Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

Washington, DC is coming under federal, perhaps even military control, because the president is claiming, falsely, that crime is out of control. (It’s far from perfect, but it’s not at its worst.) Th…

Every profession needs a good national organization dedicated to best practices, ongoing education, and a little morale boosting. For state lawmakers, that’s the role of the National Conference of St…

For many, it’s little more than a lost freighter at the bottom of Lake Superior, but author and former legislator Tom Nelson sees the Edmund Fitzgerald as perhaps the most apt metaphor of the late 20…

It was creepy when he said it and not too surprising that President Trump broke his promise to be the “fertilization president” and labeled himself the “Father of IVF.” We’ll ask Dr. Kristin Lyerly a…

Gubernatorial candidate Bill Berrien seems to be “buryin’” his campaign hopes each time he’s asked questions about his positions or his history. It took four tries, but a reporter finally got the wea…

A new ruling from a federal judge in Wisconsin may lead to a big setback in Indian sovereignty across the country. The Lac du Flambeau Reservation is one of many that were made into checkerboards of …

A western Wisconsin doctor is part of an online video series with Pete Buttigieg, talking about how President Trump’s Medicaid cuts put rural health care into a death spiral. Also: Trump’s disdain of…

We’ll talk to Trygve Olson, senior advisor to the Lincoln Project, live from Lithuania. Trygve is a River Falls native who has worked all over the globe promoting democracy. Now he spends much of his…

Congressman Bryan Steil is getting compliments for having an in-person town hall, something Republican leaders are expressly discouraging—because it only lets Americans complain about the cuts Republ…

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is loosening rules on drones to allow more of them to fly beyond the operator’s line of sight. Good for delivering Amazon packages and Starbucks coffee, but bad fo…

Donald Trump’s Environmental “Protection” Agency has rescinded a landmark policy acknowledgement that manmade pollution from fossil fuels is a danger to human health—and has rolled back vehicle pollu…

In our Homeroom segment, we’ll talk to leaders in Green Bay about how you can follow their lead in your own hometown and push for better taxpayer transparency when it comes to the true cost of vouche…

What Ed Prehn, Scott Walker, and legislative Republicans did to sabotage the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board a couple of years ago wasn’t “politics as usual,” it was conduct that should disqualify …

Last month, America marked 60 years of Medicare and Medicaid as a lifeline for the elderly and vulnerable. Not long after that, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to ensure…

It has taken a while due to restrictions from a Republican-led Legislature, but progress is being made in Wisconsin communities that want to create a local network to ensure access to high-speed inte…

The case of Texas legislators leaving the state in order to delay rigged Republican congressional maps evokes memories of what happened before Act 10 in Wisconsin in 2011. But the similarity goes dee…

Small business owners are going public over the struggle to access health care, deal with rising tariffs, and meet the needs of their employees when it comes to childcare and more. We’ll catch up wit…

It’s the goal of many non-profits and other organizations: create something so popular that it practically funds everything else you do. The folks at the Jackson County Fair figured that out a few ye…

Wisconsin two active sports teams put on two different types of fireworks displays over the weekend. For the Green Bay Packers, it was the literal kind—a show in the skies to wrap up another successf…