Here's your local news for Thursday, March 5, 2026:

• We hear city staff's pitch to alleviate the traffic and pedestrian problems on Regent Street,
• Meet an incumbent supervisor who says the environment can't take a back seat as the county prepares for future growth,
• Get a calendar update from Friends of Ukraine-Madison,
• Celebrate the power of protest songs,
• Discuss the commodification of children's toys,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, March 4, 2026:

• We learn how MMSD is fine-tuning its support for students with IEPs,
• Explain what would change if Wisconsin legislators finally agree to pass Erin's Law,
• Meet a county board candidate who wants to lower child care costs for working families,
• Hear a UW-Madison political scientist's predictions for the 2026 midterms,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1967,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, March 3, 2026:

• We hear the governor's pitch to make fair voting maps permanent in Wisconsin,
• Learn how the rush to build hyperscale data centers could set back clean energy efforts,
• Meet a county board candidate who says she'd take a needs-based approach to the budget,
• Simplify the data on cheddar cheese pricing,
• Visit Wildwood Cafe in Stoughton,
• Explain how prey animals fight back against predation and competition in the wild,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, March 2, 2026:

• We get the scoop on a new lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's school funding system,
• Consider the political benefits of backing universal child care,
• Discuss the data center boom with a power plant operator who's running for the county board,
• Find out how a Wisconsin-based regional airline is collaborating with ICE,
• Mark the anniversary of a women-led strike in 1860,
• Review two new movies,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, February 26, 2026:

• We find out why construction on the jail consolidation project is running behind schedule,
• Meet an incumbent county supervisor who says NIMBYism should have consequences,
• Run through some transparency bills that are stuck in legislative limbo,
• Tell you the best spots to cast your fishing line,
• Get an update on Forward Madison FC's roster rebuild,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, February 25, 2026:

• We detail Attorney General Kaul's clash this morning with the GOP legislators leading an investigation of his department,
• Meet a county board candidate who's touting his firsthand knowledge of rural and urban issues,
• Check in on UW-Madison's search for a new provost,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1967,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, February 24, 2026:

• We'll learn how to tell the difference between Madison police officers and ICE,
• Detail a new course at UW Law School that's blending legal theory with lived experience in the criminal justice system,
• Meet a county board candidate who wants to provide housing and workforce services at a "veterans village,"
• Talk butter price gouging,
• Sit down with the editor-in-chief of TASTE – a WORT alum,
• Get ready for baby season at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, February 23, 2026:

• We join the Fire & Wonder Winter Gathering at San Damiano Park,
• Meet an incumbent supervisor who says the growing county needs more housing and better transit,
• Find out why rural Wisconsin is struggling to hire municipal clerks,
• Mark the anniversary of the 2018 West Virginia teachers strike,
• Teach you how to mix up a 'Singapore Sling' cocktail,
• Review two new movies,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, February 19, 2026:

• We outline the Dane County Regional Airport's economic benefits and environmental drawbacks,
• Look forward to a software glow-up coming soon to the library system,
• Commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine,
• Explore the complex politics of so-called "rare earth" elements,
• Meet a pair of artists that are using their craft to memorialize their friendship,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, February 18, 2026:

• We share the key takeaways from Governor Evers' final State of the State address,
• Find out why a Wisconsin environmental group is suing the EPA,
• Detail student organizers' demands to limit ICE activity on the UW-Madison campus,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1965,
• And much more.