WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Thursday, May 15, 2025: We share an update on a bid to lower the voting age in local school district elections, Learn the long history behind a bill that got bipartisan support this week in the state Legislature, Outline the pros and cons of vinyl siding, Celebrate Madison's newest mural, Get nostalgic with outgoing News Director Chali Pittman, And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, May 14, 2025: We outline the flurry of labor activity in the local healthcare industry, Explore the patchwork of cell phone policies in K-12 schools across the state, Get a live report from a rally at the state Capitol, Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves, Travel back in time to 1966, And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, May 13, 2025: We head downtown to speak with the child care advocates rallying outside the state Capitol, Find out why a local group wants Madison to eliminate parking mandates, Take a look at how federal funding cuts to WIC, SNAP, and other essential programs affect vulnerable people, Debut a new feature that explores how to stand up for democracy, Explain why...

Here's your local news for Monday, May 12, 2025: We get the details on three criminal justice bills making their way through the state Legislature, Check in with a pair of immigration attorneys three months after President Trump's return to the Oval Office, Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead, Celebrate Stevie Wonder's birthday, Teach you how to make a popular cocktail, Review...

Here's your local news for Thursday, May 8, 2025: We share an inside look into this afternoon's state budget meeting, Outline what happened at yesterday's chaotic public hearing in the Assembly Committee on Judiciary, Hear how a state Democrat is renewing the push for a task force combating violence against Black women, Discuss the ongoing struggle to acquire investigation records from the police,...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, May 7, 2025: We hear how UW-Madison student activists are faring, one year after the Gaza solidarity encampment occupied Library Mall, Learn how the state's budget process works...and get some predictions for the most contentious items this go-around, Discuss an exhibition celebrating Hmong history and resilience, Broadcast the most comprehensive weather repor...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, May 6, 2025: We visit a Willy Street business just days after a vehicle collided with their storefront, Learn how a statewide program helps landowners save money and protect the environment, Ask a retired municipal judge for his take on Judge Hannah Dugan's arrest, Share a slew of updates in dairy industry news, Talk meal-planning, Explain how to protect mallard...

Here's your local news for Monday, May 5, 2025: We head to downtown Madison for this year's Day Without Immigrants march, Learn how the Children's Theater of Madison is taking adults to task in their latest show, Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead, Consider the impacts of a New Deal-era program, Teach you how to make a popular, new age cocktail, Review two movies, And much mo...

Here's your local news for Thursday, May 1— Local utilities are requesting rate increases, A donation helps Wisconsin Humanities stay afloat, While Dairy Drive is headed for closure this fall due to insufficient funding. Plus, it's May Day, the international celebration of workers, with protests in both Madison and Milwaukee. And our features talk hiring bias, the pros and cons of heat pump water...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 30, 2025: We get the details on a proposal responding to the recent rash of attacks on Madison bus drivers, Hear what legal experts have to say about Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan's arrest, Discuss the benefits of youth apprenticeships, Explore shifting protest strategies at UW-Madison, Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves, Cele...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 29, 2025: We outline the findings in an internal investigation of Madison's uncounted absentee ballots last fall, Hear what labor organizers had to say during yesterday's Workers Memorial Day celebration, Get the details on a petition urging the governor to appoint pro-labor representatives to the UW System's Board of Regents, Share the rundown on this yea...

Here's your local news for Monday, April 28, 2025: We catch you up on what's happened since Judge Hannah Dugan's high profile arrest on Friday, Find out why Wisconsin joined a multi-state lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's anti-DEI orders, Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead, Learn how a secret collective provided reproductive care pre-Roe v. Wade, Teach you how to...

Here's your local news for Thursday, April 24, 2025: We find out why the Beacon unexpectedly closed all day yesterday, Detail a new report that found a rising number of unhoused students in Wisconsin public schools, Hear the mission behind UNA-USA Dane County's second annual "Women's Summit," Learn about a state office that answers the public's open records questions, Look forward to opening day o...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 23, 2025: We speak with lobbyists who want state lawmakers to repeal Wisconsin's anti-boycott law, Attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Wisconsin History Center, Find out how Madison's Social Security office is faring, amid understaffing and a controversial policy change, Recap why UW-Madison staff rallied last week, Broadcast the most comprehens...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 22, 2025: We find out how a new coalition is fostering conversations about climate change, Get the details on a report examining Wisconsin industry pre- and post-tariffs, Discuss state and national labor issues with a local attorney, Explain why Madison is a dairy marketing hub, Take a field trip to Troy Farm, Gear up for the Dane County Wildlife Rehabilit...

Here's your local news for Monday, April 21, 2025: We outline the decision in a case challenging the governor's headline-grabbing partial veto, Head downtown for this weekend's buy-in event at the Dane County Farmers Market, Examine the background and politics of SCOTUS' longest-serving justice, Celebrate Belle Case La Follette's birthday, Review two new features, And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, April 17, 2025: We head to Library Mall for a rally pressuring UW higher-ups to resist the Trump administration, Highlight Black maternal health disparities and the community-based efforts working towards a solution, Find out how yesterday's announcement fast-tracking the Enbridge 5 pipeline could affect ongoing litigation against the Canadian oil company, Sit...

Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 16, 2025: We take a closer look at the U.S. Save Act, Learn how Sun Prairie's council voted last night on a police tech budget request, Check in with the RCC Sexual Violence Resource Center ahead of their move next month, Discuss the making of the Daily Cardinal's special issue on immigration, Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwav...

Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 15, 2025: We head to the state Capitol for a Tax Day sit-in, Check in with a now-former Dane County supervisor who was priced out of her district in downtown Madison, Dissect a high-profile newspaper ad defending Roundup's corporate manufacturers, Take stock of Wisconsin's roughly 4,000 dams, Explore how dead and fallen trees can serve as crucial nesting l...

Here's your local news for Monday, April 14, 2025: We hear prison reform advocates' key goals for this spring, Get the details on a bill that would bring the question of campaign spending directly to Wisconsin voters, Find out why a measure that would make gun safes tax-free is getting bipartisan support, Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead, Remember one of the most violent st...

Here's your local news for Thursday, April 10, 2025: We get the answer to another lingering question from last week's local election, Hear the details on a new investigation that tracked the exploding use of bail jumping charges in Wisconsin, Respond to some open records FAQs, Hear what's biting in the Madison area, Check in on the Mingos' rollercoaster of a season, And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, April 9, 2025: We check in on statewide and local food programs as they navigate federal funding cuts, Preview what's on the docket for Wisconsin's highest court, Learn about an immigrant rights group on the UW-Madison campus, Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves, Travel back in time to 1964, And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 8, 2025: We get the answer to a lingering question from last Tuesday's local election, Check in with Wisconsin nonprofits following the latest round of federal funding cuts, Hear how the former ambassador to the United Nations responded last week to protesters at a UW-Madison event, Explain how falling dairy prices are leading to losses for Wisconsin farme...

Here's your local news for Monday, April 7, 2025: We head to downtown Madison for this Saturday's "Hands Off!" protest, Outline the results from a new, statewide survey on big money in politics, Hear how a state Democrat wants to fix Wisconsin's affordable housing crisis, Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead, Commemorate the National Day for Immigrant Justice in 2006, Close out...

Here's your local news for Thursday, April 3, 2025: We meet the newcomer elected to Madison's school board on Tuesday, Check in with Metro Transit's general manager after yesterday's announcement that he's leaving the job, Look forward to the Wisconsin Film Festival - and this weekend's screening of “Art Speigelman: Disaster is My Muse!”, Sit down with an alder who wants safer streets in Madison,...