WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 20, 2023:\

• We look into the ongoing political fight over child care in Wisconsin,
• Interview a pro-choice lawmaker on shifting abortion access in the state,
• Hear about the lawsuit that accuses the Madison Police Department of open records violations,
• Travel back in time to 1968,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 13, 2023:

• We take a look at MMSD’s contract with their new bus company after a tumultuous start to the school year,
• Report from Centro Hispano's Evening of Dreaming last weekend,
• Discuss the impacts of higher energy rates,
• Revisit headlines from 1965,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 12, 2023:

• We give the rundown as Dane County's 2024 budget negotiations kick off,
• Interview a Milwaukee school teacher whose video was used without her knowledge - in order to drum up conservative outcry,
• Discuss the return to the fall semester at UW Madison,
• Take a look at the nocturnal nightjar,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, September 11, 2023:

• We dig into a conservative political ad that aired after the Packers game last night,
• Learn about the latest data on Wisconsin’s property values and tax data from a research group,
• Hear from adult literacy advocates in the area,
• Commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the CIA-backed coup in Chile,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, September 7, 2023:

• We pay our respects to jazz bassist Richard Davis and revisit his 2016 interview with WORT,
• Investigate a Republican bill in the state legislature that would legalize a Schedule 1 drug,
• Hear more from award-winning producer DJ Pain 1,
• Delve into the nostalgia of Oscar Mayer memorabilia,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, September 6, 2023:

• We share an update on the assault that took place on West Wilson Street last Sunday,
• Hear Congressman Mark Pocan's priorities for the upcoming session in DC,
• Discuss ending the tipped minimum wage with Representative Francesca Hong,
• Revisit an interview with Madison's second youth poet laureate,
• Travel back in time to 1963,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, September 5, 2023:

• We outline the mayor's 2024 Capital Budget proposal,
• Learn about counseling for folks post-incarceration,
• Meet up with a sailboat against nuclear weapons that nears the end of its voyage,
• Celebrate the unique characteristics and culture of corvids,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, September 4, 2023:

• We celebrate this year's Labor Day at LaborFest,
• Investigate a new recycling process,
• Follow up on the Land Art Exhibit at a local green cemetery,
• Learn about healthy school lunches,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, August 31, 2023:

• We investigate the conflict surrounding a new, online dashboard for school funding,
• Learn how the eight-week workers' strike at Leinenkugel's came to a close,
• Dive into the causes and consequences of an aging prison population across Wisconsin,
• Discuss fishing over this Labor Day weekend,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, August 30, 2023:

• We talk to folks as they prepare for the coming school year,
• Learn more about a project to update the Wisconsin Historical Museum,
• Follow up on a Madison woman who was attacked volunteering on the West Bank,
• Travel back in time to 1968,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, August 29, 2023:

• We learn about a proposed hotline for employers looking to hire formerly incarcerated workers,
• Then investigate controversial changes to an elementary school's outdoor space,
• Hear from an experienced, Capitol reporter about the state Supreme Court,
• Get the latest scoop on the West Nile Virus in Wisconsin
• And much more.

In this Episode:

• Madison opens cooling centers in response to the heat wave.
• UW's University Hospital plans for a new expansion.
• Epic Systems unveils a new research tool.
• OuttaDeeBox talks with DJ Pain One about his journey in the music industry.
• The House Always Wins discusses the proper breath for a house.
• And Radio Chipstone goes to an Amish Quilt auction.

In this episode:

• Democrats circulate a new bill designed to protect media from defamation suits.
• A local artist talks about how her home and family affect her work.
• The SEIU stages a rally at the Republican presidential debate.
• The lieutenant governor visits WORT to talk about her new podcast.
• Rob McClure gives us this week's weather report.
• and "Madison in the 60's" goes back to anti-war protests in Madison.