http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/business-small-open-s456.jpgGov. Tony Evers asks us to shop small this holiday season in his weekly radio address.

MILWAUKEE - Following a discussion of Trump’s selections for agency appointments and the recent spate of new union organizing in Wisconsin, we dive into a discussion with two guests on immediate climate organizing opportunities progressives should be engaged in now.

Former Citizen Action organizer, Kevin Kane, now with Green Homeowners United, joins us to highlight where we are in Wisconsin with the Inflation Reduction Act and ARPA implementation and what opportunities exist for organizing in Wisconsin. Kevin also strongly encourages homeowners to immediately take advantage of available federal resources.

We close the show welcoming Citizen Action member and former Wausau alderman, Tom Killian, to discuss two Open Records workshops this Saturday, November 23rd in Wausau that are open to the public. One workshop, led by Bill Lueters, will provide residents and grassroots groups with insights into obtaining records from the government. The second session features Stephan Lester, who will provide information from public records about dioxin and pentachlorophenol contamination in the Thomas Street neighborhood on Wausau’s southwest side that were acquired through years of citizen research.

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MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today delivered his weekly radio address highlighting that last week he completed his annual visit to each of Wisconsin’s 72 counties in 2024, completing his fifth annual 72-county tour since taking office in 2019. Gov. Evers has visited all 72 Wisconsin counties in a year at least five times since becoming governor, including in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, and now 2024, as well as several counties in 2020 before the pandemic prevented travel for most of the year. A thorough-but-still-not-exhaustive list of brief highlights from some of Gov. Evers’ stops in each county is available here.

Audio File of Radio Address.

MILWAUKEE - Senator Chris Larson joins us to commemorate the life of a major figure in Democratic politics who passed this week, former State Representative and Judge Fred Kessler.  Fred was one of the great political organizers of his generation, and left behind a legacy of young progressive leaders he mentored and helped elect to office.  We next turn to a deep dive into rural organizing with leaders of Grassroots Organizing Western Wisconsin (GROWW). Joining us are Executive Director Jenelle Ludwig Krauss and Organizing Director Bill Hogseth. We discuss a deeper organizing approach to reaching rural voters, and the crisis in affordable housing in rural Wisconsin.  What are the implications for the path forward from the 2024 election?

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MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today, in recognition of Veterans Day this week, celebrated Wisconsin’s 300,000 veterans and their families and honored the holiday with a video message thanking them for their service and sacrifice and reaffirming his commitment to supporting veterans and their loved ones. Gov. Evers also proclaimed Nov. 5-11, 2024, as Veteran Recognition Week and Nov. 11, 2024, as Veterans Day in Wisconsin. A copy of the governor’s Veteran Recognition Week and Veterans Day proclamation is available here.

MILWAUKEE - With heavy hearts, we remember Milwaukee leader Jonathan Brostoff, who tragically passed away this week.

We debrief the 2024 Election, looking at the results from the presidential, U.S. Senate and State Legislative elections. What does it all mean and where do we go from here?

We discuss the reality that rural Wisconsin and most of rural America is continuing its realignment with the Republican Party. We are joined by People’s Action Rural Strategist, Kellon Patey, who lives in southeast Ohio, to discuss the pressing need for progressive organizations and donors to seriously invest in long term, permanent organizing and community building in rural places.

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http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/vote-election-worker-opens-s450.pngIn Wisconsin, our election workers are our friends and neighbors who answer the call to serve and go above and beyond to ensure our elections are safe and secure.

MILWAUKEE - We discuss the final stretch of the voting phase of the 2024 election. It all comes down to people like our listeners talking to other voters and helping them make meaning of this election. Sign up to volunteer from home on phones or join us on the doors.

We discuss yet another healthcare merger as minnows, Black River Memorial Hospital and the Krohn Clinic, merge in an effort to survive all the bigger fish in the pond.

Marge Rogenbuck from Lincoln County, Wisconsin joins us to discuss conservative Board Members efforts to privatize the public county nursing home. Marge is a lifelong Lincoln County resident and had both her parents stay at Pine Crest. She tells us why she joined “People For Pine Crest” and is fighting back to protect a vital and excellent public institution in her community.

We close with a very special guest, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley. He is jointed by Milwaukee County Sustainability Director Grant Helle, and Citizen Action Climate Coordinator Kat Klawes, to discuss the incredible new federal investments making it possible for cities, counties, and school districts to address the climate change emergency. As you will see, climate change is on the ballot on November 5th!

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http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/healthcare-physician-asst-s5.pngWisconsinites can sign up for affordable, high-quality health insurance from Nov. 1, 2024, to Jan. 15, 2025. Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration the average person who qualified saved more than $570 on their monthly premiums last year.

MILWAUKEE - Early voting is now underway, as Trump/Vance and Harris/Walz crisscross the battleground states, including Wisconsin. The first day of early voting saw record turnout of over 100,000 voters this Tuesday. We encourage our listeners to volunteer in Citizen Action’s final voter contact activities on phones and doors talking directly to targeted voters we need to win.

In spite of 2 historic hurricanes and warming temperatures, Climate change as an issue is the worst casualty of the 2024 election season. We discuss why and its impact.

The second most ignored issue in the 2024 election is the current hospital and health system crisis hitting our communities. We discuss how the hospital closure crisis is hitting the Madison area as another health system merger is announced with Marshfield Clinic Health System & Sanford Health combining.

We close by welcoming Milwaukee Area Technical College educator Luz Sosa to discuss the discrimination Latinos are experiencing at MATC and how it connects to Act 10 and not properly funding public education in Wisconsin.

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