WORT Local News

Here's your local news for Thursday, November 21, 2024:

• We learn how excessive heat and aging facilities affect incarcerated people in Wisconsin,
• Attend a west side vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance,
• Get the details on a proposed "anti-hate speech" policy in the Baraboo School District,
• Talk open records delays,
• Learn how to speak the language of wool,
• Check in on Madison's Flamingos,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, November 20, 2024:

• We take a look at a new report on Madison's body-worn camera trial run,
• Hear how the city plans to improve traffic safety,
• Check in with some local gun educators, who are seeing a record spike in engagement since the election,
• Learn about a new, AI-powered tool in the Milwaukee Police Department's arsenal,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1965,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, November 19, 2024:

• We find out if Madisonians "flocked to State" this summer,
• Get the details on electric vehicle ownership in Wisconsin,
• Discuss the ethics complaint filed today against a former state Supreme Court justice,
• Examine the dairy industry’s dependence on immigrant labor,
• Share how kitchen skills go hand-in-hand with early childhood education,
• Take a closer look at the peregrine falcon,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, November 18, 2024:

• We share the details on an investigation of three sexual harassment complaints against a Madison alder,
• Check in with Madison area students who are lobbying Senator Baldwin to back an arms embargo on Israel,
• Explain why the Line 5 oil pipeline is one step closer to happening in Wisconsin,
• Discuss the mammoth week ahead in local government,
• Mark the anniversary of a victorious strike against American Airlines,
• Take a closer look at a cold weather cocktail,
• Review two new movies,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, November 14, 2024:

• We look at how crane hunting is legally tied to the best deterrence for crop damage,
• Look at how a new spate of racist texts are linked to data privacy
• Sit down with Wisconsin Policy Forum to discuss the most recent batch of school funding referenda,
• Hear about the many possible dangers lurking in house insulation,
• Discuss how Black women experience politics in America,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, November 13, 2024:

• We share the details on last night's marathon city budget meeting,
• Check in with a Madison alder whose campus-area district saw the second highest voter margin for Trump in the city,
• Sit down with UW-Madison's bug guy,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1969,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, November 12, 2024:

• We get the details on a new housing report from the city of Madison,
• Find out how a collective of Spanish-speaking workers are striving to shape their own labor conditions,
• Track the latest numbers on avian influenza infections nationwide,
• Share UW-Madison campus reactions to the election,
• Check in on a slow start to autumn bird migration,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Monday, November 11, 2024:

• We hear what Wisconsin's top lawyer has to say about a second Trump presidency,
• Check in on the state Supreme Court as it considers a 19th century abortion statute,
• Get the latest on a city department that stands to lose half of its funding next year,
• Share a look ahead at budget week in Madison,
• Mark the anniversary of a successful national strike,
• Take a closer look at a popular cocktail,
• Review two new movies that just started playing in local theaters,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, November 7, 2024:

• We take a closer look at what budget questions passed and failed in Dane County,
• Share the latest on possible cuts to police oversight efforts in Madison,
• Find out how homeowners can test their private wells for PFAS contamination,
• Unpack the details of a controversial new state law,
• Celebrate good fishing weather before the winter chill,
• Check in on Madison's Flamingos,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, November 6, 2024:

• We head to some Election Day watch parties,
• Have all the state and local election results you could want - including details on Senator Baldwin's narrow victory and the impact of Wisconsin's new voting maps,
• Analyze Dane County's role in the presidential election,
• Find out why faith leaders were praying yesterday outside some Madison area polling places,
• Learn more about public art – and its funding challenges,
• Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1965,
• And much more.