Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

The world’s richest man isn’t hiding it: He’s trying to bribe as many Wisconsin voters as he can, offering $100 as part of a publicity campaign for state Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel. But whi…

With about a week to go until the state Supreme Court election, Brad Schimel lets go of any final pretenses to be anything moderate—thanking Donald Trump for his endorsement and certainly heeding the…

We hear a lot that a Constitutional crisis is looming, but with President Trump’s defiance of judges’ orders, aren’t we already there? We’ll talk to a former US Attorney as part of our week-in-review…

Twice in a week we’ve been singled out by a western Wisconsin congressman, this time because he wanted proper credit for wanting to threaten federal judges with impeachment. Now that we’re living in …

Congressman Derrick Van Orden gets his 30 pieces of silver for contributing to the betrayal of a Constitution to which he once pledged his loyalty. The world’s richest man gave a substantial donation…

We’ll ask Joe Zepecki the significance of Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel having to dig deep into the right-wing playbook to rehash made-up claims of vote count irregularities in Milwaukee. We’l…

In this week’s Homeroom segment, the stakes of the state Supreme Court election when it comes to public education in Wisconsin.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz comes to Eau Claire since Congressman Derrick Van Orden seems to have difficulty finding it on a map. And in this week’s Climate Check, the debate over the transition from fos…

Now we’ve gone and done it: Congressman Derrick Van Orden called us out on Monday for having the temerity to let you know he’s trying to gaslight his constituents over the damage being done by Elon M…

President Trump’s trade war will cost Americans dearly, but not evenly. The retaliatory tariffs that other nations are slapping on US goods will hit some industries and some states worse than others.…

Political editor Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area says it best in his new column: “Wisconsin is exhausted, politically. But we cannot let that exhaustion get us down. We have to pick ourselves …

It’s that time of year when everyone gets to be an expert in whether a 12-seed can beat a 5-seed, in order to win the gift of bragging rights for your office pool. With as little actual sports talk a…

We have a conversation with Brittany Kinser about her campaign for state Superintendent of Public Instruction. As an advocate of charter and voucher schools, we’ll ask how she intends to have three t…

Dr. Kristin Lyerly was recently in Washington, DC as part of a lobbying day for obstetricians and gynecologists. Her congressman did not seem to be particularly welcoming. Also: Some local journalist…

Sen. Melissa Ratcliff and Rep. Alex Joers join us to discuss how legislative Republicans are trying to replicate President Trump’s DOGE with a GOAT—a committee named for Government Operations, Accoun…

We’ll recap last night’s state Supreme Court debate, where at one point Judge Susan Crawford referred to the world’s richest man as “Elon Schimel,” as she and Judge Brad Schimel made their case to vo…

UpNorthNews is holding its first-ever live event tonight in Madison. We’ll provide a preview of the three panel discussions on different areas certain to be impacted by the results of the April 1 sta…

It’s the kind of presidential administration worthy of Alice in Wonderland, with a Secretary of Energy who’s a former fracking executive, promising to undo climate legislation and claiming a return t…