Spanning The State

Today on Spinning the State: Rice Lake: A Firearms Manufacturer is bringing more jobs to Northwestern Wisconsin Port Washington: Kopp's Frozen Custard adds "Mr. Baseball" flavor to honor Bob Uecker

Today on Spanning the State Kristin Brey shares information on spring primaries today and what Wisconsin voters should know ahead of going to the polls. She also goes over the timeline over the weekend regarding Elon Musk’s involvement in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Race and Attorney General Josh Kaul’s filing a lawsuit against Musk to stop his event Sunday as well as the court of appeals and supr...

Kristin, Brian, and Producer Rhea are back to share their results from the Sweet Sixteen round of March Mammal Madness. They share their unbelievable upsets, a real-life mammal battle they found, and what underdog is destroying all their brackets. Text “Mammal” to the talk and text line (855-616-1620) for more information, check out our brackets and even print your own to play along. Then in honor...

Today on Spinning the State: Slinger: Village enforces then walks back political yard sign rule. Milwaukee: MKE Brewing Co. is bringing back its “all-you-can-drink” tour for Milwaukee Day.

Today on Spanning the State Kristin Brey and Brian Noonan are fired up about Elon Musk and his relentless involvement in Wisconsin’s Spring Primary Supreme Court Race. Last night Musk announced in a now deleted tweet that he would be giving out $1 Million dollars at a rally this weekend for voters. Kristin and Brian discuss why they believe this is morally corrupt, and what this says about Schimel...

Kristin, Brian, and Producer Rhea are back with March Mammal Madness today they discuss how their brackets faired in round two, who they have going to the sweet sixteen round and which mammals are really mammals on this bracket. Later Dr. Joe Pierre Psychiatrist Author of "False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things That Aren't True" joins Kristin and Brian...

Today on Spinning the State: Racine: Racine and Kenosha at risk for measles outbreaks. Green Bay: Taste of the Draft Gala will feature 20 Wisconsin Supper Clubs.

1:14- Elon Musk has now broken the record on the amount of money spent by an outside group campaigning for a U.S. Judicial Race in the United States. Kristin and Brian speak to President of American Bridge 21st Century and leading expert in opposition research and political strategy, Pat Dennis to understand why billionaires care so much about state supreme courts. Dennis shares, if this amount of...

Author of "Digital Girlhood" Dr. Kate Phelps joins Kristin and Brian to discuss the absence of girls in the conversation/articles/opinions on adolescent girls online. Dr. Phelps shares why she decided to study "tween girls", why she thinks society's view on girls and social media is too simplistic, what positives she took from these conversations and her biggest takeaways. Then Public Investigator...

Today on Spinning the State: Madison: A tailgate celebration for Wisconsin's best spellers. Oshkosh: Ed Gein the Musical to debut in Oshkosh.

Today on Spanning the State Kristin Brey and Brian Noonan take on the major story of the day. Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included the editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic. Kristin and Brian discuss how this mistake is a maj...

A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel column by James Causey addressed "crappy manners" regarding picking up dog poop and how it gets discarded. Brian chimes in with his thoughts and the current state of manners and if society still has basic etiquette. Then President of One Fair Wage Saru Jayaraman joins Brian to talk about subminimum wage. They discuss the work of One Fair Wage, what will happen if the t...

Today on Spinning the State: Milwaukee: Lego Milwaukee Art Museum won’t become an official set. Racine: City approves 1:00 a.m. close time for food trucks. Trempealeau: Raptor project launches bald eagle webcam.

Today on Spanning the State Brian is solo. Brian discusses President Donald Trump public ally endorsed Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Brad Schimel. Brian poses the question/ ponders what is driving Wisconsin voters to the polls now that this election has taken a more national stance. He also makes a point that this election may be solely based on turnout. Then Professor Emeritus of Political Sc...

Migration to Wisconsin has reached its highest level in the last two decades. However, the uptick hasn't come from citizens from other states but from other countries. Kristin and Steve share their thoughts on this new record and how it may change now based on the crackdown on immigration. They also compare this to the dwindling number of people not having children. Then Kristin and Steve discuss...

Today on Spinning the State: Egg Harbor: “Overwhelming” response to call for extras in Door County for feature film. Stevens Point: UW-Stevens Point to host “World’s Largest Trivia Contest”.

Today on Spanning the State Kristin Brey is joined by guest co-host Steve Scaffidi. Steve shares his expertise as the former mayor of Oak Creek with Kristin to explain the controversy surrounding the potential opening of the chain gas station Buc-ee's. They also discuss the obsession with gas stations and if being a creature of habit is a good or bad thing. Then on the Political Power HALF Hour wi...

Kristin, Brian, and producer Rhea kick-off March Mammal Madness on Spanning the State. Today they share what the mammal-forward NCAA-esq tournament is, how it started and how they plan to play along. Text “Mammal” to the talk and text line (855)616-1620 for more information, check out our brackets and even print your own to play along. Then just days after early voting opened for Wisconsin Clerks...

Today on Spinning the State: Madison: Bill inspired by Kenosha County Sheriff’s police dog passes State Assembly. Ellsworth: Wisconsin Festival placed in the Top 10 of USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards.

Today on Spanning the State, based on yesterday’s conversation over the lack of debate between Department of Instruction candidates Dr. Jill Underly and Brittany Kinser, Kristin Brey and Brian Noonan found on further research that the candidates had a 90-minute zoom forum hosted by the Wisconsin Public Education Network the NAACP Wisconsin State Council of Branches, the League of Women Voters of W...

Amongst the Trump Administration continuing its rigorous deportation efforts they also listed the country of Loas as “Uncooperative” when it didn’t receive its deportees. One victim of this has been Ma Yang, a 37-year-old Hmong Milwaukee woman who was deported to Loas. Sophie Carson a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel who has been covering this story, joins Kristin and Brian to further d...

Today on Spinning the State: DePere: St. Norbert’s College begins terminating faculty and programming. Madison: Violations for over slating sidewalks rose in Madison, but still no fines.

Today on Spanning the State Kristin Brey and Brian Noonan discuss the importance of endorsements and admonishments in newspapers. They share their thoughts on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel new editorial commenting on Elon Musk’s troublesome political group that is manufacturing a disinformation campaign against Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Susan Crawford. Also, today is National Laugh Day. K...

On the heels of the Milwaukee's oldest and one of the nation's oldest LGBTQ bars This Is It! There is a new need for a LGBTQ-friendly third space. Operator of pop-up concept "Mother's" Chef Vanessa Rose joins Kristin and Brian to discuss a campaign to open House of Bridges in the old Company Brewing building. Rose explains her vision for House of Bridges, why they are fundraising through crowdfund...

Today on Spinning the State: Oshkosh: Local newsroom wins six journalism awards. Lake Mills: Local woman wins gold at Special Olympics Winter Games in Italy.