Mornings with Pat Kreitlow

Pat and Dr. Kristin Lyerly talk about Emily Tseffos new column in Dan Shafer’s website The Recombobulation Area, calling on Gov. Tony Evers to use all of the tools at his disposal to get a good state…

Former US Attorney Jim Santelle takes us through a flurry of US Supreme Court opinions being issued in the final days of their session—some of which reaffirm how extreme the right wing justices are t…

We’re joined by Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil to find out what’s with all of the hype about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. He’s either a refreshing breath of fresh air and authentici…

In this week’s Climate Check, it really is that simple — plastic bag bans work to reduce litter and damage. Also: Despite a Trump administration at war with cleaner energy, one automaker says it’s ke…

Wisconsin will keep the same congressional map boundaries for at least one more election cycle, even though our 50-50 state has a map that gives 75% of the seats to Republicans. We’ll review the stat…

A new state Supreme Court decision has potential to radically change the way Wisconsin’s state budget process will unfold in the future—allowing the Legislature to expand a slush fund that gets aroun…

We’ll update the progress of state budget negotiations at the Capitol and ask Joe Zepecki about our politics being so broken that moderate legislators have to let their most extreme colleagues drag d…

We’re joined by Dr. Kristin Lyerly, who testified in Washington, DC on Tuesday as part of the marking of the three-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, when right wing US Supreme Court justices re…

For the better part of 15 years, it would not have been a surprise to report that the Wisconsin Supreme Court, then under conservative control, was considering a rollback of clean water regulations. …

We’ll talk to Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area about a new Washington Post story on Wisconsin’s congressional districts and how the possibility of a mid-decade change in district maps could swi…

There are many ways to illustrate the divide between Democrats and Republicans. One of the more recent ones is now officially at the center of the state budget debate, after Gov. Tony Evers said he w…

The New York Times has a new feature story on Sean Duffy, the former congressman from up north and current US transportation secretary, is using his platform to spread a simple message: Make more bab…

This weekend’s Iran strike by President Trump has exposed divisions within the GOP—which makes sense, considering Trump billed himself as the one Republican who would keep the US out of wars in the M…

Wisconsin state Republican chair Brian Schimming is caught in the crosshairs of an ongoing fight between what remains of traditional Republicans and those whose embrace of Trumpism threatens to tear …

An unconstitutional act of war, followed by a ridiculous idea that the weekend attack was a “one-off” and that Iran will simply give up trying to build or acquire nuclear weapons. Now the entire worl…

Can you learn to drive by watching NASCAR videos? Can you survive a fall from a cliff if you watch enough Road Runner cartoons? So who thinks the best approach to helping pregnant women stay healthy …

The members of our regular Week In Review panel are getting an early start to the weekend, ​​but we’ve found one woman up to the challenge of pinch-hitting for the whole crew—Chicago broadcasting leg…

A new analysis from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute shows Wisconsin hospitals would see a $3 BILLION reduction in spending over the next decade under the big, bloated budge…

We’ll ask Sean O’Malley about the way Congress and the Trump administration are trying to lend legitimacy to the cryptocurrency industry. But does it change the nature of something so intangible and …

Summer arrives shortly, but the summertime festivals really ramp up starting this weekend. We’ll talk to UpNorthNews social media manager Cherita Booker about Summerfest and other examples. And we’ll…