of the same House Republicans who voted for it and are now saying they d…

Republican lawmakers in Madison and Washington, DC proved again on Wednesday they have no intention of doing what most Americans think politicians ought to do: compromise and work together. In both c…

In this week’s Climate Check, Melissa Baldauff talks about how some Republicans still want to cut the job creating programs contained in the Inflation Reduction Act. But even if they did, it would me…

We’ll discuss a bill taken up in Madison yesterday that would make it easier for so-called “gig” workers, like food delivery drivers, to get benefits that are partially paid by their employer—so long…

Score one for Sen. Ron Johnson. The Wisconsin Republican is one of the GOP holdouts on President Trump’s “big beautiful” budget bill. Know who else is? Trump’s former bestie, Elon Musk, who called it…

We’ll talk to Civic Media political editor Dan Shafer about the ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to deport almost anyone they want to take away, even if they’re law-abiding and doing good …