WORT Local News
Breaking news and feature stories straight from the WORT News team’s underground lair in Madison, Wisconsin. New episodes every Monday through Thursday at 7:30 PM. Also available live on 89.9 FM from 6:00-7:00 PM and online anytime at WORTFM.org.
Episodes
Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 23, 2024:
- We hear from activists at the Capitol calling for the abolition of solitary confinement,
- Get the details on the Children's Museum's new, climate-focused exhibit,
- Learn what horse girl memes, volleyball nets, and orange silicon all have in common,
- Examine the deal between the state legislature and the UW system on DEI initiatives,
- Chat with the manager of the Turn Key Supper Club,
- De...
Here's your local news for Monday, April 22, 2024:
- We get an update on the Hands Up Act,
- Get the details on the latest environmental protection efforts in Dane County,
- Learn what individuals can do to fight for the natural world,
- Hear from volunteers cleaning up Madison's parks,
- Check in with some local activists after this weekend's Labor Notes conference,
- Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
- And much more.
Here's your local news for Thursday, April 18, 2024:
- We get the scoop on yesterday's oral arguments before the state Supreme Court,
- Check in with a local taproom owner - after false reports that there's a warrant out for his arrest,
- Get the county clerk's take on election conspiracy post-2020,
- Review "ready to assemble" cabinets,
- Learn the backstory behind America's first Hip Hop Week,
- Take a closer look at works by "the Goddess of W...
Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 17, 2024:
- We get the details on last night's tense Common Council meeting,
- Hear how Wisconsin's finances are looking,
- Check in on child labor laws - after a recent attempt to thwart them,
- Learn about life as a Music Therapist,
- Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
- Travel back in time to 1964,
- And much more.
Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 16, 2024:
- We talk to educators at yesterday's rally,
- Learn how Madison parks are getting cleaned up ahead of Earth Day,
- Ask a local nonprofit how they used a city grant to support undocumented immigrants during the pandemic,
- Take a closer look at Indigenous Law studies at UW-Madison,
- Preview the Wisconsin Birdathon,
- Continue to celebrate baby animal season,
- And much more.
Here's your local news for Monday, April 15, 2024:
- We get the latest on MMSD's budget struggles,
- Learn the story behind a new statue headed for the state Capitol's grounds,
- Hear from a Madison-based zine editor who's up for a prestigious award,
- Commemorate the Deepwater Horizon oil spill,
- Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
- Review two apocalyptic movies,
- And much more.
Here's your local news for Thursday, April 11, 2024:
- We get the latest information on last night's deadly shooting,
- Hear incoming superintendent Dr. Joe Gothard's priorities for MMSD,
- Look back on Justice Ann Walsh Bradley's career - after her announcement that she's not running for re-election in 2025,
- Talk government transparency,
- Broadcast the most up-to-date fishing report,
- Catch up with the Madison Flamingos,
- And much more.
Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 10, 2024:
- We take a look at the new federal standards for PFAS contamination in drinking water,
- Learn how federal funding is advancing clean energy construction in Wisconsin,
- Hear how UW-Madison is reckoning with its history,
- Ask election clerks how last week's approved referendums could impact their jobs,
- Get some insight from a former art curator at MMoCA,
- Travel back in time to 1962,
- And ...
Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 9, 2024:
- We share an update on the months-long tug of war over PFAS funding,
- Get the details on Madison's lesser-known draft area plan,
- Take a closer look at the spring election results on UW-Madison's campus,
- Debut our new food feature,
- Look ahead to baby animal season,
- And much more.
Here's your local news for Monday, April 8, 2024:
- We join the solar eclipse fervor on UW-Madison's campus,
- Get an update on a controversial oil pipeline in the Great Lakes region,
- Hear what's behind President Biden's new student debt relief plan - which he announced today while visiting Madison,
- Follow up with Wisconsin's "Uninstructed Campaign,"
- Mark the anniversary of the Colfax Massacre,
- Review two movies,
- And much more.
Here's your local news for Thursday, April 4, 2024:
- We get the backstory behind Wisconsin's new "pre-disaster flood resilience" grant program,
- Hear what advocates are saying during this year's Autism Acceptance Month,
- Share some safety tips - ahead of Monday's partial solar eclipse,
- Broadcast a Milwaukee rapper's backstory,
- Explain some house-hunting red flags,
- Interview a director ahead of the Wisconsin Film Festival,
- And much more. <...
Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 3, 2024:
- We recap yesterday's spring election - when voters approved referendums, the "uninstructed option" made a showing, Dane County incumbents protected their seats, and a campus polling place hit a snag,
- Investigate a lesser-known immigration policy that deports "documented dreamers" at age 21,
- Hear more about life as a middle school teacher,
- Broadcast the most in-depth weather repor...
Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 2, 2024:
- We get an update on the legal back and forth over ballot drop boxes,
- Speak with the Vice President of the Marquette Neighborhood Association - as Madison prepares for a population boom,
- Preview an event series starting tonight at the Wisconsin Historical Society,
- Share a conservationist's perspective on out of state meddling,
- Meet our wildlife friends: the Eastern Gray Squirrel,
- And ...
Here's your local news for Monday, April 1, 2024:
- We get the details on an ordinance change that would give the Board of Health more options after a dog attack,
- Learn how a new federal program will help feed school kids in need during the summer months,
- Get an expert's perspective on this year's ongoing FAFSA delays,
- Share the government's calendar for the week ahead,
- Mark the anniversary of a "boss-napping,"
- Take a closer look at a ...
Here's your local news for Thursday, March 28, 2024:
- We get an update on the lockdown at Waupun - and share our findings from an open records request,
- Analyze campaign spending in the spring election,
- Interview a candidate running to represent Madison's northeast side on the Dane County board,
- Talk government transparency,
- Broadcast the most up-to-date fishing report,
- Check in on Madison's Flamingos,
- And much more.
Here's your local news for Wednesday, March 27, 2024:
- We learn how Wisconsin's unhoused population has shifted over the last decade - and how Dane County is faring,
- Hear why prevention groups are cautioning against online sports betting,
- Interview a candidate running to represent Madison's northeast side on the Dane County board,
- Talk with an art professor at UW-Madison,
- Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
- Tra...
Here's your local news for Tuesday, March 26, 2024:
- We get the details on the "uninstructed delegation" campaign in Wisconsin,
- Forecast next week's free, severe weather-spotting classes,
- Interview two candidates vying to represent Madison's south side on the Dane County Board,
- Learn about a new arrival at the Humane Society's Wildlife Center,
- And much more.
Here's your local news for Monday, March 25, 2024:
- We interview two candidates running to represent the villages of Windsor and DeForest on the Dane County board,
- Discuss the government's calendar for this week,
- Mark the anniversary of the nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island,
- Take a closer look at two popular cocktails,
- Review two movies available on the small screen,
- And much more.
Here's your local news for Thursday, March 21, 2024:
- We have an update - and the results of an open records request - on Madison's F-35 listening sessions,
- Learn how federal funding could bring high-speed internet to Wisconsin's underserved communities,
- Interview a Dane County board candidate,
- Hear more from leadership at Boys and Girls Club of Dane County,
- Take a deep dive into Renaissance textiles,
- And much more.
Here's your local news for Wednesday, March 20, 2024:
- We get the latest data on the state's housing market,
- Look ahead to an upcoming exhibit at the Wisconsin Historical Society,
- Interview an incumbent candidate in the Dane County board race,
- Sit down with a local middle school teacher,
- Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
- Travel back in time to 1967,
- And much more.
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