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 UNN’s chief political correspondent and host of UpNorthNews Radio, airing weekday mornings 6 a.m.-8 a.m on the Civic Media radio network and the UpNorthNews Facebook page.
Pat Kreitlow
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From the top: What is this Inflation Reduction Act that’s so important to the presidential election?
It’s part of President Biden’s legislative agenda—the most productive in generations, yet few Americans know all the details of how it improves their lives, the economy, the climate, and more.
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Here’s how to lower your home’s energy bill under the Inflation Reduction Act
It begins with assessing your home’s current energy use, planning improvements, then getting connected to the credits and rebates that can create good Wisconsin jobs, reduce bills, and improve the climate.
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Two more police officers attacked on Jan. 6 come to Wisconsin to warn that Trump could again spark violence
Their visit to the Pennsylvania Legislature last week included some booing and heckling by Republican lawmakers.
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For nearly a full year, Republicans have withheld $125 million to clean up contaminated drinking water in Wisconsin
GOP leadership doesn’t have the votes to override vetoes from Gov. Tony Evers, so they’ve chosen to sit on the money to clean up PFAS—even though the full legislature already approved the spending. A new report from the Wisconsin Legislative Council knocks down an excuse Republicans are using to justify nearly a full year of…
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Two of Trump’s 2020 Wisconsin lawyers now face felony charges in the fake electors scheme
Kenneth Chesebro and Jim Troupis worked out a strategy to try to steal Wisconsin’s vote by using fake ballots that made their way to Sen. Ron Johnson’s office on January 6.
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Trump’s threats to Medicare and Social Security will be spotlighted in Wisconsin
A top Biden surrogate comes to Wausau, Green Bay, and Milwaukee to talk to Wisconsinites about what they could lose under a second Trump term.
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Wisconsin farms face a choice in 2024: New markets and more competition vs. budget cuts, millionaire tax breaks, and diesel fumes
President Biden will talk up rural investments while former President Trump is promising a return to the tariffs and trade wars that made farmers more reliant on assistance.
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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.
