Pat Kreitlow

2 weeks ago | upnorthnewswi.com | Pat Kreitlow

After vowing not to cut “a nickel” from benefits Wisconsin GOP House members vote for punishing cuts to food benefits and health care. All of Wisconsin’s Republican delegation voted yes Friday as the US House passed a budget bill that President Donald Trump calls big and beautiful—certainly true for billionaires, but most anyone else in Wisconsin struggling with a weakened US economy will see impacts that, while large, aren’t exactly pretty.

1 month ago | upnorthnewswi.com | Pat Kreitlow

Turns out cutting veterans’ health care, healthy food for low-income families, childcare programs, library and museum funding, cancer research, and humanitarian aid isn’t making America great again. On his 100th day back in office, President Donald Trump awoke to election results out of Canada. He lost—indirectly, but it was a loss just the same. And that surprise from up north might guide Wisconsin and the rest of America in its handling of the remaining 1,362 days of Trump Part Deux.

1 month ago | upnorthnewswi.com | Pat Kreitlow

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 screamed at and belittled an economist who was testifying before the House Agriculture Committee on Tuesday.

2 months ago | upnorthnewswi.com | Pat Kreitlow

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 richest man, Elon Musk, on behalf of conservative candidate Brad Schimel.

2 months ago | upnorthnewswi.com | Pat Kreitlow

Wisconsin goes to the polls to decide control of the state Supreme Court and determine who’s in charge of schools—plus a constitutional referendum, school referendums, and local offices. Only days remain until Wisconsin voters are asked to step up and decide important races that will have significant consequences in a range of areas—from reproductive health rights to fair maps, from clean drinking water to healthy public schools.