WPT Midweek Moment

This week, we look at headlines about the kids:

• the kids being up to no good
• the well meaning adults that might be doing them a dis-service
• a success story about the school that is avoiding the status quo, succeeding in spite of its circumstances

Then, we bring it home with a quote from POTUS 13 and we do it all in less time than it takes to launch a boat at a public launch.

…and as always, thanks for listening.

This week, we rapid fire through five or six headlines:

• a story from the You Can't Make This Stuff Up file
• the polls weren't as wrong as I told you they were
• a university takes a step to coddle students and their grades even more
• a study on childhood reading that a child could have predicted

Then, we bring it home with a quote from the layer that defended the British soldiers charged after the Boston Massacre and went on to serve as President of the United States, and we do it all in less time than it takes for your icecream cone to start quickly dripping.

…and as always, thanks for listening.

This week, we are LOADED UP with exposing some of the irony and chaos that resulted in a wild primary. We dissect multiple:

• wild election results
• massive piles of campaign money
• wildly inaccurate polls
• endorsements that make less sense the longer you stare at them

After all that, we bring it home with one of the most iconic founding father quotes ever, and do it all in less time than it takes for Milwaukee come up with yet another way to look incompetent at counting votes.

…and as always, thanks for listening.

This week, we look at what Wisconsin's future might look like now that Francesca Hong is the presumptive favorite to win her primary:

• what fact check did Francesca fail when talking about education spending?
• when asked to define "fully funded", what was her answer?
• what is her roadmap to improve the education in Wisconsin?
• what does she plan to do with schools that show significant results?

After all that, we have an example of what kids are taught in schools compared to what they learn, and do it all in less time than it takes for ants to find your picnic.

…and as always, thanks for listening.

This week, with the sound of fireworks still ringing in our ears, we look at:

• what if Target and Kwik Trip had a love child? We're about to find out.
• how crazy does a random Wednesday morning look like in state government?
• we review a pile of healthcare headlines
• I give you the highlights of the latest Marquette Law School Poll.

After all that, we have a quote dedicated to voters, especially the standouts from the Marquette Poll, and all in less time than it takes to rethink being outside in this humid heat.

…and as always, thanks for listening.

This week, with the sound of fireworks still ringing in our ears, we look at:

• farmers had to win a lawsuit to act like farmers and fix their own equipment.
• we have some good news from the streets of Milwaukee (for a change)
• another candidate for governor cries uncle.
• a class action lawsuit from the neighbors of Microsoft's new data center.
• yet another story from the "You Can't Make This Stuff Up File".

After all that, we have a founding father quote from James Madison's Federalist #62 and we do it all in less time than the weather delay at the national 4th of July festivities.

…and as always, thanks for listening.

This week we hustle through info to try and fit 20 minutes in a 10 minute bag...

We piece together the story of data centers and clarify some conflicting reports of job creation.

Next, we discover that when data centers get treated like any other government contractor, they don't like it and actually sue for special treatment.

After that, we look at the newly announced federal relief package coming to Wisconsin for flood damage and wrap it all up with a quick look at a very interesting question from the Marquette Law School Poll.

Next, we have a founding father quote from Thomas Jefferson that I dedicate directly to someone in one of our news stories, and we do it all in less time than it takes for the morning temperature to jump back up above 80 degrees.

…and as always, thanks for listening.

This week might be the craziest "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" story yet.

We also look at someone under the radar that you don't want to sleep on in the Governor’s race.

Then, we wrap it all up with a quote from Federalist Paper #51 that gives timeless wisdom about power and politics, and all in less time than it takes to jump on the Team USA World Cup bandwagon.

…and as always, thanks for listening.

This week, we look at how the governor's race is keeping it weird, how some dairy farmers are sticking up for themselves, and a story from the "you can't make this stuff up file".

Then, we wrap it all up with a quote from a founding father with no middle name about what our leaders need to do differently, and all in less time than it takes to go from sunny skies to tornado sirens in Wisconsin



…and as always, thanks for listening.

This week, we are still gawking at the slow motion car crash that has been the surplus tax rebate bill. You know Governor Evers is angry when he starts throwing around words like "untenable".

Next, we look at what state government is consistently good at (but wish they weren't). Then, a quick update on the UW System stepping into some future drama.

Then, we wrap it all up with a quote for all my loyal farm listeners on what is killing the soul of rural America, and all in less time than it takes to pack up the tailgate before heading in to a Brewers game.

…and as always, thanks for listening.