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.
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Evers sues Republican lawmakers for blocking UW pay raises that were already approved
A state Supreme Court now controlled by progressives could end the Legislature’s ability to bottle up a wide range of actions most governors are able to take.
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Judge confirms Republicans cannot fire the state’s top elections official. Some of the other appointees they did fire are speaking out.
Sen. Kelda Roys: “Republicans think they’re entitled to dictate who the nominees should be, when they lost the election. Gov. Evers has the right to appoint them.”
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If Republicans slash the Farm Bill, rural Wisconsin will be hit in many ways
The Farm Bill—reviewed and renewed every five years by Congress—is the main funder of rural economic development, which helps local governments, small businesses, and families in Wisconsin.
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Van Orden is silent on Republican plans to cut $50 billion from the Farm Bill
The 3rd District Republican, who sits on the House Agriculture Committee, has little to say about slashing support for the crucial legislation that impacts farmers, consumers, and the environment.
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Do January 6 ‘spectators’ deserve any benefit of the doubt? We doubt it.
Derrick Van Orden should be considered insurrection-adjacent and is fair game for questions about whether he’ll be part of any post-2024 election subversion.
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Hedge funds prey on communities. A new rule fights back.
The paper mill in Brokaw is long gone, but its demise triggered a campaign by Sen. Tammy Baldwin and others to tighten rules on hedge funds’ secret stock positions.
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Here’s one way to respond to book bans: Pass a law to ban book bans
Legislative Democrats introduce a measure that would prevent schools and other institutions from banning books based on the authors’ background, politics, or other views.
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Landmark lawsuit seeks to end taxpayer vouchers for private and religious schools
The complaint says a small experimental program in Milwaukee in the 1990s has been “transformed by our Legislature into a large and growing cancer” on public education.
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Unprecedented: GOP Senators fire several Evers appointees, after admitting they knew an earlier firing was bogus
The Natural Resources Board no longer had a quorum to meet. Two former legislators are among those fired. A domestic abuse survivor is dropped from a board because a senator didn’t like her tweets and asked if she was emotional and hated men.
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Despite record surplus, Republicans again reject childcare help for Wisconsin families
Gov. Tony Evers’ special session bill has been replaced with another tax cut geared toward higher incomes. Evers is responding with funding that will keep the childcare assistance coming into 2025. Republican legislators have dashed any remaining hopes that a fall legislative session would address critical workforce issues in Wisconsin—doing to Gov. Tony Evers’ proposal…
