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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Latest from Pat Kreitlow
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Doctors to Resume Abortion Care in Wisconsin, but the Fight for Reproductive Freedom Goes On
Planned Parenthood is resuming services at two clinics after a judge interpreted an 1849 law as not being an abortion ban.
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Republicans Vote to Fire Top Elections Official, Spurring Legal Battle Over Whether They Can Do That
The move comes as Assembly Republicans passed a watered-down redistricting reform bill and continue to talk of impeaching State Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.
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‘Look at All the People That Are Working’: New Biden-Harris Ad Centers on Wisconsin Jobs
Kilah Engelke, a Milwaukee mom and cement mason, highlights the jobs being created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the rest of President Biden’s legislative agenda.
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Finally: Top Republican Now Backs Nonpartisan Map Plan
Faced with a state Supreme Court no longer controlled by conservatives, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is rushing through a way to replace gerrymandered maps—without public input.
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‘Scapegoat’: Republicans’ Election Denial Prompts Effort to Fire Top Elections Official
“I think that it’s largely out of a desire to find an explanation for Donald Trump’s loss other than fewer people voted for him than Joe Biden,” Ann Jacobs, one of the Democratic commissioners on the Wisconsin Elections Commission told Politico.
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Republicans Face Huge Backlash After Threatening to Impeach Newly-Elected Supreme Court Justice
Janet Protasiewicz trounced conservative Dan Kelly less than six months ago. Now Republicans have talked about using impeachment to nullify her election before she’s heard a single case—and they’re facing serious blowback.
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Former La Crosse County Board Chair Tara Johnson Announces Bid for Congress
Johnson joins Rebecca Cooke in the Democratic primary field seeking to challenge first-term Republican Derrick Van Orden.
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We Deserve Better Than More Summer Reruns by Wisconsin Republicans
Once the writers’ strike is over, can someone help the GOP write a tax cut bill, a plan for affordable childcare, and an election strategy that doesn’t depend on nullifying results they don’t like?
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State Supreme Court’s Conservatives Go Public With Their Unhappiness About No Longer Being in Charge
The conservative justices and GOP legislators—who have taken actions aimed at trying to undermine election results in 2018 and 2020—are indicating a willingness to try to nullify the 2023 election that ended conservative control of the court.
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Pfaff and McGrath Decide Against New Run for Congress, Sets Up More United Democratic Front to Challenge Van Orden
Pfaff emerged from last year’s four-way primary, only to lose narrowly in a district held by Democrat Ron Kind for 26 years. Van Orden faces criticism for a late-night Capitol tirade against pages.
