WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 16, 2025:

• We detail the history behind a controversial proposal that dominated yesterday's city council meeting,
• Get some safety recommendations from local public health officials, following the recent spike in drug overdoses,
• Investigate online rental scams,
• Learn how an independent journalist is covering immigration issues in Baltimore,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on t...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, July 15, 2025:

• We share an update on the search for the next chief of the Madison Police Department,
• Learn how a local nonprofit is fighting to preserve and improve the Yahara River watershed,
• Explore the complexities of national milk pricing,
• Sit down with Madison Sourdough's bread manager,
• Celebrate a big milestone at the Dane County Humane Society's Wildlife Rehabilitation Center,
• And much more.
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Here's your local news for Monday, July 14, 2025:

• We consider the community-building power of public art,
• Learn how federal Medicaid cuts could impact a Wisconsin nonprofit that serves people with disabilities,
• Detail Wisconsin high schoolers' rising participation in dual enrollment programs,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Celebrate George McGovern's birthday,
• Taste-test a Jelly Donut shot,
• Review two new fe...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 9, 2025:

• We share the latest on a housing package that's headed to the full city council next week,
• Honor the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday,
• Find out why environmental advocates are celebrating yesterday's ruling in the state Supreme Court,
• Learn how a stand-up comic is using laughter to defend democracy,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 19...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, July 8, 2025:

• We check the progress on a parole program that's taken the Department of Corrections eleven years - and counting - to implement,
• Learn how today's decision from the state Supreme Court secures Wisconsin's ban on conversion therapy,
• Look at a legal fight over a dairy farmer who refuses to own a gun,
• Find out how some new signs in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore reflect the Tru...

Here's your local news for Thursday, July 3, 2025:

• We explain why the governor rushed to sign Wisconsin's next budget,
• Outline an amendment that's heading back to Madison's Police Civilian Oversight Board for the sixth time,
• Meet Madison Public Library Director Tana Elias,
• Discuss some recent changes to Wisconsin's Public Records Guide,
• Share the best spots to cast your fishing line this holiday weekend,
• Celebrate the Flamingos' long...

Here's your local news for Thursday, June 26, 2025:

• We attend a city budget engagement session at the Black Business Hub,
• Hear the details on a health care bill that got unanimous support in both chambers of the state Legislature,
• Meet city of Madison Human Resources Director Erin Hillson,
• Find out why police oversight advocates are sounding the alarm on a proposal headed to the city council,
• Explain why you need building permits,
• Wa...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, June 25, 2025:

• We get the details on a bid to revitalize the western corner of Capitol Square,
• Hear the pros and cons of a proposed low-income housing development on Verona Road,
• Brave the heat to participate in a flax processing demonstration,
• Share lessons in solidarity from the Act Up movement,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1966,
• And muc...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, June 18, 2025:

• We share the latest on an active hazmat investigation in Madison,
• Find out how state regulations for nicotine vapes will change next month,
• Speak with a Tone Madison reporter who investigated living conditions at a local housing-focused nonprofit,
• Learn why non-violence is an effective form of resistance,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back ...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, June 17, 2025:

• We hear state Republicans' public safety budget priorities,
• Meet city of Madison Finance Director Dave Schmiedicke,
• Discuss today's unanimous ruling in the state Supreme Court,
• Explain the causes and consequences of the nationwide cattle shortage,
• Sit down with a local hot sauce connoisseur,
• Describe some funny moments caught on candid camera at the Dane County Humane Society's Wildl...