UpNorthNews

4 days ago | upnorthnewswi.com | Pat Kreitlow

Images from the Wisconsin Dept. of Health Services that depict the types of populations covered by Medicaid/BadgerCare programs including pregnant people, children, older adults, and people with disabilities. 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.

1 week ago | upnorthnewswi.com | Christina Lorey

Harvard has come up with a clever way to push back at the revenge-seeking president — by offering classes like “American Government” and “Constitutional Foundations” FOR FREE! The Ivy League university has actually been doing this since the pandemic, but this new slate of politically-focused courses is a direct shot at Trump’s lack of education on the subjects 😉 Other free courses that are open to ANYONE ANYWHERE include: “Citizen Politics in America: Public Opinion” and “Lessons from Ebola:...

1 week ago | upnorthnewswi.com | Christina Lorey

SMART INVESTMENTS – Gov. Tony Evers welcomed news that Eli Lilly is going to invest $3-4 billion in a Kenosha County facility based on injectable drugs, such as Mounjaro. It’s a project that got its start in 2019, when the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation awarded $1.5 million to a smaller company, Nexus Pharmaceuticals. Pat Kreitlow takes us through the timeline to show how the state’s investment paid off in a much better way compared to how former Gov.

1 week ago | upnorthnewswi.com | Christina Lorey

Brad Woodhouse, with Protect Our Care, reacts to Trump’s healthcare nominees, raising concerns about their records and commitment to the health and wellbeing of the American people. Interviewed on UpNorthNews Radio, Woodhouse outlined several concerning figures beyond Robert Kennedy, Jr., the nominee of President-elect Trump to be secretary of health and human services, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, whose TV-friendly health advice is frequently incomplete or dangerous.

1 week ago | upnorthnewswi.com | Christina Lorey

Bob Uecker’s now-iconic “I Must Be in the Front Row” Miller Lite commercial almost never happened! Here’s the story ⤵️It was 1984. Miller wanted Ueck, who was already a national treasure thanks to his dozens of Carson appearances, to star in its “All-Stars” campaign. The problem? PABST — not Miller — sponsored the Brewers at the time. So Uecker went to Brewers owner Bud Selig and told him the deal.