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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Wisconsin Republicans Vote Against Preventing Future Baby Formula Dangers. Tiffany and Johnson: Blame Immigrants.
It’s not clear what critics of baby formula being delivered to detention centers think should happen to immigrant babies.
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Wisconsin Restaurateurs’ Personal Appeals Fail to Sway Ron Johnson as Republicans Kill the Restaurant Revitalization Fund
Tammy Baldwin voted to reauthorize the pandemic relief program for small businesses that would have also helped theaters, gyms, sports and other live event venues.
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Had Vaccination Rates Not Been Pummeled by Politics, More Than 5,000 in Wisconsin Would Still Be Alive Today
New analysis examines what might have been. Instead, COVID has killed 13,000 in the state as the vaccination rate remains stuck, with only 61% of people fully vaccinated.
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Pennsylvania Primary Is a Preview of ‘Big Lie’ Influence in the Wisconsin GOP Race for Governor
Swing states face the prospect of anti-democracy governors taking charge and interfering in elections. Wisconsin candidate Tim Ramthun has hired one of the architects of the Trump campaign’s fake electors scheme.
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Democracy’s Helpers Are Fighting Back
The people who educate voters and provide technical advice have had to put aside policy work for a bigger mission: saving democracy.
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Gableman to Speak to a ‘Big Lie’ Conference in Michigan This Weekend
Trump allies call it a summit for “election integrity,” but it’s a Who’s Who of right-wing activists undermining state and local rules and officials as a way to reinforce the Big Lie about the voter fraud no one has found.
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Governor Candidate Adds Another Republican Threat to Kill Bipartisan Election Oversight
Tim Michels releases a convoluted plan that would implement weaker election standards than currently exist and fire all administrators, meaning no one would be in charge of elections in Wisconsin for a time.
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Smoking Gun Discovered as Former Gov. Walker and Allies Conspired to Seize Control of Natural Resources Board
Newly revealed text messages show board chair Fred Prehn planning to stay in place after his term ended, knowing Republican legislators would refuse to confirm Evers’ nominee to replace him.
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The People Most Harmed by Climate Change Are Often Ignored. Biden and Evers Are Changing That.
The state and federal governments are each creating an Office of Environmental Justice to give voice to those who don’t have a seat at the table when plans are made that affect their environment.
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Tiffany Takes Another Vote Against Ukraine—Says ‘I Don’t Know How I Would Have Voted’ on Helping Allies Against Nazi Invasion
The Lend-Lease deal was signed this week. Tiffany was one of only 10 congressmen to vote against it.
