WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Thursday, October 23, 2025:

• We join a public feedback session on Madison's Southeast Area development plan,
• Outline the fundraising goal to support the city's new men's shelter,
• Share an inside look into today's combative legislative hearing on teacher misconduct and grooming in Wisconsin schools,
• Consider the often-exorbitant fees records custodians are allowed to charge,
• Share the best spots for fall-wea...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, October 22, 2025:

• We hear from the supporters and opponents of a bill that would codify the IHRA's definition of antisemitism in state law,
• Find out what's at stake if independent broadcast network WisconsinEye can't reach their urgent fundraising goal,
• Get more details on a city proposal that could eliminate UW students' input on alcohol policy,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report ...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, October 21, 2025:

• We hear local nonprofits' warning to the county board as they weigh proposed funding cuts in next year's budget,
• Consider strategies to combat the rise of white Christian nationalism,
• Detail the gaps in the system that make it difficult to track educators accused of sexual misconduct and grooming,
• Survey the trade war's impact on American soybean farmers,
• Celebrate the history of...

Here's your local news for Monday, October 20, 2025:

• We head to downtown Madison for this Saturday's nationwide protest against the Trump regime,
• Outline city leaders' recent examination of the Urban Design Commission and its role in development oversight,
• Find out why a city committee voted last week to preserve student input on alcohol licenses and policies,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Commemorate the...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, October 15, 2025:

• We outline today's debate over a Republican bill that would put a cap on UW's annual tuition increases,
• Hear what GHC members had to say in a special meeting with the cooperative's Board of Directors,
• Learn why election reform advocates are calling for Final Five voting in Wisconsin,
• Find out if UW-Madison's ethnic studies requirement is actually at risk,
• Broadcast the most com...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, October 14, 2025:

• We hear from party leaders on both sides of the aisle ahead of the state Senate's long-awaited floor session,
• Find out why an update to Madison school facilities is expected to cost taxpayers less than originally projected,
• Discuss the video game industry's rising reliance on artificial intelligence,
• Consider why more Wisconsin dairy farmers may be looking to cash out,
• Celebrate ...

Here's your local news for Monday, October 13, 2025:

• We find out why the state Assembly is centering environmental protections this Indigenous Peoples' Day,
• Outline the back and forth this morning in the state Supreme Court over tribal sovereign immunity,
• Meet the city of Madison's new Director of Transportation,
• Brush up on immigration law amid the unprecedented federal crackdown,
• Remember a trailblazing fighter pilot,
• Learn how to ...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, October 8, 2025:

• We hear what's at stake if Congress fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits,
• Outline city leaders' debate over a proposed drive-thru coffee shop at West Towne Mall,
• Find out why MMSD is pitching its recent 4K expansion as a win-win,
• Discuss the risks of private equity in 401(k) retirement plans,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel b...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, October 7, 2025:

• We outline some of the funding priorities in Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway's $452.5 million operating budget proposal,
• Find out why state Democrats want to require health insurers to include fertility services in their coverage,
• Consider what’s at stake if a loophole in Wisconsin’s campaign finance law is replicated on the federal level,
• Share some bad butter pricing news,
• Visit a bel...

Here's your local news for Monday, October 6, 2025:

• We head to Monona Terrace for a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, where local leaders emphasized the importance of community,
• Get the latest data on alcohol-induced deaths in Wisconsin,
• Consider what's at stake after a Georgia-based journalist was deported on Friday,
• Celebrate the birthday of a renowned peace activist and journalist,
• Teach you how to make a Lynchburg Lemonade,
• Re...

Here's your local news for Thursday, October 2, 2025:

• We'll outline some of the cost-saving measures in County Executive Agard's spending plan for next year,
• Mark the end of a Biden-era climate initiative,
• Find out how PFAS chemicals from Truax Field end up in nearby waterways like Starkweather Creek,
• Learn what it takes to achieve fluency in Russian,
• Talk songwriting with a Milwaukee-based musician,
• Dissect the scholarly lessons in ...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, October 1, 2025:

• We head to Madison's Rennebohm Park for a press conference opposing the Line 5 reroute,
• Get the details on a new antibody treatment that aims to provide seasonal protection from Lyme disease,
• Find out how state Democrats are working to fill the gap as Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin pauses abortion services,
• Learn the history behind a trailblazing department at UW-Madison,
• Broad...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 30, 2025:

• We hear Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway's latest preview of her 2026 operating budget proposal,
• Outline some budget amendments Madison's Board of Education took up yesterday,
• Check in with the owner of Rutabaga Paddlesports after the announcement that he's closing up shop at the end of this year,
• Look forward to this week's packed schedule of dairy trade shows,
• Consider strategies to...