Kristin Brey, the founder of As Goes Wisconsin, and longtime WTMJ host Brian Noonan are skilled at taking the complex and making it digestible. They will take you behind the headlines of the day’s biggest stories from across Wisconsin. Fans will hear the stories being told by those who live and cover those communities firsthand for the most accurate and relevant information.

??-Milwaukee: the New Borealis Amtrak line has already reached 100,000 passengers in the first 22 weeks (less than 6 months).

??-Wisconsin Rapids: Should ATV's and UTV's be allowed on city streets? That'll be on this city's November ballot.

??-Onalaska: La Crosse County is revitalizing property development using a new grant program.

Kristin Brey, the founder of As Goes Wisconsin, and longtime WTMJ host Brian Noonan are skilled at taking the complex and making it digestible. They will take you behind the headlines of the day’s biggest stories from across Wisconsin. Fans will hear the stories being told by those who live and cover those communities firsthand for the most accurate and relevant information.

Brian Noonan is joined on the phone by State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly to talk about her universal school meals proposal, her plan for implementation and more.

Kristin Brey is joined by Steve Scaffidi to close out the week. They speak to Milwaukee Fire Chief, Aaron Lipski on what to know about household fires as your heat comes on. They speak to Computer Science Associate Professor, Dr. Debbie Perouli about political scams how to avoid them. Steve and Kristin chat about drug take back day, week one of early voting, Halloween and more on this Friday edition of Spanning the State.

Today on Spinning the State:

Waukesha - Divided by politics, united by Halloween.

Milwaukee - Cripescast Podcast with Charlie Berens, Dan Shafer, and Steve Scaffidi.

Dr. Debbie Perouli, Associate Professor of Computer Science for Marquette University talks to Kristin and Steve about our elderly population being susceptible to scams, more interestingly political texts and emails asking for money. Dr. Perouli explains what we should all know, and how to protect yourself from all scams and the political ones leading up to the election.

There have been a lot of house and apartment fires across the state recently. Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski, joins Spanning the State to give advice to Kristin and Steve on how to stay safe. He explains the dangers of space heaters, the new fire threat that is lithium-ion batteries and other household appliances these have posed a problem nationally for firefighters.

Today Kristin is joined by guest co-host Michael Spaulding. They start the show dissecting the housing market in Wisconsin with Research Fellow John Johnson. They then speak to Network Health CEO & President Coreen Dicus-Johnson to get a pulse check on what changes we should know about regarding prescription drugs, Medicare and what to know approaching benefit enrollment season. They discuss the possibility of a Wisconsin WNBA team before Spinning the State. Then later they speak to CEO & Founder of Nurse Disrupted about the nursing shortage. Then to wrap up the show they speak to David Haynes and Scott McCullum from WisACT about Political Violence.

Today on Spinning the State:

Augusta - Issue of health care access hits close to home in western Wisconsin.

West Bend - Museum of Wisconsin Art exhibit highlights the artistry and history of Ho-Chunk baskets.

Racine - Caron Butler's basketball career leads to Hall of Fame.

Co-Leads of WisACT, David Haynes and Scott McCullum talk to Kristin and Mike about political violence. Most people are having very strong feelings about our presidential election and an uptick in violence ahead of the election. They discuss how social media is feeding this violence on both sides of the isle, they share what they learned from their listening session in Oshkosh this summer and their screening of the film “Undivide Us.”

CEO and Founder, Bre Loughlin of Nurse Disrupted speaks to Kristin and Mike about the massive shortage of nurses in Wisconsin. In August of this year the state department of Workforce Development says they expect the state to be short nearly 20,000 nurses by 2040. Loughlin has found a way to use technology to alleviate this absence through her telehealth company that supports the underserved and overworked. She explains the burnout nurses are feeling right now, how we got to this expected shortage, other ways we are utilizing this technology, and more.