Milwaukee Housing Authority is being sued by public housing residents of a heartbreaking saga of inhabitable living conditions. Common Ground Associate Organizer Kevin Solomon and resident and plaintiff Charlene Bell “Peaches” join Spanning the State to speak about what residents have faced at the notorious college court public housing unit, how local politicians have been failing these residents, and what they hope to gain with the class-action lawsuit.

Day two of riding solo with Brian Noonan on Spanning the State. He talks to mother Stacy Sebald about her fight to hold OSHA accountable for exemptions relating to workplace fatalities. Brian later speaks to Craig Gilbert about Rural Wisconsin voters and how their votes in local, state and national elections can sway results heavily. Later Brian talks about supermoon coming to our skies, spins the state, and discusses the absurd rental prices for UW-Madison Students. Before wrapping the show to chat changes to Standardized Tests for Wisconsin education systems.

Today on Spinning the State:

De Pere - De Pere schools embrace therapy dogs for students.

Wauwatosa - Hazardous waste collection event has been moved.

Oshkosh - Oshkosh votes against banning book.

Marquette University Senior Law Fellow, Alan Borsuk joins the show to break down the new changes to Standardized testing. In 2012 a state initiative to challenge students to achieve more academic success took place. The idea was that if school districts created precise levels for standardized testing the students would rise to the occasion and meet the new expectations. Borsuk explains if they worked as well as the state hoped and how we should view this form of testing moving forward.

Craig Gilbert, former Washington Bureau Chief for the Journal Sentinel joins Brian to speak about voting in the swing state may sway one way more than it has before. According to statistics from the last few major elections rural voters are more red than blue. Gilbert explains why and how some blue communities are showing up in 2024.

Stacy Sebald mother of 19-year-old Mitchell McDaniel, a teen who died in a farming accident, joins Brian Noonan to talk about the incident that took her sons life. She discusses how she is now working towards changing exemptions from OSHA and advocating for those who been affected by workplace fatalities.

Brian kicks off another week of doing the show solo as Kristin is on vacation for the Green Bay Packer game in Brazil. It's also the first day back to school for many Wisconsin families which means lots of questions and Brian gets some answers. First Brian chats about the use of cellphones in school and how he would to solve the issue. He also talks to Linda Hall about kids facing intense stress and anxiety and how parents can deter it. Later Brian checks in with Angela Kallay on the housing market and a new rule change to pay your agents. Then Brian talks to Peter Cameron of The Badger Project to see where our social security funds are going in the next 15 years and if unauthorized immigrants are the cause. He also spins the state, boasts about the best fans in the NFL and more.

Today we Brian solo spins to:

Rothschild - Star Wars film is being screened in Ojibwe.

Oak creek - Oak Creek could get new swimming pools.

Oshkosh - Wisconsin UFO, psychic phenomena focuses of presentation.

It’s the first day of school for many families in Wisconsin, and as exciting as it can be for some, for other students it brings heavier feelings. Director of Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health, Linda Hall joins the show to talk about how your kids are being impacted by stress and anxiety. She shares why returning to school may be triggering, how to help combat these feelings for your children, which kids are more stressed and anxious and other work she and her agency have done on the subject.

Managing Editor of the Badger Project, Peter Cameron joins Spanning the State to talk about America’s social security crisis. Right now, there are future projections that the federal administration won’t be able to pay full benefits to Americans come 2035, unless Congress makes a change. Some have blamed the influx of unauthorized immigrants but is that correct? Cameron breaks down what’s fact and fiction regarding these funds, and the investigative piece The Badger Project has written on the matter.