The Founding Editor of UpNorthNews, Pat was a familiar presence on radio and TV stations in western Wisconsin before serving in the state Legislature. After a brief stint living in the Caribbean, Pat and wife returned to Chippewa Falls to be closer to their growing group of grandchildren. He now serves as Chief Political Correspondent and occasional pontoon captain.
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Wisconsinites need to know how they can benefit from Biden’s clean energy efforts. Mandela Barnes is on it.
The one-time head of the governor’s climate change task force now helps connect Wisconsinites to historic levels of funding for energy efficiency and combating climate change—”to make sustainable attainable.”
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From soaring medical debt to abrupt hospital closures, consumer advocates see a healthcare sector in need of oversight
Hospitals have less price transparency and are more likely to drop certain types of lower-margin care, critics say, compared to when they were treated similar to utilities.
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Medical debt for Medicare recipients? That’s what happens when corporate profits get involved.
What’s supposed to be simple health insurance coverage for America’s retirees has ballooned into a complex, debt-inducing array of private “Advantage” plans.
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Opinion: Eric Hovde in no hurry to raise pay for low-wage workers
“I’m bad because I’m the One Percent?”
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VIDEO: Let’s Fix America’s ‘Care Infrastructure’
Parents may need to miss work Monday or find other child care arrangements as providers and supportive parents help them mark the annual Day Without Child Care, with events designed to draw attention to the ongoing crisis affecting the industry. There is a growing shortage of child care options as some providers become less affordable…
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This billionaire’s PAC is spreading a big lie about Tammy Baldwin, Medicare, and taxpayer savings
Restoration PAC, funded by Uline’s Richard Uihlein, twists the significance of forcing Big Pharma to negotiate for lower bulk pricing on Medicare prescriptions.
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VIDEO: MEDICAL DEBT affects millions of Americans and costs billions of dollars
MEDICAL DEBT affects millions of Americans and costs billions of dollars. Whether it’s care that was always intended to be charitable or medical bills that have gone unpaid, medical debt eventually gets passed on to all of us through higher prices and premiums. One easy remedy is to get more people covered by affordable health…
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VIDEO: What the Biden administration has been doing for rural Wisconsin
It’s easy for the rural economy to be overlooked in the daily crush of political news, but the Biden administration has quietly spent the past four years ramping up rural investments in infrastructure, energy efficiency, health care, and business development. Here’s a sample of the kinds of projects announced recently by the US Department of…
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VIDEO: Summer of Rebates
Gov. Tony Evers and US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm are spreading the message that this will be a “Summer of Rebates” for Wisconsinites, thanks to President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and its historic investments in energy upgrades for homes, vehicles, businesses, and more. Volunteers from Wisconsin Conservation Voters have already started canvassing around the…
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VIDEO: Retired DC Metro Police Officer’s Call for Truth and Accountability
Retired DC Metro Police Officer Michael Fanone has been touring Wisconsin and other battleground states to share his firsthand account of the violent insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021?urging Americans to stop embracing violent rhetoric when talking about elections and politics. Fanone was among the most badly beaten of the law enforcement…
