The city of Madison wouldn’t be able to approve any new data center construction for the next year, in a temporary moratorium that earned the Plan Commission’s unanimous approval yesterday.

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On today’s show host, Dana Pellebon is joined in the studio with long-time Madison leader, Anthony Cooper Sr. the CEO and Founder of Focused Interruption which provides community violence intervention and prevention in Dane County. Their work includes mentorship, trauma-informed care, and direct support to survivors of violence and individuals seeking a fresh start.

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The federal Food and Administration sets legal definitions for a range of dairy products, from milk to specific types of cheese. These consumer safety regulations were written in blood – but some rulebreakers still manage to make it on the shelves.

Pete Hardin and Bert Zipperer walk through some recent examples, in this edition of “The Milkweed.”

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The new year has many folks rethinking their relationship with food — starting in the gut. On this week's edition of Stuff Yer Face, feature producer Emily Tucker takes us inside the world of food science, gut health, and the microbial foods that support it in her conversation with Viroqua-based Registered Dietician, Laura Poe Mathes.

A handful of voters are seeking monetary damages in a lawsuit against the city of Madison and its former clerk, after the Clerk’s Office failed to count nearly 200 absentee ballots in the 2024 presidential election.

But attorneys for the city and former clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl argue that they can’t be sued for last fall’s errors, in a recent pair of filings that ask the court to dismiss the case. They point to an oft-cited Wisconsin law that says absentee voting is a privilege – not a constitutional right.

WORT News Producer Faye Parks sat down with Alex Shur, a Wisconsin reporter for Votebeat, to find out why experts in election law are sounding the alarm.

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This week on “Madison Mixology,” feature contributor Charlie Belawski flies us out to Bermuda to learn about the Dark n’ Stormy.

He’ll explain how the cocktail weathered the Prohibition-era…and how Gosling Brothers Limited has enforced their trademark over the years.

A sampling of the voices from the January 9, 2026 vigil for Renee Good held on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol, in Madison, WI.

Last week the federal government reduced the number of vaccines it recommends for children in the US from 17 to 11. The CDC made these changes without the approval from a federal panel. On today’s show, host Douglas Haynes takes a look at these changes and their implications for public health with two experts, Mary Hayney of the UW School of Pharmacy and Kia Kjensrud of Immunize Wisconsin.

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After a short break for the holidays, the city of Madison and Dane County are kicking things back into gear.

In this edition of “Forward Lookout,” hosts Rebecca Kemble and Brenda Konkel have the rundown on this week's meetings and the candidates running for local office this spring.