WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Wednesday, August 27, 2025:

• We'll outline the next steps for a proposal that seeks to strengthen Madison's tree protections,
• Find out why Madison finance leaders expect the city's operating expenses to go up nearly $24 million next year,
• Meet Michael Haas, Madison's City Attorney and interim City Clerk,
• Discuss how labor unions can push back on Trump’s authoritarian power grab,
• Broadcast the most comprehen...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, August 26, 2025:

• We get the details on MMSD's performance objectives for the next academic year,
• Find out how a new bill would preserve funding for Wisconsin's decades-old conservation program,
• Consider the potential consequences of USDA's new "reorganization plan,"
• Examine a recent drop in cheddar prices,
• Sit down with the owner of Kia's Kitchen,
• Learn how wildlife rehabilitators take care of inju...

Here's your local news for Monday, August 25, 2025:

• We find out why prison reform advocates say there's still time for Governor Evers to follow through on his campaign promises,
• Get the details on a new lawsuit that's fighting to secure Wisconsin youth's "right to a stable climate,"
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Remember one of the youngest peace ambassadors in American history,
• Discuss some popular hango...

Here's your local news for Thursday, August 21, 2025:

• We find out why the Trump regime's order extending the life of a Michigan coal plant could have financial and environmental costs here in Wisconsin,
• Meet the city of Madison's Sustainability and Resilience Manager,
• Share sounds and stories from last Sunday's Ukrainian Fest,
• Hear the mission behind tomorrow's tech recycling event at Warner Park,
• Explore the joys and trials of care...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, August 20, 2025:

• We get the details on a bill that state Democrats say would help families with back-to-school costs,
• Hear a research institute's plan to make a small town in Rock County self-sufficient by the end of this century,
• Find out how Kevin Price's loved ones are continuing their fight for justice, one year after he was shot by a Fitchburg police officer,
• Meet a community organizer in ...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, August 19, 2025:

• We learn how Senator Tammy Baldwin is fighting back against the Trump regime's bid to dismantle the Department of Education,
• Outline a Wisconsin-based manufacturing company's role in the genocide of Palestinians,
• Consider the environmental impacts of the data centers cropping up all over the countryside,
• Visit a comfort-food hotspot in downtown Madison,
• Learn how to identify mourn...

Here's your local news for Monday, August 18, 2025:

• We'll find out how the Madison Clerk's Office has to change its election processes following an order from state officials,
• Meet the three finalists in the running to serve as Madison's next chief of police,
• Look forward to a new women's soccer team coming to Breese Stevens Field,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Mark the anniversary of a CIA-sponsored coup...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, August 12, 2025:

• We find out why Madison's Plan Commission delayed action yesterday on an ordinance that would strengthen tree protections,
• Learn how much Madison school board members are compensated compared to other local electeds,
• Outline the promising signs and ongoing challenges in Madison's housing market,
• Discuss the unexpected agricultural benefits of sauerkraut juice,
• Meet a local spice b...

Here's your local news for Monday, August 11, 2025:

• We head to Central Library to make a fake cake,
• Get the details on the long history of personnel issues in Madison's Department of Civil Rights,
• Sit down with a state lawmaker who wants Wisconsin to investigate the epidemic of violence against Black women,
• Share the true story behind a deadly cholera outbreak in 1832 Philadelphia,
• Taste-test another cocktail,
• Review two new features...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, August 5, 2025:

• We get the details on Wisconsin's first confirmed measles cases of the year,
• Gear up for student move-out week with some advice from Madison's recycling coordinator,
• Find out why a federal appeals court ruled against UW-Madison in a social media standards lawsuit,
• Outline the hidden costs of manure digesters,
• Learn how a local business is bringing the art of tortilla-making to the ...

Here's your local news for Thursday, July 31, 2025:

• We hear a pro-democracy watchdog's solution for partisan gerrymandering,
• Find out why many university faculty in Wisconsin are avoiding politically contentious topics,
• Meet Matt Mikolajewski, director of Madison's Economic Development Division,
• Prepare for a change in leadership at the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council,
• Share advice on where to cast your fishing line this we...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 30, 2025:

• We'll find out why DoorDash and Uber are lobbying in favor of a bill headed to Governor Evers' desk,
• Get the latest news from Madison's CARES program,
• Learn how Madison area colleges support students who are struggling to afford basic necessities,
• Share lessons in solidarity from the Act Up movement,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in ti...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, July 29, 2025:

• We get the details on Madison's mid-year budget outlook,
• Outline some of the city's latest planning decisions,
• Find out how some Wisconsin county sheriffs are participating in federal immigration enforcement,
• Explain how Trump's tariff plan could affect your grocery bill,
• Offer some ideas about how to cook when you're on vacation,
• Share some heartwarming reunion stories from the Dane...

Here's your local news for Monday, July 28, 2025:

• We share an update on Rep. Shelia Stubbs' fight to establish a statewide task force on missing and murdered Black women,
• Find out why Wisconsin's new budget could lead to a financial gap in 2027,
• Learn more about what went wrong at the Madison Clerk's Office last fall,
• Commemorate the first recorded strike in North America,
• Teach you how to make a popular cocktail,
• Review two movies,
• A...