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Meet Pat Kreitlow
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. Sign up to receive Pat’s newsletter, and read more of his work here.
Recent Posts
Everything Wisconsin needs to know about Trump’s cuts to Medicaid and BadgerCare
BadgerCare is what Wisconsin calls its Medicaid program, so let’s learn why Medicaid is so important to more than 1 million people in the state and what Trump/Republican budget cuts would do to it.
Opinion: The GOP’s accidental grift gift
Republican willingness to blow up the deficit to give corporations and the super wealthy bigger tax cuts removes any remaining credibility of criticizing Americans’ basic needs as unaffordable.
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is ugly for Wisconsin. Republicans voted for it anyway.
After vowing not to cut “a nickel” from benefits Wisconsin GOP House members vote for punishing cuts to food benefits and health care.
Derrick Van Orden screams at a witness while defending cuts to food aid
Nationally known for his angry outbursts, the Wisconsin congressman angrily attacked critics of the House Republican budget plan to slash $230 billion in USDA programs. Making the mathematically impossible claim that $230 billion in cuts would not cut “a nickel” from the benefits of citizens who were “lawfully” receiving them, US Rep. Derrick Van Orden […]
Crawford crushes Schimel as Wisconsin voters reject Musk’s millions
Progressives will retain control of the State Supreme Court. Elsewhere, the Voter ID constitutional amendment passes and Jill Underly is ahead in her quest for a second term vs. Brittany Kinser. Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will remain controlled by progressive justices as voters on Tuesday elected Susan Crawford and soundly rejected public appeals by the world […]
Opinion: 100 days of Trump has been all pain, no gain for Wisconsin
by Pat Kreitlow