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Forecast from Wednesday 6-3-26 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

Recusal rules for Wisconsin judges could soon get an update, after more than fifteen years of no change and a pair of court elections that broke national spending records. The state Supreme Court is slated to examine a proposal Thursday that would tighten the standards. But some legal groups are urging the justices to study the issue carefully before they adopt any major changes. To find out why,...

Six Democrats running for governor made their pitch to working Wisconsinites at a candidate forum Tuesday evening, hosted by a slew of labor unions and advocacy organizations. Image courtesy: Brian Standing / WORT News.

On today’s pledge drive edition of A Public Affair, host Ali Muldrow is in conversation with scholar Tara Mulder about her new book, A Womb of One's Own: Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome. Mulder tells the story of birth from pre-conception to post-partum based around women’s stories of trying to get pregnant, of being pregnant, of terminating pregnancies, and beyond. Her book is an alt...

Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi featuring Jackie Brodean, in the first half, Kristie GoForth, Executive Director of Bikes for Kids Wisconsin joins us to talk about their new “Meals on 2 Wheels” program bringing food to those who need it from the River Food Pantry on electric cargo bikes; In the second half, DJs Lotus G, Ree Maniac, DUDE Da Definition, and chanteuse C...

Hundreds of animal rights activists converged on Ridglan Farms in April, the second attempt this spring to break in and seize the beagles being held at the dog breeding and research facility. Ahead of the raid, UW-Madison student organization Animal Advocacy spread flyers across campus to raise awareness about the issue and get the wider community involved. The university is now investigating whet...

The Madison School Board now has less than one month to comply with state law and finalize their updated policy regarding phone usage in schools Image Courtesy: Jae Park / UNSPLASH

On today’s pledge drive edition of A Public Affair, host Dana Pellebon is in conversation with Rev. Staci Marrese-Wheeler and Rev. Tim Schaefer about the phenomena of white Christian nationalism and how their congregations are choosing to follow a table-flipping Jesus. Featured image: of Christian LGBTQ pride flag with cross hanging in a Metropolitan Community Church via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-S...

In this week’s episode of Legal Brief, feature contributor Fiona Hatch walks through a Wisconsin Court of Appeals case that had major implications on the battle between the state and federal government for control over regulating Wisconsin’s National Guard.

The Greater Madison Metropolitan Planning Organization is a government agency tasked with designing the region’s long range transportation plan. They’re working on an updated plan, dubbed ‘Pathways to 2050’, that will guide decision-making for almost forty communities across the region and set priorities for federal transportation funding. Kayla Haas, Greater Madison MPO’s marketing and communicat...

This week on “Madison Mixology,” feature contributor Charlie Belawski takes us to the world's first fern bar to learn about the ‘Lemon Drop.’ He’ll describe the cocktail’s many variations – and explain why he believes lemons are the best fruit.

Nurses, community supporters, and Congressman Mark Pocan gathered Thursday at St. Mary’s hospital in Madison to rally in support of unionization. The nurses want better patient care, staffing and retention. Image courtesy: Maria Segura / WORT News.

After last week’s lull to observe Memorial Day, the city of Madison and Dane County are kicking things back into high gear. Brenda Konkel and Rebecca Kemble share an overview of upcoming meetings, in this edition of “Forward Lookout.”

The Yahara Lakes define this region where people flock to the water year-round for recreation. But algae blooms, Madison’s continued growth, and the warming planet are changing the makeup of our waterways. On today’s pledge drive edition of A Public Affair, Douglas Haynes is in conversation with James Tye of Clean Lakes Alliance and Jake Vander Zanden of the Center for Limnology about the 2025 Sta...

June 2nd is the 102nd anniversary of the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act, which declared that all Native Americans in the United States to be citizens, completing a decades-long process of piecemeal granting of citizenship to Native Americans, though it did not immediately grant the right to vote and was opposed by some native groups at the time due to concerns about sovereignty and treaty r...

Forecast from Monday, 6-1-26 by WORT 89.9FM Madison

We’ll have live circus performers on the radio, performing daring acts, all about a sausage, that you have to see –or rather hear – to believe. Members of the Kishka Circus will fill up the studio, in advance of their Kishka show at MYArts.

At 250 years old, America’s democracy seems like a doddering old man. We’ll talk with Northwestern University political science professor Jeffrey Winters about his new book “The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Democracies.”

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“The biggest, most costly food safety recall in the history of the United States," is what Pete Hardin is calling the April 2026 recall of powdered milk and buttermilk from California Dairies Inc. Some of the companies that are affected are Ghirardelli Chocolate, Costco’s frozen meatloaf, and Chick-Fil-A’s bread coating. Exports are continuing to Mexico and Asia where some of its being used in inf...

Employees at MOSA, or the Midwest Organic Services Association, want a union. Management there has aggressively blocked all unionization efforts, despite MOSA’s origins and reputation as a collaborative and democratic organization. Workers are voting now on unionizing with OPEIU Local 39. Labor Radio spoke with several MOSA employees about the organizing efforts.

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