Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

In a time when police around the country were rightfully being criticized for killing a rising number of unarmed Black men, guess whose fault it was, according to Senate candidate Eric Hovde? To him,…

JD Vance says “the whole purpose of the postmenopausal female” is to help raise their grandchildren. Eric Hovde says he’s not going to be transparent about his personal worth, even as he seeks to wri…

US Senate candidate Eric Hovde has spent about $13 million of his own money so far in his quest to unseat Sen. Tammy Baldwin. We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about whether that’s looking like a good return…

The Wisconsin Public Education Network spends the entire year talking up the value of our local schools and warning about threats to their health, but now we’re getting into the part of the calendar …

We’ll review the winners of Tuesday’s primaries, as the stage is now set for the November general election. And in our weekly Climate Check, where does Donald Trump stand on electric cars? He used to…

If Donald Trump becomes president again, Wisconsin farmers will have to brace for another trade war with China. Trump loves to threaten and impose tariffs, making them sound like some kind of punishm…

Because of an attempt by Republican legislators to sneak through a new way to grab power, today is about much more than a primary election for some legislative and congressional districts. Every Wisc…

The 2024 Summer Olympics come to a close, putting Los Angeles on the clock for 2028. We’ll review highlights from the weekend’s sports and closing ceremonies. Salina Heller shares more of what she le…

At a weekend rally in Las Vegas, Vice President Kamala Harris said she’d work to eliminate taxes on tips for hospitality workers. Former President Donald Trump accused her of copying him. But take th…

From the choice of the aw-shucks governor from Minnesota to repeated appearances in Wisconsin and conventions in Milwaukee and Chicago, it’s clear the path to political power in the United States run…

The short answer, of course, is no—as evidenced by rambling, fact-deficient, and often incoherent monologues that passed for a Donald Trump news conference. But as someone who would be the oldest-eve…

Part of the reason for the bounce in support for the new Democratic ticket may lie in their new pitch about American freedom. Free from government interference in the exam room, for example, and free…

We’ll talk about Wednesday’s big rally in Eau Claire with the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket being welcomed by 12,000 supporters—while elsewhere in town, JD Vance was playing stalker and talking to a …

While teachers are getting their classrooms ready for the new school year and students are gathering their school supplies, we’ll also review the Back to School checklist of threats to public educati…

We check in bright and early with Todd Allbaugh, already on the scene of today’s Eau Claire appearance by Vice President Kamala Harris and her newly-announced running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. I…

Not gonna lie, we were all set for a running mate announcement on Monday. Now we’re waiting for Tuesday’s “big reveal” from Vice President Kamala Harris and finding out who will join her in the Chipp…

Wall Street on Monday had a combination of a temper tantrum (interest rates) and a bubble bursting (tech stocks). It created the unsightly spectacle of some Republicans again cheering for a recession…

When we last visited with Heather Martell of Chippewa Falls, it was to hear her heartbreaking story of needing a late-term abortion due catastrophic medical issues. Now, still wanting to grow her fam…

We take a look back at a busy weekend at the Paris Olympics, including a bittersweet race for Rice Lake’s Kenny Bednarek. We take our best guesses on who will be VP Kamala Harris’ choice for running …