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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Assembly Republicans pass anti-trans bills, despite Evers’ veto promise
The Assembly’s rush job—passing the bills two weeks after they were introduced–is in stark contrast to their refusal to consider bills that would provide a middle class tax cut and invest in childcare.
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Even after conservative former justices warn against it, Vos may still try to impeach Protasiewicz
Only a justice for two months, Protasiewicz has yet to hear a challenge to Republicans’ gerrymandered maps—but the Assembly Speaker is threatening impeachment if he doesn’t like how she rules on the case.
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Vos backs down from impeaching Protasiewicz, while hinting the US Supreme Court could intervene
A conservative former justice advised Rep. Robin Vos not to pursue impeachment for “partisan politics,” but the Speaker telegraphed potential US Supreme Court interference in Wisconsin’s political maps—again.
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Katrina Shankland Joins a Growing Democratic Field Seeking to Replace Van Orden in Congress
The Stevens Point legislator joins Eau Claire business owner Rebecca Cooke, former La Crosse County Board chair Tara Johnson, and a Milwaukee college student in announcing for the 3rd Congressional District.
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The Auto Workers Strike Expands to Wisconsin. Here’s What It Means in the Short-Term and for All Workers.
While car prices and inventories are among the immediate impacts of the dispute, we should be mindful of how all workers are helped or hurt by the eventual outcome.
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Impeachment-palooza: Republicans Are Now Targeting Wisconsin’s Top Election Official, Using the Same ‘Big Lie’ Material from 2020
Also this week: The special session that just might tie together childcare help, a new tax cut, and stadium renovations for the Brewers. And the state superintendent rips DEI critics.
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Anti-Milwaukee Bias Rears Its Head in Funding Fight Over Brewers Ballpark
Gov. Evers wants to use a record budget surplus to help fix American Family Field. Republican lawmakers want to “stick it to Milwaukee.” Everyone would’ve been better off not killing a once-successful regional funding option.
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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.
