This is your WORT local news for Tuesday, April 18.

• Workers at a Starbucks on State Street are gearing up to file for a union election… 
• Madison's middle and high school students could get free bus passes to get around the city this summer…
• City officials are looking to possibly expand a planned permanent men’s shelter…
• And in the second half, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County is looking for bigs to go with their littles, UW seniors give a big gift to the Center for Healthy Minds, and baby raccoons are beginning to spring up.