WPT Midweek Moment

This week, we have a few headlines from Wisconsin's economy:

• a difficult decision in Wisconsin Rapids,
• a business expansion in Sheboygan Falls,
• a flock camera update from Milwaukee,

Then, we bring it home with a quote from a founding father on how to tell if government is doing a good job, and do it all in less time than it takes for pumpkin spice to be on every menu in Wisconsin.

…and as always, thanks for listening.

This week, our stories look at how motivations impact outcomes:

• an outdoors, immersive experience in Wisconsin that's pretty cool
• a data center that's acting like a good neighbor
• two stories about how your taxpayer dollars are being spent

Then, we bring it home with a quote from a founding father that made the most of his side hustles, and do it all in less time than it takes to go from shorts to sweatshirt weather in Wiscon...

This week, our stories look at how motivations impact outcomes:

• an abuse of power from the You Can't Make This Stuff Up File
• a Wisconsin guest at the White House
• an overdue reprimand for the dairy checkoff program
• a big opportunity for Wisconsin manufacturing

Then, we bring it home with a quote from a founding father that made the most of his side hustles, and do it all in less time than it takes to get the flannel sheets out o...

This week, our stories revolve around education:

• a major award for Wisconsin
• analysis last year's record breaking tax increases
• recent results and trends of math aptitiude in the U.S.
• an example of teaching methodology gone astray

Then, we bring it home with a quote from the longest serving Supreme Court Justice in history, and we do it all in less time than it takes to flag down a busy bartender.

…and as always, thanks ...

This week, we look at quite a few stories:

• a major victory in the courts for taxpayers
• something cool in Kewaskum
• a "You Can't Make This Stuff Up File" story
• an update on our Flock cameras story
• Wisconsin Technical Colleges are getting glowing reviews
• Wisconsin Technical Colleges budget increase requests

Then, we bring it home with a quote from the most famous script writer in history, and we do it all in less time than it take...

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 ser...

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 anot...

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 o...

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 Pol...

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...

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 wr...

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 listen...

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 killi...

I might just change the name of this to the you just can't make this stuff up podcast. Probably not, but seriously. This week we:

• start with something cool in Wisconsin.
• see how politicians are twisting themselves into pretzels
• see how Governor Evers is frustrating crime victims throughout the state.

Then we wrap it all up with a quote from the shortest U.S. President, and all in less time than it takes for the annual traditi...

In case you don't get to listen, here's a quote to summarize what happened with multiple tax rebates that weren't given to Wisconsin taxpayers:

If you are a taxpayer... "No matter what side of the aisle you sit on, your lawmakers and every candidate for governor have failed you."

This week we look at the political debacle that was the pro-taxpayer legislation that got killed by politics…

• we almost had no tax on tips and no ...

This week we look at only ridiculous stories…

• a ridiculously disappointing story about the farm bill.
• a ridiculously cool story about a new type of police dog.
• a ridiculously lucky story about being in the right place at the right time.
• and maybe the most ridiculous "you can't make this stuff up file" story of the year.

We wrap it all up with a ridiculously great quote from a Nobel prize winner about freedom, and all in ...