WORT Local News

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...

Here's your local news for Monday, September 22, 2025:

• We hear Mayor Rhodes-Conway's early pitch to expand Madison's investment in homeless services,
• Consider the next steps for a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's new vape law after a federal judge denied the plaintiffs' request to delay enforcement,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Mark the anniversary of the Chicago garment workers strike,
• Teach you how to m...

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 18, 2025:

• We head to Rep. Francesca Hong's campaign launch party to find out what inspired her to run for governor,
• Consider the truth behind the old adage "it takes a village,"
• Get the details on the Room Tax Commission's looming structural deficit,
• Share a crash course on the U.S. Supreme Court's so-called "shadow docket,"
• Debut our new feature celebrating Madison's music scene,
• Explai...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 16, 2025:

• We detail last night's debate over a proposal that would raise health care costs for Dane County employees,
• Hear what Wisconsin scholars and industry leaders have to say about Trump's tariff plan,
• Find out why the legal dispute over Wisconsin's administrative rulemaking process is far from over,
• Explain how the dairy industry is adapting to rising butterfat content in the milk...

Here's your local news for Monday, September 15, 2025:

• We find out how the county is preparing for a projected $31 million budget deficit,
• Learn how advocates and state lawmakers are working to spread awareness about cryptocurrency ATM scams,
• Meet Matt Wachter, Madison's Director of Planning, Community, and Economic Development,
• Consider the environmental impacts of data centers,
• Look back on the Irish Postal Workers Strike of 1922,
• ...

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 11, 2025:

• We'll outline Wisconsin Democrats' education agenda,
• Untangle Line 5's complicated legal history and find out what's next in the fight to stop Enbridge's proposed reroute of the pipeline,
• Delve into some of the Wisconsin Transparency Project's most recent cases,
• Break down where the fish are biting,
• Reflect on Forward Madison's frustrating (but still hopeful) season,
• And much m...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 10, 2025:

• We detail Madison leaders' latest proposal to promote more housing in the city,
• Learn how white nationalist groups are using so-called 'Active Clubs' to covertly spread their ideology,
• Outline the research that has a range of experts sounding the alarm on a ubiquitous insecticide,
• Welcome "Cardinal Call" back from summer break,
• Find out why containing wildfires is easier said...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 9, 2025:

• We find out why a contingent of high school athletes showed up at yesterday's Board of Education meeting,
• Outline Wisconsin Republicans' education priorities,
• Hear the mission behind Wisconsin Public Education Network's transparency project,
• Explain the bovine breeding and nutrition practices behind a recent boom in cream production,
• Sit down with a local food photographer,
• Mark ...

Here's your local news for Monday, September 8, 2025:

• We head to a protest outside the Odana Road Social Security office,
• Consider the consequences of an increasingly corporatized and tech-focused higher education system,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Celebrate the birthday of "a lion in literature's forest,"
• Discuss some of the best snacks to eat with your evening cocktail,
• Review two new offerings on the...