Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

The representative from Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District is hardly representative of public opinion, which is decidedly against taking away their healthcare and nutrition benefits to pay for ta…

In a world already overrun with angst and trepidation, it might put Wisconsin taxpayers over the edge to learn the state budget has a ticking time bomb that threatens to explode what they’ll have to …

It was surprising enough that the new round of campaign donation reports showed a sitting state Supreme Court justice had raised no money yet this year. Now comes word that Bill Berrien, the business…

We’ll talk to Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area about this week’s political headlines. In one instance, an early candidate for governor in 2026 is making his first big TV ad buy—seriously. And i…

Jeff Rennicke, executive director of the Friends of the Apostle Islands shares some of the responses that the National Park Service has received from across the country about President Trump’s Execut…

Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann stopped by the Civic Media booth at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair in Chippewa Falls last Friday to talk about his campaign for governor. We’ll hear the …

We’ll visit with state Rep. Amaad Rivera-Wagner about what legislators will be working on, now that the state budget has been completed. He and Dr. Kristin Lyerly discuss Elon Musk and his attempt to…

Some Wisconsin members of Congress get rightly criticized for taking shots at Canada while its forests are ablaze. The Republicans who complained about all the smoke don’t have their own stellar reco…

Monday marks our 600th morning show—and all those reps have paid off with an opportunity to talk to new listeners in the Fox Valley. Dr. Kristin Lyerly joins us, fresh off a meeting in Washington, DC…

We’ll talk to Mike Clemens about the Milwaukee Brewers and a season that’s gone from potentially mediocre to unexpectedly exciting in just a few short weeks. Also: The Wisconsin Elections Commission …

Childcare providers and parents will be gathering at the state Capitol this morning to rally and outline the next steps needed to address the crisis of affordable childcare. They say what was passed …

How is this still a thing? The court case drags on over President Trump’s attempt to declare that American children born in this country are not citizens if their parents aren’t citizens. The Constit…

We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about this week’s political news and Sean O’Malley talks about your money and the markets as President Trump’s hope for a big, beautiful series of trade agreements falls fla…

For a time, Congressman Mark Pocan had a fairly limited role, representing Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District around Madison. But lately he’s been filling the void of representation over in the 3…

NASA has a new leader, though it’s not clear what former Wisconsin congressman Sean Duffy’s qualifications are to run the space agency, other than having a public argument with Elon Musk—though Duffy…

When the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state could move forward with a ban on so-called conversion therapy, it was actually ruling on a much broader topic: Republicans abusing the ru…

There’s no subtle way to put this: Some of Gov. Tony Evers’ biggest supporters are outraged at how little was done in the new state budget for their high-priority issues like childcare and public edu…

Get in, nerds! We’re taking a deep dive into how a bill becomes a law and how a law comes to life through rules. The rulemaking process is usually boring and routine, but Republicans in the Legislatu…

There are those who describe the new Wisconsin state budget, quickly adopted last week by the Legislature, as the “least bad” option, given the split between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and majority R…

We cover the far northwest and southwest corners of Wisconsin this hour. We’ll talk to state Rep. Jenna Jacobson about her newly-announced campaign for the State Senate seat now held by the Republica…