This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, February 1.

• UW Madison is peppered with criticism over their use of salt after last weekend’s snow storm,
• Grassroots advocates look for ways to make Wisconsin elections more productive,
• We continue our coverage of the primary race for District 12 alder,
• And in the second half, a preview of the state’s 2023 budget deliberations, an attack on the Daily Cardinal goes awry in 1960s Madison, and the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves.