Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

We recap the arguments made Wednesday before the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the case of a partial veto by Gov. Tony Evers that has the effect of setting a certain school funding standard for the next…

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, a former governor of Rhode Island, has extensive business experience and knows a thing or two about the difference between Kamala Harris’ small business incentive…

As President Biden visits Milwaukee to accelerate the removal of dangerous lead water service lines, Senate candidate Eric Hovde says he doesn’t think it’s that big of a problem. Hovde has also been …

Not everybody knows their state legislator, but it kind of feels that way around Eau Claire, where Assembly Rep. Jodi Emerson has been serving her community for years. Her political ads are a welcome…

We take a little break from politics with Community Editor Christina Lorey as we review a story about the restaurant chains we used to love but have gone away. What do you miss? Chi Chi’s? Burger Che…

UpNorthNews reporter Salina Heller has a story about the important role to be played next month by college students. Once seen as an apathetic block barely worth candidates’ attention, today’s genera…

We’ll review Sunday’s victory by the Green Bay Packers over the LA Rams and how Aaron Rodgers still isn’t making the Packers’ job any easier. Kristin Lyerly will join us as we discuss the hurricane o…

Journalist Mark Jacob has the latest examples of major media “sanewashing” the dangerous ramblings of former President Trump and running mate JD Vance, including the newest round of obvious lies that…

Pat describes hearing about the Brewers playoff elimination while (yes, this is weird) singing along at an Air Supply concert in Milwaukee. Former US Attorney Jim Santelle gives us background on the …

We have our weekly Women Win Wisconsin segment, powered by Motherhood for Good, with state Senate candidate Sarah Keyeski. But we also make some time for the gentlemen, starting with former state Ass…

Vice President Kamala Harris is appearing in Ripon, WI today—birthplace of the Republican Party—with longtime Republican Trump critic Liz Cheney, to send a message that it’s not enough to sit out thi…

Education author Elizabeth Berkshire shares how voters in battleground states like Wisconsin are pushing back against efforts to weaken or privatize our public schools. We’ll hear from Harris-Walz ba…

We’ll sum up the vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance, which featured Sen. Vance repeatedly claiming Vice President Kamala Harris should have done all she wants to do during the pas…

Naturally, with Dan Shafer appearing from The Discombobulation Area, we had to research the etymology of that special word, only to end up down the rabbit hole of early 1800s mock-Latin as a source o…

A lot to talk about this morning: The Brewers begin the postseason with a best-of-three against the New York Mets. Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time hits leader, passes away. Former President Jimmy Cart…

While Trump & Co. try to motivate people to vote by using fear and lies, it still seems like most voters will make up their minds using the real world in front of them—politicians who want to control…

Former President Trump comes to Wisconsin over the weekend —and is coming back tomorrow— to rehash the same racist rants that have his crowds looking less enthusiastic these days. Plus: The Packers a…

Mark Jacob talks to us about how Elon Musk has turned Twitter into a dumpster fire—and that fire is spewing a lot of information pollution. And as the Brewers head into their final regular season ser…

Keya Vakil gives us analysis of this week’s national news, including our country’s most dysfunctional Congress passing another short-term spending bill. Still, Sen. Ron Johnson and US Reps. Derrick V…

A massive storm is forecast to slam into Florida and Georgia today—and while the focus is rightly on safety, there’s also a sports footnote about the uncertainty it brings to the Milwaukee Brewers’ p…