WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Tuesday, May 19, 2026:

• We explain how you can weigh in on the development future of downtown Madison,
• Hear the benefits of agroforestry,
• Check in with Law Forward after a recent win in Dane County court,
• Outline the latest dairy trends as American cheesemakers scramble to compete in a difficult international market,
• Dispel some myths about Midwestern cuisine,
• Explore how certain birds hijack nests and force...

Here's your local news for Monday, May 18, 2026:

• We hear local advocates' pitch to strengthen police oversight efforts in the city of Madison,
• Share key takeaways from the Republican Party of Wisconsin's annual convention this weekend,
• Analyze a court decision last month that gutted the Voting Rights Act,
• Learn about one of the first Black lawmakers elected to Congress,
• Teach you how to mix up a "White Lady" cocktail,
• Review two new ...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, May 12, 2026:

• We get a progress update on Madison's highly-anticipated men's shelter,
• Learn how recent federal health care cuts could impact Wisconsin,
• Find out why the governor's $1.8 billion surplus deal is already drawing criticism from his own party,
• Examine the economic hurdles that farmers are facing at the start of a new growing season,
• Visit a decades-old staple in the Madison coffee scene...

Here's your local news for Monday, May 11, 2026:

• We share a major update in the campaign for a unionized newsroom at the Cap Times,
• Examine the urban-rural gap in access to child care,
• Find out which priorities made the cut in the bipartisan spending deal Governor Evers announced Monday,
• Say goodbye to the UW Space Place,
• Commemorate the anniversary of the Million Mom March for gun control,
• Teach you how to mix up a simple French coc...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, May 6, 2026:

• We detail a proposed cell phone policy that garnered mixed responses at Monday's MMSD school board meeting,
• Examine a conservative ad campaign that's using bipartisan issues to prop up Assembly Republicans in competitive districts,
• Honor the legacy of Wisconsin's most celebrated and feared political reporter,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel ba...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, May 5, 2026:

• We hear what's next for the Odana Hills Golf Course redesign,
• Find out why sustainable farmers want the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Monsanto's immunity bid,
• Learn how the legal back and forth over mifepristone, a widely-used abortion pill, could impact Wisconsinites,
• Rebroadcast The Milkweed's award-winning segment on stray voltage,
• Chat with the co-owner of Little Tibet Market and C...

Here's your local news for Monday, May 4, 2026:

• We find out why the Madison Police Department credits community partners for the city's declining crime rates,
• Head to downtown Madison for this year's May Day rally,
• Learn how Wisconsin teachers are picking up the slack amid funding and retention issues,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Celebrate the legacy of an anti-colonialist reporter,
• Review an internation...

Here's your local news for Thursday, April 30, 2026:

• We learn what's next, after an embattled testing facility agreed this week to sell most of its dogs to rescue groups,
• Find out why so many Wisconsin Republicans are announcing their retirement ahead of the midterms,
• Talk cultural experiences with a UW-Madison language lecturer,
• Debut our new feature on Wisconsin's most famous legal cases,
• Explore the idea of soft architecture,
• And ...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 29, 2026:

• We detail a Regent Street development project that earned the Plan Commission's stamp of approval Monday,
• Talk climate change and storm-ready infrastructure,
• Check in with Law Forward after a panel dismissed their gerrymandering lawsuit,
• Break down how federal tax dollars are spent,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1968,
• And mu...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 28, 2026:

• We share an update on the fight to end salary compression at MMSD,
• Examine the widening funding gaps between Wisconsin K-12 school districts,
• Find out what's next, after Trump ended a twenty-year ban on mining near the Boundary Waters,
• Recap the Milkweed's award-winning segment on stray voltage,
• Explore Madison through the lens of beer and books,
• Learn about some tiny new patients a...

Here's your local news for Monday, April 27, 2026:

• We dig into the Public Service Commission's landmark ruling last week on data centers,
• Discuss the latest election-related news from around the state,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Mark the anniversary of the Birmingham Children’s Crusade,
• Teach you how to mix up an “Ocean Breeze” cocktail,
• Review two more movies from the Wisconsin Film Festival,
• And much m...

Here's your local news for Thursday, April 23, 2026:

• We find out why Madison schools are projected to see declining kindergarten enrollment,
• Detail an upcoming expansion to the UW System's Direct Admit program,
• Learn how competing interests on Regent Street were prioritized in a planned redesign of the thoroughfare,
• Explore the ins and outs of Wisconsin's open meetings law,
• Tell you the best spots to cast your fishing line,
• Check in ...

Here's your local news for Monday, April 20, 2026:

• We hear from protesters who joined the attempted raid this weekend of a Blue Mounds dog breeding and testing facility,
• Share key takeaways from a new report on climate change in Wisconsin,
• Find out why county leaders withdrew funding for Flock cameras,
• Celebrate the legacy of a trailblazing bluegrass musician,
• Review two documentaries featured in this year's Wisconsin Film Festival,
• ...