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A Juneteenth Flag Raising
The local news for Tuesday, June 6th. In this show:
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Jun 07, 2023 |
Madison police start new mental health transportation pilot program
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Here is your local news for Monday, June 6:
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Jun 06, 2023 |
Pride Flag Raised At The State Capitol For The Fifth Time
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 1.
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Jun 02, 2023 |
Just Veggiez Receives Major Award Ahead of Grand Opening of State Street Location
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, May 31.
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Jun 01, 2023 |
The outdoors show!
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On the 6pm Local News tonight, it's an all-outdoors show.
Other headlines in brief:
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May 30, 2023 |
TruStage Workers Vote To Extend Strike
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, May 25.
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May 26, 2023 |
GOP Shuts Down Plan To Study Paid Parental Leave
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, May 24.
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May 25, 2023 |
Report Shows Uncertain Future For MMSD Budget
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, May 23.
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May 24, 2023 |
Wisconsin Utilities Propose Rate Hikes Across The State
This is your WORT local news for Monday, May 22.
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May 23, 2023 |
DHS Report On Infant Death Points To Medical Inequity
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, May 18.
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May 19, 2023 |
David Fahrenthold On The Three Wisconsin Men At The Heart Of A Vast Political Nonprofit Network
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, May 17.
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May 18, 2023 |
Council To Vote On Creating Air Quality Monitoring Network
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, May 16.
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May 17, 2023 |
PHMDC Announces New Round Of Funding For Community Violence Prevention Programs
This is your WORT local news for Monday, May 15.
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May 16, 2023 |
CDC-Funded Center Prioritizes Birthing Justice
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, May 11.
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May 12, 2023 |
MTI Retired Teachers Call On Finance Committee To Remember Education Funding
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, May 10.
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May 11, 2023 |
Healthcare Workers Call for Support from State Budget
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, May 9.
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May 10, 2023 |
Childcare Providers Close Doors To Bring Awareness To Childcare Crisis
This is your WORT local news for Monday, May 8.
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May 09, 2023 |
Attorneys Argue Whether Or Not Abortion Lawsuit Should Be Dismissed
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, May 4.
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May 05, 2023 |
Medicaid Expansion Among Hundreds of Tossed Budget Proposals
0:46:09
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, May 3.
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May 04, 2023 |
UW-Madison Students Take Action Against Racist Online Video
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, May 2.
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May 03, 2023 |
County Supervisors Denounce Racial Slurs
0:48:29
This is your WORT local news for Monday, May 1.
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May 02, 2023 |
First Wave Of F-35s Land In Madison
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, April 27.
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Apr 28, 2023 |
Proposed Sewerage Plan Would Affect Badger Mill Creek
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, April 26.
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Apr 27, 2023 |
CUNA Union Workers Authorize Strike
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, April 25.
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Apr 26, 2023 |
City Moves To Remove Nunchuck Ban While Cleaning Up Municipal Code
0:45:56
This is your WORT local news for Monday, April 24.
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Apr 25, 2023 |
What's an ALPR - and why does it know where you're driving?
0:50:11
Here's your local news
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Apr 21, 2023 |
Evers Creates Green Ribbon Commission; Touts Relationship Between Environmental Projects And Labor
0:48:11
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, April 19.
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Apr 20, 2023 |
State Street Starbucks Workers Plans To Unionize
0:46:35
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, April 18.
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Apr 19, 2023 |
John Nolen Drive Reconstruction Gets $15 Million Federal Grant
0:46:46
This is your WORT local news for Monday, April 17.
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Apr 18, 2023 |
Recount Names Isadore Knox Jr. As District 14 Alder
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, April 12.
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Apr 13, 2023 |
City Hiring "Ride Guides" to Help You Navigate Madison Metro
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, April 11.
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Apr 12, 2023 |
Bill Would Ban Guaranteed Income Programs
0:46:20
This is your WORT local news for Monday, April 10.
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Apr 11, 2023 |
Breaking Down The Results Of Madison’s Alder Races
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, April 6.
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Apr 07, 2023 |
Protasiewicz Wins Supreme Court, Rhodes-Conway Wins Madison Mayor
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, April 5.
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Apr 06, 2023 |
Madison Voters Cast Their Ballots
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, April 4.
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Apr 05, 2023 |
Talk with the Candidates for Belleville School Board
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, April 3.
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Apr 04, 2023 |
Bill Would Change Venues For Legislature-Related Cases
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, March 30.
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Mar 31, 2023 |
“Day Of Empathy” At The Capitol To Advocate For Justice For Incarcerated Women
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, March 28.
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Mar 29, 2023 |
Anti-F-35 Protestors Stage Day of Action Across Madison
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, March 27.
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Mar 28, 2023 |
Last Chance To Weigh In On Lake Monona Waterfront Design Challenge
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, March 23.
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Mar 24, 2023 |
Council Approves Zoning Change For Filene House, Study On Home Healthcare Crisis
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, March 22.
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Mar 23, 2023 |
Developer Group Spending Big Money In Madison Council Elections
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, March 21.
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Mar 22, 2023 |
Council To Vote On Raising Backyard Chicken Limit
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, March 20.
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Mar 21, 2023 |
The "Opees" and the local "Nopee"
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Here's your local news for Thursday, March 16:
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Mar 16, 2023 |
GOP Lawmakers Introduce Abortion Exemption Bill; Expand Birth Control Access
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, March 15.
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Mar 16, 2023 |
Mayoral Candidates Share Sharp Words At Debate
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, March 14.
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Mar 15, 2023 |
City Of Madison And Working Group Decide Fate Of Annie C Stewart Statue
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, March 13.
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Mar 14, 2023 |
County Officials Announce Home Of New Crisis Triage Center
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, March 9.
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Mar 10, 2023 |
Assembly Committee Greenlights Bills To Mandate SROs In Certain Schools
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, March 8.
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Mar 09, 2023 |
Family, Friends Of Tony Robinson Remember His Life Eight Years Later
0:34:33
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, March 7.
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Mar 08, 2023 |
City to Vote on Joining Class-Action Lawsuit Against Kia and Hyundai
0:29:31
This is your WORT local news for Monday, March 6.
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Mar 07, 2023 |
Bread And Roses – Madison Sourdough Workers File To Unionize
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, March 2.
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Mar 03, 2023 |
Council Allows More Unrelated Renters To Live Together
0:35:29
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, March 1.
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Mar 02, 2023 |
Mayoral Candidates Go Head-To-Head On Housing, Debt Levels
0:34:45
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, February 28.
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Mar 01, 2023 |
Caregivers, Adults With Disabilities Weigh In On Caregiver Crisis
0:38:25
This is your WORT local news for Monday, February 27.
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Feb 28, 2023 |
Disabilities Committee Looks For Solutions To Caregiver Crisis
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, February 23.
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Feb 24, 2023 |
The winners and losers of yesterday's spring primary
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On your local news for Wednesday, February 22, we recap the results of last night's primary election which saw "unprecedented" turnout in Dane County. Plus, Centro Hispano is getting a new building, and we get the details on the sleet storm rolling in. |
Feb 22, 2023 |
Madison Residents Hit The Polls
0:46:35
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, February 21. Happy Election Day!
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Feb 22, 2023 |
Primary Election For Supreme Court Could Hold Major Ramifications For State Politics
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, February 20.
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Feb 21, 2023 |
Eviction Filings On The Rise In Dane County
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, February 15.
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Feb 16, 2023 |
Traffic deaths on the decrease
0:56:16
Here's your local news for Tuesday, February 14
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Feb 15, 2023 |
Violent Crime Down, Says MPD Chief Barnes During Public Safety Address
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, February 13.
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Feb 14, 2023 |
MMSD Superintendent Bids Farewell – What Happens Next?
0:48:46
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, February9.
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Feb 10, 2023 |
Council Votes To Shelve Landmark Designation For Filene House
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, February 8.
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Feb 09, 2023 |
Four Projects Fight For Money Set For Alder Raises
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, February 7.
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Feb 08, 2023 |
Following National Trend, Wisconsin Lawmakers Introduce Book Ban
0:46:40
This is your WORT local news for Monday, February 6.
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Feb 07, 2023 |
Here’s What’s Behind The Single-Family Zoning Change
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, February 2.
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Feb 03, 2023 |
Low-Salt Roads: UW Madison Criticized For Salt Use After Snow Storm
0:47:37
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, February 1.
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Feb 02, 2023 |
Candidates Tackle Housing, Public Safety In First Mayoral Debate
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, January 31.
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Feb 01, 2023 |
Fighting Bob La Follette Plaque Unveiled In State Capitol
0:47:56
This is your WORT local news for Monday, January 30.
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Jan 31, 2023 |
Debuting "The House Always Wins"
0:52:33
Here's your local news for Thursday, January 26, 2023:
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Jan 27, 2023 |
Evers Focuses On Mental Health, Increased Local Funding In State Of The State Address
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, January 25.
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Jan 26, 2023 |
The Ins And Outs Of The UW Zoological Museum
0:49:58
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, January 24.
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Jan 25, 2023 |
Common Council Approves $1.5 Million Grant From Center For Tech And Civic Life
0:52:40
This is your WORT local news for Monday, January 23.
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Jan 24, 2023 |
Report: CO2 Removal Needs Six-Fold Increase To Meet 2050 Goals
0:48:00
This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 19.
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Jan 20, 2023 |
Sheriff Kalvin Barrett Calls On County Board To Put Jail Funding On Ballot
0:47:06
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, January 17.
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Jan 18, 2023 |
Federal Court Of Appeals Dismisses Challenge To Madison’s Long-Standing Billboard Ordinances
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, January 12.
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Jan 13, 2023 |
City To Debate New Grant To Support Accessible Taxi Cabs
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, January 11.
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Jan 12, 2023 |
Evan McSorley Running In Primary Election For District 2 Alder
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, January 10.
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Jan 11, 2023 |
Colin Barushok Running In Primary Election For District 2 Alder
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, January 9.
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Jan 10, 2023 |
Safe Skies Clean Water Files Final Argument Against F-35s
0:48:41
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, January 5.
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Jan 06, 2023 |
Madison Gets “Complete Green Streets”
0:48:41
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, January 4.
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Jan 05, 2023 |
Governor Tony Evers Sworn In For Second Term As Governor
0:45:40
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, January 3.
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Jan 04, 2023 |
Drunk Driving Crashes On The Rise In Wisconsin
0:46:36
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, December 29.
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Dec 30, 2022 |
UW Madison Joins National Harm Reduction Research Network
0:49:32
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, December 28.
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Dec 29, 2022 |
"Basically nautical snowplows:" Congress approves new heavy icebreaker for Great Lakes
0:48:03
Here's your local news for Tuesday, December 27:
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Dec 28, 2022 |
Beneath Our Feet: Preservation and The Milwaukee Poor Farm Cemetery
This is your WORT local news for Monday, December 26. To celebrate the holidays, we gave our volunteers the day off, and instead present an hour-long investigation into the Milwaukee Poor Farm Cemetery. |
Dec 27, 2022 |
Brian Benford Not Seeking Reelection
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, December 22.
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Dec 23, 2022 |
Winter Blizzard Zips Toward Wisconsin, Impacting Holiday Travel
0:49:37
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, December 21.
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Dec 22, 2022 |
District 15 Alder Grant Foster Not Seeking Reelection
0:47:38
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, December 20.
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Dec 21, 2022 |
Breaking Ground on Bus Rapid Transit
0:46:53
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, December 15.
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Dec 16, 2022 |
Plan Commission Approves Amendment To TOD Overlay Districts
0:49:22
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, December 13.
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Dec 14, 2022 |
Roller Derby Returns to Madison
0:49:03
This is your WORT local news for Monday, December 12.
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Dec 13, 2022 |
Hundreds Attend First Public Meeting On Potential Passenger Rail
0:48:21
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, December 8.
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Dec 09, 2022 |
Syed Abbas Resigns From Common Council
0:51:01
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, December 7.
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Dec 08, 2022 |
Jan. 6 Special Counsel Subpoenas Dane County Clerk’s Office
0:48:32
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, December 6.
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Dec 07, 2022 |
City Wants Public Input On Amtrak Station Study
0:48:22
This is your WORT local news for Monday, December 5.
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Dec 06, 2022 |
Inflation Drives Food Shortages – Foodbanks Are Feeling It Too
0:45:54
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, December 1.
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Dec 02, 2022 |
U.S. Senate Passes Law Respecting Same-Sex Marriage
0:46:58
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, November 30.
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Dec 01, 2022 |
Local Entrepreneurs Excited For Madison Public Market
0:48:56
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, November 29.
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Nov 30, 2022 |
State Commission Rules UW Health Does Not Have To Recognize Nurses Union.
0:51:28
This is your WORT local news for Monday, November 28.
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Nov 29, 2022 |
Council Declines to Raise Alder Pay
0:48:45
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, November 23.
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Nov 24, 2022 |
Report Estimates $6.5 Billion Budget Surplus In Wisconsin
0:44:00
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, November 22.
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Nov 23, 2022 |
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway Announces Reelection Campaign
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, November 21.
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Nov 22, 2022 |
Some say "no way" to Sauk Creek Greenway
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Here's your local news for Thursday, November 17:
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Nov 18, 2022 |
RSV Cases On The Rise Across Wisconsin
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, November 16.
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Nov 17, 2022 |
DNR Drafts First Plan In Decades On Wolf Management
0:48:37
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, November 15.
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Nov 16, 2022 |
Alders Propose Amendment To Help Madison Public Market
0:49:34
This is your WORT local news for Monday, November 14.
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Nov 15, 2022 |
Gloria Reyes Announces Candidacy For Madison Mayor
0:49:40
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, November 10.
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Nov 11, 2022 |
Wisconsin votes for the status quo — Evers, Johnson win another term
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Here's your local news for Wednesday, November 9, 2022 —
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Nov 10, 2022 |
WORT heads to the polls
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Here's your local news for Tuesday, November 8 - Election Day!
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Nov 09, 2022 |
Campaigns Rally Ahead Of Midterm Elections
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, November 7.
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Nov 08, 2022 |
Michels Stops In Dane County Days Before Fall Election
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, November 3.
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Nov 04, 2022 |
“Everything is just in the air" — Homelessness advocates rally at Capitol
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Here's your local news for November 2, 2022:
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Nov 03, 2022 |
Rats Invade Emerson Neighborhood In Northeast Madison
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, November 1.
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Nov 02, 2022 |
Sheriff Kalvin Barrett Takes On Anthony Hamilton For Dane County Sheriff
0:49:29
This is your WORT local news for Monday, October 31.
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Oct 31, 2022 |
Healthcare Workers March for Abortion Rights
0:51:26
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, October 27.
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Oct 28, 2022 |
How The Uihlein’s Became A Conservative Superpower
0:49:24
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, October 26.
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Oct 27, 2022 |
City Cracks Down On Their Own Voting Sign Placement
0:48:26
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, October 25.
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Oct 26, 2022 |
Sabrina Madison Named New District 17 Alder
0:49:16
This is your WORT local news for Monday, October 24.
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Oct 25, 2022 |
International Coalition Calls On Biden To End F-35 Program
0:50:17
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, October 20.
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Oct 21, 2022 |
“Theocratic Fascist” To Give Anti-Trans Talk At UW-Memorial Union
0:50:38
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, October 19.
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Oct 20, 2022 |
Wisconsin School Districts Will Ask Voters To Raise Revenue Limits
0:48:08
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, October 18.
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Oct 19, 2022 |
DNR Begins Program To Dispose Of PFAS-Laden Firefighting Foam
0:48:32
This is your WORT local news for Monday, October 17.
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Oct 18, 2022 |
Dairy Drive Community To Continue Through 2023; Mayor Releases Proposed 2023 Operating Budget
0:51:14
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, October 12.
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Oct 13, 2022 |
Checking in on Monona's former friary
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Here are your local news headlines for Tuesday, October 11:
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Oct 12, 2022 |
John Tate II Named Madison’s First Independent Police Monitor.
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, October 10.
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Oct 11, 2022 |
Waukesha County Judge Rules “Ballot Spoiling” Illegal
0:48:27
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, October 6.
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Oct 07, 2022 |
Jenny Holzer Turns Shuttered Ballot Drop Boxes Into Art
0:50:46
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, October 5.
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Oct 06, 2022 |
Special Session On Ballot Initiatives Lasts 15 Seconds In State Senate
0:48:51
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, October 4.
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Oct 05, 2022 |
Proposed County Budget Prioritizes Food Funding & Community Court
0:49:29
This is your WORT local news for Monday, October 3.
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Oct 04, 2022 |
MTI Calls For Robust Noise Study Of F-35s
0:31:10
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, September 28.
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Sep 29, 2022 |
Something Stinky This Way Comes: Parisi Proposes New Community Manure Processing Facility
0:36:46
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, September 27.
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Sep 28, 2022 |
Dane County Bars Contracting With Agencies Enforcing Abortion Ban
0:33:03
This is your WORT local news for Monday, September 26.
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Sep 27, 2022 |
Officer Who Shot Quadren Wilson Charged
0:30:22
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, September 22.
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Sep 23, 2022 |
Evers Calls For Special Session To Bring Binding Referendums To Wisconsin
0:34:06
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, September 21.
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Sep 22, 2022 |
Alder Gary Halverson Resigns From Council
0:35:03
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, September 20.
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Sep 21, 2022 |
Republican Candidates Call For Madison To Abandon Tear Gas Ban
0:38:26
This is your WORT local news for Monday, September 19.
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Sep 20, 2022 |
Friends Of Sauk Creek Concerned About City’s Greenway Reconstruction Project
0:50:48
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, September 14.
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Sep 15, 2022 |
Free Speech Survey Set To Be Sent To UW Students This Fall
0:48:14
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, September 13.
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Sep 14, 2022 |
New Exhibit Highlights UW Madison’s History Of Discrimination
0:48:13
This is your WORT local news for Monday, September 12.
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Sep 13, 2022 |
Parisi Announces New Initiative To Address Opioid Epidemic In Dane County.
0:48:12
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, September 8.
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Sep 09, 2022 |
Raemisch Farm Rezoning Passes Common Council
0:51:04
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, September 7.
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Sep 08, 2022 |
Madison Mayor Announces Capital Budget Proposal
0:48:30
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, September 6.
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Sep 07, 2022 |
Public Market Project Struggles With Swelling Budget
0:48:45
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, September 1.
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Sep 02, 2022 |
Town Of Middleton Chairperson Raise Concerns Of Lead Pollution At Morey Airport
0:49:23
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, August 31.
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Sep 01, 2022 |
City, County To Invest $9 Million For Permanent Men’s Shelter
0:49:10
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, August 30.
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Aug 31, 2022 |
Injuries From Drunk Driving Rise 41% In First Half Of 2022
0:47:26
This is your WORT local news for Monday, August 29.
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Aug 30, 2022 |
UW Health Nurses Vote To Strike If Union Is Not Recognized
0:54:17
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, August 25.
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Aug 26, 2022 |
Criminal Defense Lawyers Sue State’s Public Defender Board Over Lack Of Public Defenders
0:49:12
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, August 24.
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Aug 25, 2022 |
Meet The Candidates For Madison’s First Independent Police Monitor
0:47:51
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, August 23.
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Aug 24, 2022 |
Why Not Concrete?
0:49:30
This is your WORT local news for Monday, August 22.
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Aug 23, 2022 |
To Madison’s Gay Community, Risk Of Monkeypox Goes Beyond Just The Virus
0:48:46
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, August 18.
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Aug 19, 2022 |
Dane County Seeks Consultant To Update Plan To Address Homelessness
0:49:53
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, August 17.
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Aug 18, 2022 |
“What’s Good For Birds Is Good For Wisconsin,” Judge Rules Madison Ordinance Requiring Bird-Safe Glass Is Legal
0:48:00
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, August 16.
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Aug 17, 2022 |
Of lilacs and Macbeth
0:48:33
Here's what's on your local news for August 15, 2022:
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Aug 15, 2022 |
What To Know About Monkeypox In Madison
0:47:43
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, August 11.
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Aug 12, 2022 |
Tim Michels Wins Republican Primary, Solidifying Trump’s Influence In Wisconsin
0:49:24
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, August 10.
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Aug 11, 2022 |
Talking With The Voters: 2022 Fall Primary
0:48:26
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, August 9.
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Aug 10, 2022 |
On The Ground At A Waukesha Trump Rally
0:51:26
This is your WORT local news for Monday, August 8.
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Aug 09, 2022 |
Lawsuit Against Wisconsin’s 19th-Century Abortion Ban Moves Forward
0:50:54
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, August 4.
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Aug 05, 2022 |
Residents On Madison’s Southwest Side Upset Over Adult Store In Neighborhood
0:56:05
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, August 3.
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Aug 04, 2022 |
New Plan For Dane County Jail Released As Jail Residents Are Moved To Surrounding Counties
0:49:08
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, August 2.
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Aug 03, 2022 |
On pints and politicians
0:47:11
Here's your local news for Monday, August 1:
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Aug 01, 2022 |
Spoiled Ballots and Fake Electors
0:53:42
Here's your local news for Thursday, July 28:
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Jul 28, 2022 |
Voters With Disabilities File Lawsuit Over Absentee Ballot Return
0:49:36
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, July 27.
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Jul 28, 2022 |
Concerns Of Madison Bikers On Shared-Use Paths
0:48:07
This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, July 26.
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Jul 27, 2022 |
New Lawsuit Seeks Damages For PFAS Contamination
0:50:11
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, July 21.
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Jul 22, 2022 |
Joint Committee Throws Out Rule Authorizing Elections Clerks To Fix Absentee Ballot Errors
0:51:41
This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, July 20.
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Jul 21, 2022 |
CARES Program Adds Second Team And Second Location On West Side
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, July 19,
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Jul 20, 2022 |
Democratic U.S. Senate Candidates Debate In Milwaukee
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, July 18.
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Jul 19, 2022 |
Reproductive Health Gets a Local Boost
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Here's what's on your local evening news for Thursday, July 14, 2022:
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Jul 14, 2022 |
State Dems Mobilize Voters After The Fall Of Roe
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, July 13.
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Jul 14, 2022 |
Abortion Ban Complicates Access To Other Medications
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, July 12.
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Jul 13, 2022 |
State Supreme Court Rules Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes Illegal
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, July 11.
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Jul 12, 2022 |
PSC Member Not Compelled To Turn Over Private Phone Records
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, July 7.
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Jul 08, 2022 |
Healthcare Workers Share Mental Health, Staffing Struggles At Dane County Hearing
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, July 6.
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Jul 07, 2022 |
Henry Vilas Zoo Issued Two USDA Animal Welfare Act Violations
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, July 5.
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Jul 06, 2022 |
35 Years Later, Wisconsin’s Act 292 Law Is Still On The Books
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 30.
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Jul 01, 2022 |
Willy Street Treasure Shop Crash Renews Calls For Action
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 29.
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Jun 30, 2022 |
AG Kaul Files Legal Challenge Against Wisconsin’s Abortion Ban
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, June 28.
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Jun 29, 2022 |
US Supreme Court Overturns Roe V Wade
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, June 27.
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Jun 28, 2022 |
Three Wisconsin Coal Power Plants To Close Years Later Than Anticipated
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 23.
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Jun 24, 2022 |
Special Session On Abortion Lasts Only 14 Seconds
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 22.
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Jun 23, 2022 |
City Launches New Guaranteed Income Pilot Program
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, June 21.
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Jun 22, 2022 |
A Look Inside The Outdated Dane County Jail
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, June 20.
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Jun 21, 2022 |
Dane County Sues DNR Over PFAS Regulations For Storm Water Permit
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 16.
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Jun 17, 2022 |
Veterans Housing Complex Celebrates Grand Opening
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 15.
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Jun 16, 2022 |
Massive Storm Leave Over 17,000 Madison Residents Without Power
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, June 14.
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Jun 15, 2022 |
Downed power lines and tree-scattered roads
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Here's your local news for Monday, June 13, 2022:
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Jun 13, 2022 |
Fiber Arts Store Targeted By “Trans-A-Phobic” Activist
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 9.
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Jun 10, 2022 |
Madison Common Council Votes To Adopt Metro Network Redesign Plan
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 8.
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Jun 09, 2022 |
Madison Common Council To Vote For Truth And Reconciliation Process For City Of Madison
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, June 7.
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Jun 08, 2022 |
Dane County Board Orders Independent Investigation Of Henry Vilas Zoo
This is your WORT local news for Monday, June 6.
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Jun 07, 2022 |
Construction At Dane County Airport Leads To Planes Flying Over Isthmus
This is your WORT local news for Thursday, June 2.
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Jun 03, 2022 |
Madison Teachers Walk Out Over Proposed School District Budget, Wages
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 1.
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Jun 02, 2022 |
Royal Thai Pavilion Repair Nearly Underway
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, May 31.
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Jun 01, 2022 |
How are the record shops doing?
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Here's your local evening news for Thursday, May 26:
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May 26, 2022 |
How to cope
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Here's your local news for Wednesday, May 25:
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May 25, 2022 |
Quality assurance testers at Raven Software make history
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Here's your local news for Tuesday, May 24:
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May 24, 2022 |
How a retired hypnotherapist helped fuel a far-right complaint in Wisconsin
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Here's what's on your local evening news:
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May 23, 2022 |
UW-Madison Study Says 50 Thousand Lives Per Year Can Be Saved By Reducing Air Pollutants Emission
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, May 19.
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May 20, 2022 |
New Jail Price Tag Rises Once Again
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, May 18.
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May 19, 2022 |
Stores Struggle To Find Baby Formula Amidst Shortage
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, May 17.
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May 18, 2022 |
City To Offer Loans To Homeowners To Help Build Granny Flats
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, May 16.
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May 17, 2022 |
Staying Cool At Madison Public Parks
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, May 12.
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May 13, 2022 |
Federal Judges Block Cardinal Hickory Creek From Crossing Wildlife Refuge
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, May 11.
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May 12, 2022 |
Madison Preps To Assist With Gun Reform Litigation
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, May 10.
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May 11, 2022 |
Pro-Choice Supporters Rally; Anti-Abortion Group Attacked Over Weekend
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This is you WORT local news for Monday, May 9.
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May 10, 2022 |
Advocating For Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women At The State Capitol
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, May 5.
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May 06, 2022 |
Dane County Files Lawsuit For PFAS Damages
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This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, May 4.
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May 05, 2022 |
State And Local Lawmakers React To SCOTUS Apparent Intent To Overturn Roe V Wade
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This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, May 3.
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May 04, 2022 |
“United We Stand, We The People” Rally Calls For Robin Vos To Step Down
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This is your WORT local news for Monday, May 2.
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May 03, 2022 |
Teachers’ Union “Disappointed” In Next Budget’s Low Wage Increase
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This is your local news for April 28.
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Apr 29, 2022 |
Kinnard Farms Asks DNR To Review Groundwater Monitoring Mandate On Farm
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This is your local news for April 27.
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Apr 28, 2022 |
City Could Drop “Quota” From Police Oversight Board, Settling Lawsuit
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Here's your local news for April 26:
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Apr 27, 2022 |
Progress Center For Black Women Begin New Incubator Program
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, April 25. On todays show, the Wisconsin Conservation Congress makes the results of their 2022 Spring Hearing available to all, Governor Tony Evers creates the new Office of Environmental Justice for Earth Day, The Progress Center for Black Women launches a new program to help connect Black entrepreneurs, and in the second half, this week in city meetings, a trip to the drive in, and a Nic Cage celebration with two movie reviews. |
Apr 26, 2022 |
The Sewing Machine Project: Mending Everything But Broken Hearts
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, April 21. On todays show, a group of sewing experts lend a needle to anybody in need of mending, a Mount Pleasant resident is sued by village officials, our student reporter dives into parking issues on the west side, and in the second half, we take a trip to Door County Brewing Company, and the state G-O-P convention comes to Dane County. |
Apr 22, 2022 |
A 420 Miracle: A Cannabis Bill Finally Gets A Public Hearing
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, April 20. On todays show, the Madison Common Council holds a marathon meeting, with the public giving hours of public comment, a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin gets a public hearing, a county in central Wisconsin votes to dissolve its diversity commission, and in the second half, student rocket scientists, urban renewal in 19-60s Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves. |
Apr 20, 2022 |
Life Of Brine: Better For Roads
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, April 19. On todays show, the Wisconsin Attorney General's office provides an update on its ongoing investigation of clergy abuse, a new report details a better way to treat roads during winter, we explore how Wisconsin has used federal pandemic aid compared to other states, and in the second half, the show investigates why there are very few Indigenous students at U-W Madison, rehabilitates an unusual amphibious creature and gaze upon the largest recorded comet as it gets ready to pass Earth. |
Apr 20, 2022 |
Treatment Plan Could Be Coming For Well 15
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, April 18. On todays show, Madison city officials move to begin PFAS treatment at Well 15, Madison’s Police Chief weighs in on body cameras before the city council votes on them tomorrow nights, and in the second half, new County Board members, a trip to the video store, and two new movie reviews. |
Apr 19, 2022 |
Judge Rules DNR Cannot Force PFAS Cleanup
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, April 14. On todays show, Madison’s Bus Rapid Transit gets more federal funding and inches closer to reality, Wisconsin construction workers aren’t getting paid a livable wage, a court ruling says the DNR cannot enforce cleanups of PFAS contaminations. And in the second half, how much a piece of paper really costs, the newest trend in beer, and bodybuilding artists. |
Apr 15, 2022 |
State Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument Over Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, April 13. On todays show, a new investigation shows numerous wrongful allegations of child abuse both in Wisconsin and across the county, why the city is implementing a new recycling fee, and a new podcast explores the way prosecutors operate across the state of Wisconsin. And in the second half, the state supreme court hears oral arguments on absentee ballot drop-boxes, the Daily Cardinal calls for answers on Vietnam in the 19-60s, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves. |
Apr 14, 2022 |
Dane County Jail Extends Opioid Treatment Options
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, April 11. On todays show, federal COVID-19 vaccine funding is running out, so how does distribution work now? The Dane County Jail announced a program to help fight opioid addiction, there's a new spelling bee champion, the state's Conservation Congress is right around the corner, and we have an up-to-date weather forecast. |
Apr 13, 2022 |
Black Business Hub Holds Groundbreaking Event On South Park Street
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, April 11. On todays show, Governor Tony Evers joins local leaders for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Black Business Hub, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos hands over thousands of emails related to the 20-20 presidential election investigation, and public transportation ridership numbers steeply drop after the first years of the pandemic. And in the second half, how we deal with burnout, a local fishing tackle shop gets new owners, and two movie reviews. |
Apr 12, 2022 |
New State Report Suggests Ways to Combat Opioid Epidemic
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, April 7. On todays show, a new report outlines strategies to combat the opioid epidemic, the ACLU of Wisconsin opens a records request from the Waukesha School District, and in the second half, furries at Waunakee High School, the best beers for the Easter season, and the hidden meaning behind abandoned houses. |
Apr 08, 2022 |
The Winners And Losers In Last Night’s Spring Election
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, April 6. On todays show, election day was yesterday, and we’ll take a look through all of the results, two counties in western Wisconsin vote to voice their support for clean water throughout the region, and in the second half, we take a trip to the geology museum; how Madison processed the death of Martin Luther King Jr; and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves. |
Apr 07, 2022 |
WORT Talks With The Voters
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, April 5. On todays show, it's Election Day, and there are still a couple of hours left to vote, we hear about Madison's latest weather forecast, and, a proposed city-county Homeless Bill of Rights aims to improve the condition and dignity of people without permanent shelter. |
Apr 06, 2022 |
Palmyra Residents Concerned Over Handling Of Avian Flu Outbreak At Local Farm
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, April 4th. On todays show, Jefferson County residents voice concern about birds with avian flu, environmental activists are pushing to move away from using ethanol as a fuel source, school board races across the state get bombarded with ultra-conservative candidates, and in the second half, a visit to a local arcade, this week in city government, and two new movie reviews. |
Apr 05, 2022 |
CARES Program Expands City-Wide
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, March 31. On todays show, we go to Waunakee for the final batch of candidates running for a seat on the Dane County Board, the Madison CARES program expands to offer services city-wide, and in the second half, what information we can get from the government about elections, what goats have to do with beer, and what does looming have to do with meditation. |
Apr 01, 2022 |
Madison Starbucks Fights To Unionize
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 30. On todays show, we break down the newest Marquette Law School poll and learn what people think of Katanji Brown-Jackson, we continue our election coverage with a trip to McFarland to learn more about the candidates running for Dane County Board, a Madison Starbucks becomes the third in the state to try and form a union, and in the second half, how the state profits from the current housing market, Madison officials in the 19-60s fight against counter culture, and your weekly weather forecast. |
Mar 31, 2022 |
The Race For Dane County Board Of Supervisors District 37
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, March 29th. On todays show, a legal aid group is working to make eviction notices not stay on your record for decades, we go to southeast Dane County to check out another supervisor race in the spring election, a western Wisconsin high school adds a unique sport to its extracurricular offerings, and in the second half, the Daily Cardinal starts its spring semester’s Action Project, owlets are beginning to hatch, and we travel back in time to the beginning of the universe. |
Mar 30, 2022 |
State DNR Rules Factory Farm In Kewaunee County Must Monitor Groundwater For Pollution
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, March 28th. On todays show, we head to the Village of Cross Plains to continue our 20-22 spring election coverage, Wisconsinites submit a petition to Congress to urge for limits on prescription price gouging, and we learn why environmental activists are celebrating a move to limit the growth of a factory farm in Kewaunee County. And in the second half, we talk with the new Artist in Residence with the city’s Sewerage District, we enter a frivolous internet debate, and two movie reviews. |
Mar 29, 2022 |
Meet The Candidates For Dane County Board Of Supervisors District 20
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, March 24. On todays show, we head to the northeast corner of Dane County to continue our election coverage, Republicans continue to fight the Affordable Care Act 12 years later, the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center is getting an expansion, and in the second half, we’ll get an update on the Foxconn plant in Mount Pleasant, meet an artist who never gave up embroidery, and unveil our newest feature about beer. |
Mar 25, 2022 |
US Supreme Court Rules Wisconsin Must Redraw Governor Tony Evers’ Maps
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 23rd. On todays show, the grandmother of Tony Robinson hopes a little known state law will help her family find justice, two juvenile prison facilities take their final steps before closing for good, and why the U-S Supreme court tossed out Governor Tony Evers redistricting maps, and in the second half, we get the rundown on the newest federal supreme court candidate, 19-60s Madison joins the civil rights movement, and your weekly weather report. |
Mar 24, 2022 |
Mark Pocan Helps Announce Federal Funds For Men’s Homeless Shelter In Madison
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, March 22. On today's show, we continue our spring election coverage with a Board of Supervisors showdown in the southwest corner of Dane County, concerned citizens are speaking out to protect wetlands habitat in Madison, we hear about the role of federal funds in a new, permanent men’s homeless shelter for the city, and in the second half, student employees share their thoughts on the lifting of U-W Madison’s mask mandate, rabbits start hopping into spring, and jellyfish galaxies sprawl across the cosmos. |
Mar 23, 2022 |
Meet The Candidates For Dane County Board Of Supervisors District 31
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, March 21, 2022. On todays show, we head to Oregon to continue our coverage of candidates for the Dane County Board, we hear about a way to help grain farmers become more environmentally and economically sustainable, and we talk to a reporter with an explosive new report about faculty bullying at U-W Madison. And in the second half, a play showcases the Latino-American experience for children, we uncover how celebrities use social media to aid in stalking, and two brand new movie reviews. |
Mar 22, 2022 |
Town Of Madison To Become Part Of City of Madison
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, March 17, 2022. On todays show, we continue our election coverage with a trip to Cottage Grove, what the city of Madison absorbing the town of Madison means for the people who live there, and what a Latvian American sees in the invasion of Ukraine. And in the second half, we attend an award ceremony for transparent governments, what is daylight savings, and how we find comfort in the items of lost loved ones. |
Mar 18, 2022 |
Meet the Candidates for Dane County Board District 24
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 16, 2022. On todays show, we meet the candidates in the race for district 24’s Dane County Board of Supervisors, a look at how to vote absentee in the 20-22 spring election, and in the second half, a report details if more money can lead to smarter babies, a jazz performance in 19-60s Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves. |
Mar 17, 2022 |
Preliminary Hearing For Quadren Wilson Held
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, March 14. On todays show, a preliminary hearing for Quadren Wilson, concerns over the Enbridge Pipeline, and in the second half, this week in local meetings, plant parents, and two new movie reviews. |
Mar 15, 2022 |
Satya’s Plan For Homeless Shelter Location Could Face Hurdles
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 9. On todays show, the city announces a location for a new men’s homeless shelter amid drama, the 2021/2022 legislative session comes to a close, and in the second half, banned films and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves. |
Mar 10, 2022 |
State Supreme Court Hears Arguments For Dane County Mask Mandates
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This is your WORT News for Tuesday, March 8, 2022. On todays show, the Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments that could affect future mask mandates, Centro Hispano is getting a new building, and in the second half, we consider the latest COVID guidelines at the U-W, the return of the bird flu, and magnetic black holes. |
Mar 09, 2022 |
Report Finds Stark Disparities In Madison Homeownership
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, March 7. On todays show, racial disparities in Madison homeownership grow, state Republicans take redistricting to the U-S Supreme Court, and in the second half, the firebombing of Tokyo, the return of early 2000s fashion, and two new movie reviews. |
Mar 08, 2022 |
Jail Consolidation Project Gets Another New Plan Ahead Of Vote
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, March 3, 2022. On todays show, yet another proposal to consolidate the Dane County Jail…, Madison engineering changes over the years, and in the second half, we look at the role of open records in the Gableman investigation, a review of the musical Hairspray, and how to define cultural appropriation. |
Mar 04, 2022 |
State Supreme Court To Decide If Private Phone Records Can Be Made Public
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, March 2, 2022. On todays show, a open records case makes it to the state Supreme Court, a new library is proposed on Madison’s far east side, and in the second half, an update on the Gableman investigation, protests continue in 19-60s Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves. |
Mar 03, 2022 |
What Are Sanctions, And Why Are They So Significant?
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This is your WORT News for Monday, February 28, 2022. On todays show, a bill that would punish college administrators for violating expressive rights, why the sanctions on Russia by leaders across the globe are so significant, and in the second half, this week in city government, baby boomers on tik tok, and two new movie reviews. |
Mar 01, 2022 |
Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett Explains Lack Of Information On Quadren Wilson Investigation
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 24, 2022. On todays show, state officials rule against PFAS guidelines, the Dane County Sheriff defends an ongoing investigation, and in the second half, Madison schools pause plans to end certain honors classes, we get a local explainer on Ukraine, and we’ll hear about the folks behind an upcoming pop-up art market. |
Feb 25, 2022 |
Madison Attorney Sues City Over Confederate Rest Removal
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, February 23, 2022. On todays show, a lawsuit to restore confederate monuments, a multi-state power line hits a snag when it can’t cross the Mississippi River, and in the second half, a rally for trans youth, the state of the tribes address, and Vietnam protests in the 19-60s. |
Feb 24, 2022 |
Stagehand Union Working Through Pandemic
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, February 22, 2022. On todays show, a bevy of Republican election bills get fast-tracked in the statehouse, a local theater union has supported backstage workers through the pandemic, a major new development on State Street raises hackles, and in the second half, we learn the latest from the U-W campus, investigate how extreme weather affects wildlife and explore what light can reveal about stars. |
Feb 23, 2022 |
State Democrats Introduce Bill Package To Address Teacher Shortage
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, February 21, 2022. On todays show, state lawmakers introduce new bills to address Wisconsin's teacher shortage, the Dane County Executive calls for more transparency in the shooting of Quadren Wilson, and in the second half, this week in city meetings, olympic scandals, and two new movie reviews. |
Feb 22, 2022 |
Family of Quadren Wilson Hold Press Conference Outside Dane County Jail
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 17, 2022. On todays show, the family of Quadren Wilson holds a press conference, access to food aid is being tightened, and demonstrators protest an anti-transgender bill. In the second half of the show… a history of e-recycling, the latest in a Supreme Court case, and fashion from the 18-hundreds. |
Feb 18, 2022 |
Governor Tony Evers Gives State Of The State Address
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, February 16, 2022. On todays show, Governor Evers gives his State of the State address, how one person changes every lightbulb in the state capitol building, and a conversation with the owner of Sugar Shack Records. And in the second half, a new art gallery in McFarland, a 1960s crack down on the Daily Cardinal, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves. |
Feb 17, 2022 |
La Follette Students Stage Walkout In Support Of Quadren Wilson
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, February 15, 2022. On todays show, student stage a walkout at La Follette High, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway discusses ballot dropboxes, Republicans rally at the Capitol to overturn the 20-20 presidential election results, and in the second half, U-W pivots for the next stage of the pandemic, flock with a horde of passerines, and traverse a spider’s web of galaxies. |
Feb 16, 2022 |
Online dating over the generations ❤️
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Here's your local news for February 14, 2022—
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Feb 15, 2022 |
East High Students Train School On Sexual Violence
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 10, 2022. On todays show, tackling the state’s childcare woes, East High students educate the school on sexual assault, Senator Ron Johnson in hot water over Wisconsin jobs, and in the second half, body camera meetings paid for by body camera companies, and the intersection between printmaking and music. |
Feb 11, 2022 |
Family Of Quadren Wilson Hold Press Conference Looking For Answers
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, February 9, 2022. On todays show, a bill to give Republican lawmakers more authority over elections, the family of Quadren Wilson are still looking for answers, and a restrictive abortion bill in the legislature gets a hearing. In the second half, housing in Wisconsin, young lovers fight before Valentines days in the 19-60s, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves. |
Feb 10, 2022 |
Mayor Satya Predicts Madison-Milwaukee Rail
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, February 8, 2022. On today's show, a passenger rail project could be chugging toward Madison, state legislators propose to legalize medical marijuana, again, public policy researchers propose another option for Wisconsin’s budget surplus, and in the second half, we learn about prescribed burns, meet a common winter bird, and find new wonders in space with a technicolor telescope. |
Feb 09, 2022 |
Family, Protestors Demand Justice For Quadren Wilson
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This is your WORT News for Monday, February 7, 2022. On todays show, the family of a man shot during an incident with police last week want answers, an over 50 year old time capsule is discovered at a local V-F-W, and in the second half, the hippie riots of the 19-60s, micro-celebrities, and two new movie reviews. |
Feb 07, 2022 |
State DNR Hears Hours Of Public Comment Of Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, February 3, 2022. On todays show, a marathon of public comments on the Enbridge oil pipeline, new legislation looking to curb gun violence, a host of issues in the Madison Metro School District, and in the second half, Transparency Talk looks into our court system, and Radio Chipstone gets an ice boat ride. |
Feb 04, 2022 |
New Bills Would Allow Cities To Sell Parks From Knowles-Nelson Stewardship
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, February 2, 2022. On todays show, new bills would put parkland across the state in jeopardy, Black History Month at the Madison Public Library, and in the second half, how we process death during COVID, we travel 19-62 to see what’s happening in Madison, and your most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves. |
Feb 03, 2022 |
Network Redesign Aims To Create More Equitable Bus Service In Madison
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, February 1, 2022. On todays show, Madison is moving forward with a needed redesign of its bus system, the standards for the city’s historic districts are changing, and in the second half, U-W digs deep on the legacy of M-L-K, sick foxes get needed treatment, and an intermittent anomaly intrigues astronomers. |
Feb 02, 2022 |
Tree Labyrinth Officially Opens Yesterday In Olbrich Park
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, January 31, 2022. On todays show, the path to medical marijuana is Wisconsin, the opening of the tree labyrinth at Olbrich Park, and Madison’s watershed reports are looking for public input. And in the second half, this weeks meetings around Madison, the newest word-based game gripping social media, and two new movie reviews. |
Feb 01, 2022 |
New Bill In State Legislature Would Block Gender Affirming Care For Youth
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 27, 2022. On todays show, a bill that aims to block gender-affirming medical care to youth, Wisconsin’s lack of childcare is affecting the workforce, two health care conglomerates in Wisconsin were in court this week, and Radio Chipstone talks printmaking and textiles. |
Jan 27, 2022 |
Dane County Jail Consolidation Project Continues To Face Barriers
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, January 26, 2022. On todays show, Dane County officials continue to deliberate over a ballooning jail consolidation project, a new Marquette Law School Poll reveals attitudes about abortion access, the US Supreme Court, and much more, we get the scoop on a piece of legislation that could end lifetime prison sentences for youth committed of crimes, and what’s up with the cold?? We’ll have the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves and travel back to Madison in 1967. |
Jan 27, 2022 |
The Madison Reading Project Partners With Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 25, 2022. On todays show, a country star partners with a local nonprofit, it’s been a busy day for state legislators, efforts are building to replace more lead pipes in Milwaukee, and in the second half, we examine the U-W’s latest pandemic policies, diagnose reptile diseases and gaze upon cows in space. |
Jan 26, 2022 |
Wisconsin Court Of Appeals Allows Absentee Ballot Boxes To Be Used In Spring Primary
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, January 24, 2022. On todays show, absentee ballot drop boxes remain for the spring primary, a new hope for voting rights laws, and the newest report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum. And in the second half, we take a look at this week in city government, remakes and reboots, and two new movie reviews. |
Jan 25, 2022 |
A Marathon Oral Argument at the Wisconsin Supreme Court
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Here's your local news for Wednesday, January 19, 2022:
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Jan 20, 2022 |
Silvesterchlausen Rings In The New Year With Food, Drinks And Yodeling
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 18, 2022. On todays show, a Swiss winter tradition comes to Wisconsin, whistleblowers call for movement on investigating sexual abuse by clergy, a Waukesha County Court ruling made ballot boxes illegal… for now, and in the second half, we’ll wrap up a primer on U-W student government, detect head injuries in wild animals, and visit a slow dancing exo-planet. |
Jan 19, 2022 |
Nurses Meet With UW Health CEO To Discuss Union
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 13, 2022. On today's show, COVID cases in Wisconsin bring in the National Guard, Madison’s loss of an iconic artist, and an update on U-W Health’s nurses attempt to form a union. And in the second half, alcohol deaths in Wisconsin are on the rise, what the heck are NFT’s, and a view into the world of bodybuilding. |
Jan 14, 2022 |
National Guard Holds Public Meeting To Discuss PFAS Cleanup At Truax Field
This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, January 12, 2022. On today's show, National Guard officials explain the process of cleaning up PFAS chemicals, Senator Tammy Baldwin speaks with us on a push for voting rights, and in the second half, mushrooms, student sit-ins, and the best weather forecast on the airwaves. |
Jan 13, 2022 |
Madison Board Of Education Approves Additional COVID Sick Leave
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 11, 2022. On todays show, Madison teachers are getting more sick leave, a new poll shows how Wisconsites feel about a variety of policy issues, and in the second half, we dive into student government at U-W, endure winter with local wildlife, and hold a funeral for a star. |
Jan 12, 2022 |
Wisconsin Sees Third Straight Day Of Record Covid Numbers
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, January 6, 2022. On todays show, COVID numbers are hitting record highs and impacting hospital and educational capacities, We look at the first year of the Madison civilian oversight board, and in the second half, a look back at the January 6th insurrection, a new years resolution for a more open government, and a historic look at textiles. |
Jan 07, 2022 |
South Madison Plan Officially Adopted By Madison Common Council
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, January 5, 2021. On todays show, the South Madison Plan is officially adopted, Lake Michigan is getting saltier, and a workshop to help you repay federal student loans. And in the second half, Wisconsin taxes are down across the board, we take a look at some U-W Madison news from 19-62, and the best weather forecast on the airwaves. |
Jan 06, 2022 |
Newly Introduced Bill Aims To Take Voting Rights From Convicted Felons
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, January 4, 2022. On todays show, a pair of bills looking to take voted rights from people convicted of felonies, National Radon Action Month begins, and in the second half, student government, owl pellets, and baby planets. |
Jan 05, 2022 |
Madison Metropolitan School District Announces Winter Break Extension
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, January 3, 2022. On today's show, Madison families await information following a delay in back-to-school instruction, meanwhile, one community leader is lessening the burden on parents. And in the second half, we get the week ahead in local government, review two new movies, and count down some of our favorite moments of 20-21. |
Jan 04, 2022 |
Year-In-Review: Transportation
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, December 30, 2021, the final special year-in-review edition. On today's show, we look at transportation issues that effected Madison in 2021, from car crashes to Bus Rapid Transit to bikes. We will return to our normal newscast next week. |
Dec 31, 2021 |
Year in Review: Unhoused Issues
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, December 28, 2021, special year-in-review edition. On today's show, we take a look at the changing landscape of homelessness in the midst of a pandemic. We’ll talk tiny homes, Reindahl Park, and city council meetings. |
Dec 29, 2021 |
Year in Review: Water Issues
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This is your special "Year-In-Review" edition of WORT Local News for Monday, December 27, 2021. Our volunteers are taking the week off as we look back what has effected Madison in 2021. Today, we look at water issues in Madison, from PFAS to blue-green algea. |
Dec 28, 2021 |
COVID Tests Hard To Find Ahead Of Holidays
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, December 23, 2021. On todays show, the COVID test supply is strained by the holidays, new research measures the salinization of Lake Michigan, and we request police records, look at Wisconsin roads, and learn about the dazzling glow of ever-gleams. |
Dec 24, 2021 |
Madison Recycler Must Pay 90K For Hazardous Waste Violations
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 22, 2021. On todays show, a local lightbulb recycler is ordered to pay fines for violating hazardous waste regulations, a local Christmas tree farmer tells us about the industry, we get the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves, and Madison in the Sixties travels back to December 1967. |
Dec 23, 2021 |
UW Health Nurses Continue to Fight for Union
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, December 21, 2021. On todays show, nurses at U-W Health continue their fight to unionize, we take a look at Dane County's Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan, and in the second half, the Daily Cardinal reviews the U-W’s year, we visit critters currently at the Dane County Humane Society, and venture into orbit with a brand new satellite. |
Dec 22, 2021 |
Wisconsin Legislators Introduce Bill To Create Wisconsin Climate Corps
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, December 20, 2021. On todays show, the spring wolf hunt hits a snag, a state bill would create a youth conservation corps, we get an update on a former friary being converted to a lakeside park, and a Gen-Z conspiracy theory turns out to be satire, we get the week ahead in local government, and we review two new movies. |
Dec 21, 2021 |
Paisans Building on West Wilson Closed Due to Safety Concerns for Second Time.
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 15, 2021. On today's show, Paisans Restaurant is forced to close once again, Native American voters look to minimize challenges to their ballots, and a look at the hazardous waste industry. And in the second half of the show, how we clean up waste after natural disasters, journey back 1960s women's liberation, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves. |
Dec 16, 2021 |
Madison School Board Considers More Sick Leave for Staff with COVID
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, December 14, 2021. On todays show, school staff in Madison are getting additional pandemic support, the U-S Supreme Court declines to hear a challenge to the governor’s media practices, Madison mourns the passing of L-G-B-T-Q civil rights pioneer Dick Wagner…,and in the second half of the show, W-O-R-T visits a popular social media destination for UW students, goes bird-watching with solar panels, and roams the surface of Mars. |
Dec 15, 2021 |
Madison Children’s Museum Hosts Vaccination Clinic
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, December 13, 2021. On todays show, families get vaxxed at the Madison Children’s Museum, a local proposal aims to reduce opioid deaths, we get an update on efforts to combat housing insecurity at Dairy Drive, and we review two new movies, look at gap years over the generations, and take a look back at labor history. |
Dec 14, 2021 |
New Traffic Crash Report Show Total Crashes Down, but Fatal Crashes Up in 2020
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, December 9, 2021. On today's show, a look at some new traffic crash numbers, new technology to help police communicate with the community, and in the second half, Lee Enterprises resists a takeover, open records requests with redistricting, and a trip to the Chazen art museum. |
Dec 10, 2021 |
Bill could standardize rates for prison & jail phone calls
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On the WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 8, 2021:
All that, and more, in tonight's news. Please excuse any anomalies in today's podcast as we reckon with our prone-to-fail archive system. |
Dec 09, 2021 |
Gableman calls for arrest of Madison mayor
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, December 7, 2021. On today's show, a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice calls for the jailing of Madison’s mayor, local food pantries are reminding the community that extra help is needed this time of year, the city prepares for the Reindahl Park eviction process, and in the second half of the show, we consider the Badgers football season, spend winter with Wisconsin’s state bird, and visit a galactic neighbor. |
Dec 08, 2021 |
Mary Jo Walters And Shepherd Janeway Compete For Seat On MMSD School Board
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, December 6, 2021. On today's show, we travel to Reindahl Park to get an update, as the window for campers to move out draws to a close, the race for a Madison school board seat lights up online, and we take a look at Wisconsin’s abortion laws, look at the generational shift from mixtapes to playlists, and review two new movies. |
Dec 07, 2021 |
Bill aims to strip parental rights from incarcerated parents
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This is your WORT Local News for Thursday, December 2, 2021. On today's show, a bill in the state legislature could remove parental protections for those who are incarcerated, Isthmus on WORT talks a local murder-for-hire scheme, New Domains talks feline photography, and look at an iconic historic Christmas tree. |
Dec 03, 2021 |
Wisconsin Inches Forward Towards PFAS Standards
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, December 1, 2021. On today's show, new regulations for PFAS in water inch forward, we unravel some of the state’s redistricting news we look at the difficulties of remediating other environmental chemicals - including in Madison, and, we head back to Madison in the Sixties and get the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves. |
Dec 02, 2021 |
State Lawmakers Propose Gun Laws A Week After Rittenhouse Trial
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This is your WORT Local News for Tuesday, November 30, 2021, On today's show, legislators introduce a pile of gun safety proposals in the statehouse Madison Public Library is hosting a scavenger hunt in city parks, and in the second half of the show, we consider a crowded U-W campus, take flight with Northern Goshawks and visit binary star systems. |
Dec 01, 2021 |
Fashion Designer Virgil Abloh Dies At 41
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, November 29, 2021. On today's show, we remember a famed UW-Madison alum, we get the story on a controversy at Devil’s Lake State Park, we learn about an effort to mitigate contaminated soil using, of all things, mushrooms, and in the second half, Forward Lookout brings us the week ahead in local government, Bridging the Gap looks at the struggle of music rights through generations, and we review two new movies. |
Nov 30, 2021 |
No Thanksgiving Without Immigrants
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This is your WORT Local News for Wednesday, November 24, 2021. On todays episode, immigration activists hold an action outside Senator Tammy Baldwin’s office, state lawmakers propose more protections for renters, more legislation seeks to reduce medication mishaps and mix-ups, and we get more on energy news, travel back to the 1960’s, and get the latest weather report. |
Nov 25, 2021 |
Madison Plan Commission cuts red tape for “granny flats”
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Here is your WORT local news for Tuesday, November 23, 2021. On today's show, a proposal could add flexibility to building small-dwelling units in Madison, new roadway projects are getting funded thanks to a little something called the MPO, And in the second half of the show, we learn about student housing issues at the U-W, a growing deer population and an astronomical survey. |
Nov 24, 2021 |
Transgender Day of Remembrance
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This is your WORT Local News for Monday, November 22, 2021. On today's show, the psychological impact of the Rittenhouse verdict, Trans Day of Remembrance at the Wisconsin Capital, and an interview with Professor Ron Sullivan on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. And in the second half of the show, Forward Lookout looks at this week’s local government meetings, Harry Richardson takes us to the 1919 “Red Summer”, Teresa Yen teaches us about TikTok, plus your weekly movie reviews. |
Nov 23, 2021 |
Governor Evers formally vetoed G-O-P drawn redistricting proposals
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This is your WORT local news for Thursday, November 18, 2021. On todays show, Tony Evers vetoes G-O-P redistricting maps, regulating nitrates in groundwater gets stalled, new legislation would remove felony charges for possession of marijuana, and in the second half of the show, Isthmus on WORT talks the wolf hunt, New Domains looks at gun sales on the internet, and Radio Chipstone returns to Indigenous textiles. |
Nov 19, 2021 |
Parisi signs 2022 budget, allows $10 million for new Crisis Triage Center
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This is you WORT Local News for Wednesday, November 17, 2021. On today's show, a breakdown of the 20-22 Dane County Budget, and deer contracting COVID before the 20-22 hunting season. And in the second half of the show, Gabrielle Javier-Cerulli discusses the Artful Women art show, Stu Levitan takes a trip to the 19-60’s and your weather forecast. |
Nov 18, 2021 |
New Student led food pantry opens at Madison East High School
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This is you WORT Local news for Tuesday, November 16, 2021. On today's show, high school students launch a community food pantry, the jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial is deliberating, and in the second half of the show, we learn about U-W Madison’s vaccine requirements for employees, what to do when a wild animal bites, and voyage to a jellyfish-type galaxy. |
Nov 17, 2021 |
Madison Common Council Passes 2022 Budget, Giving More Funding To The Newly Founded CARES Program
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Here's your WORT Local News for Monday, November 15th, 2021! On today's show, a final breakdown of last week’s budget deliberations, we take a look at a new bill expanding broadband internet access, and a look at the C-O-P 26 conference in Glasgow. And in the second half, we look at the Women’s Pentagon Action of 19-80, learn all about finstas, and hear about the latest movies to hit theaters.
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Nov 16, 2021 |